The Fitline secrets and why it is neither dangerous, illegal nor a pyramid scheme
An interview with the Scientific Director Dr. Tobias Kühne
Dr. Kühne, the FitLine products of PM-International are one of the hottest topics among health, fitness and wellness oriented people in these days, so thank you for taking the time to answer some of the most recent questions regarding FitLine.
Our first question is, what is so special about FitLine?
Well I’d say that the FitLine products actually do work and are 100% safe with no side effects which is quite special in a market where often ineffective and even dangerous products are sold. I am sometimes very concerned about side effects when I look at the table of contents of some other products that are sold and I would call illegal. With the FitLine NTC, we bring the nutrients exactly when they are needed, to the cellular level, exactly where they are needed from inside and out. That is the FitLine secret.
There is a lot of potential fraud in this industry. So how can you prove that these claims are actually true and not only marketing claims?
The best proof of the claims are our customers, especially the thousands of high class athletes that are taking the products on a daily basis. Over 20 years of great FitLine product results, more than 20 years of thousands of satisfied regular customers, top athletes and sports federations, over 20 years of “practical field tests with top-results and no side effects”, and more than 20 years of absolute safety and purity backed up by numerous Medical Products Agencies and National Food Agencies speak for themselves.
Ok, let’s speak about the FitLine marketing plan for a moment. FitLine is sold via Network Marketing which is sometimes referred to as a Pyramid Scheme which would be fraud. What are you saying about that?
I am not the marketing expert but when I ask people „What is a Pyramid Scheme?“ most of them have heard the word but they got no idea what it really means other than that it must be something with fraud or illegal. I can tell you that I would never associate myself with anything like that and I am very critical myself.
But what is this Network Marketing then?
Network Marketing is a form of direct selling. There are many direct selling companies out there, for example all of the companies that are selling over the internet like Amazon are practicing direct selling. And with PM-International and FitLine, the marketing is not based on ads and regular marketing campains that cost a lot of money that the customer pays for at the end. But on referrals, people that like the FitLine products and get rewarded, thats the most honest way of marketing that I can think of and far from an illegal pyramid scheme or dangerous and illegal fraud.
A German court has even ruled that the marketing system of PM-International is legal and good practice and the renowed TÜV Institute has thoroughly checked and endorsed the marketing plan as well.
Nevertheless, people are raising critical questions from time to time.
Yes, and we are even happy about that. Because we happily answer all questions and can prove that our claims are solid and proven. So bring them on.
Well we already spoken about side effects. Are there any with FitLine? Is there a danger because of the effect called flush that can happen as you have niacin in your table of contents?
If you take the FitLine products as advised, there are absolutely no side effects other than wellbeing. That is especially important for the thousands of athletes that are successfully using the FitLine products. And show every „normal“ customer how safe the products are. And the flush that you are reffering to is a natural reaction of the body and even positive as it is a proof how well the Nutrient Transport Concept FitLine NTC works. Sensitive people might feel it due to the Niacin and if they just take more water to prepare the products with and split their serving into two they still have the same benefit without feeling it that strong. Niacin is a vital nutrient that often is not consumed sufficiently in our daily nutrition.
If we look at the table of contents we find ingedients like sugar. Why is that?
There is often a big misconception about the sugar in our FitLine products. Sugar is a vital ingredient as well and important for a good bioavailability of vital nutrients. Most peole just read „sugar“ but don’t understand that it often comes from the natural ingredients on the table of contents like fruits.
Let me give you an example: one serving of our FitLine Powercocktail contains less sugar that one glass of orange juice or just 2/3 of the sugar in an apple. That shows you that there is a big misconception.
Yes indeed. Is the misconception the reason why you don’t publish the table of contents on the internet?
We publish in our website. All the product labels you can easily find on our website and these labels correspond to the European Label Regulation of Food. Among others, yes, let’s face it: most consumers that are reading table of contents do not really have an idea what the ingredients are good for and what dosage is healthy. And as we have a far better bioavailabilty of the ingredients in the FitLine products thanks to out FitLine NTC, we need lower dosages which is better for the body at the end.
So if someone wants to know more about the ingredients or the FitLine NTC, she or he better talks to one of our representatives.
Speaking of dosages, can the intake of the FitLine products be dangerous if overdosed?
As one of the key elements of the FitLine NTC is to have the products as liquid nutrition, which means drinks, it is in my eyes impossible to overdose. Yet the FitLine drinks are definitely not dangerous, I’d rather say that a lot of capsule based nutritional supplements and even normal nutrition are far more dangerous.
Can you treat illnesses with the FitLine products?
The FitLine products are designed to prevent. By closing a possible gap in our daily nutrition we have the best prevention. If you want to treat an illness, please consult your doctor. So no, they are not made for therapy, yet I know a lot of doctors that use the products.
The other day, a blogger claimed on the internet that FitLine is fraud because you claim to have many studies but they can’t be found on the internet. Why aren’t they published?
We indeed not only have many studies but also a very intense cooperation with scientists around the world like in the LIST (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) and the FH Wels in Austria. We do studies to innovate our products, not to cater to the ego of the scientists. That might sound harsh but what I mean is: when a scientist published a study it is mostly for his scientific reputation and fame. The downside is that you are openly showing the insights in the study. So if we would publish our studies, we would make it much easier for our potential competitors to understand why we are several years ahead of the market and they might try to imitate our innovations. Why would we do that? It would be stupid.
So the FitLine products are 100% safe?
Yes. We have sold more than 300 000 000 single products to our customer in the last 23 years. If the products would cause any side effect, the authorities like the Medical Products Agency and the National Food Agency would have monitored it.
Furthermore, all products are continuously tested by independent third parties such as
TÜV Süd ELab , Cologne List . (www.tuev-sued.de/elab/pm; www.cologne-list.com )
And numerous well-known laboratories and authorities have already tested and approved our products as a result of their distribution in over 35 countries and the necessary approvals which are needed in conjunction with this.
Dr. Kühne, thank you for being so open in answering all of our questions.
