I am Julie Bilbrey. My husband John and I live on a ranch in Shell, WY. We have three children – Jade, 7; Jackee, 17; and Jason, 19 -- and John has five adult children with families of their own.

Early in 1995 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, had a double mastectomy, and went through chemotherapy. Although 14 of 20 lymph nodes were malignant, thankfully, her cancer has been in remission since Christmas, 1995. My maternal grandmother and aunt died of breast cancer, and this health challenge for my mom awakened a great degree of awareness in me. Realizing that I was in an extremely high risk category, I found myself thinking about nutrition, supplements, and just generally getting into better shape to deal with whatever might be headed my way.

At a Farm Bureau Insurance meeting in Powderville, MT (of all places!) I ran into a distributor who told me he had found the real deal -- the next best thing to fruits and vegetables – a nutritional supplement that had just come out. I’d heard these sales attempts before, and usually resisted. However, his enthusiasm was contagious and this sounded like a product that made good sense. Realizing that our family did not eat enough fruits and vegetables, I decided to give it a try, although I didn't hold out a lot of hope that it would be life-changing.
 

Our entire family started taking JP+ in 1995. We didn’t notice any particularly remarkable results right away. We weren’t suddenly able to stay up all night calving heifers, and we didn’t enter any fence-building competitions. We did notice we had a little more energy and a better resistance to the community's cold and flu bugs. Our daughter Jackee, who is immune to antibiotics and has had a tremendous susceptibility to infections, no longer needed the doctor visits, steroids and topical creams for every little mosquito bite, cat scratch, etc. Taking JP+ had been the only change. It had to have been the solution. To this day, whenever she gets a cold or any type of skin irritation, she doubles up on JP+ and the problem disappears. She is the true testimonial in our family when it comes to a tangible, obvious, visible, but somewhat unexplainable benefit.
 

Today, I would be very concerned about Jackee’s diet if I didn’t have the peace of mind of knowing that she is supplementing... because she lives on mashed potatoes! Fortunately, she plays basketball to help keep in shape.

In 2000, we had a surprise. I was pregnant - and my “baby” (Jackee) was 10! I had no appetite, lost a lot of weight, and Dr. Mark Randak ordered a blood panel thinking that I might need a little extra nutrition. The blood results were more than adequate and he asked me what I’d been taking. I told him, and he sent me home with a prescription for an antidepressant to help get me off the couch. I survived!

In 2004, I thought "Holy Cow, we’ve spent a lot of money on this stuff!" It was time to test it. I had my blood drawn for screening at the South Big Horn County Health Fair. The blood results were excellent. I had a booth at the Health Fair, and as people passed by I overheard them comparing scores they had received from a cutting-edge testing machine which was measuring carotenoid antioxidant levels in the skin. I decided I had to get loose from my booth and check it out. I answered a few questions: 'No, I didn’t take a daily vitamin/mineral supplement'; 'Yes, I consumed less than two servings of fruits and vegetables daily.' Then I placed the palm of my hand in front of the blue light laser of the Pharmanex® BioPhotonic scanner and my Skin Carotenoid Score came back at a whopping 35,000! Nobody else at the Health Fair scored in the 30-39K range; two scored in the 20-29K range (and they WERE fruit and vegetable eaters, juicers and vitamin/supplement-takers). Needless to say, no one at the (reputable) vitamin booth attempted to sell their products to me. I became know as “that Juice Plus girl” and I still to this day have people come up to me asking “Aren’t you the one that blew that machine off the charts at the health fair?”

We have one more story to tell. Ask us about our faithful old dog Rusty and his/our experience with Juice Plus for Dogs and Cats!

Our family has taken this product since 1995. It is simply the most thoroughly researched whole food nutritional supplement on the market today - entirely backed by science - for when you can't, won't, or don't.

Over the years, we've been mindful of the ongoing research. The scientific studies are impressive - 13 published to date and 11 more pending!

As far as the business goes, my sales volume has exceeded the Sales Coordinator level (>$18,666) but I remain at the Virtual Franchise position because two of my distributors still need to reach the Direct Distributor level. I am now focusing on helping them build a level of volume which will move me to the (22% commission) Sales Coordinator level.