Finding Real Wealth With Reliv - Drs. John Harold and Earleen Ong, Presidential Ambassadors

Presidential Directors and Ambassadors John Harold and Earleen Ong of Quezon City, Philippines, have achieved the financial security they once could only dream about. Before Reliv, John and Earleen, both medical practitioners, never earned more than P360,000 a year! Now, they average P250,000 each month!

Three years ago, John and Earleen were searching for anything that may help their daughter who was diagnosed with global mental retardation. “The products gave us our daughter back,” says John. “Then when we started understanding the compensation plan, we saw a way of having control over our lives and our future.

“As soon as we began plugging into the Reliv Success System, everything fell into place and because of the Success System, we were able to enjoy all the avenues of income with Reliv.”

The best validation of what Reliv claims regarding residual income, John notes, was when the whole family left for Australia last April and May. “It was a vacation well deserved and also an opportunity to meet new people. We were out of the Philippines for two solid months and still, our Reliv Philippine line and organization was earning P150,000 a month. My downlines have all become mature, independent Reliv Distributors and the income just amazes us!

“My wife and I are doctors, and we can't afford to really go on a vacation because once we leave our practice, we will literally lose all that income. Not in Reliv. The way we see it, Reliv has also become our retirement plan.

“Since December 2002 we’ve been among the top 10 check earners and we’ve never come off that list,” John adds. “Our long-term goal is to plug more people into the System and help them achieve their own goals with Reliv.”

In 2004, the Ongs earned P1.8 million in all forms of income. John says their earnings went to savings, maintenance of their cars, and an opportunity to travel around the Philippines. “Our lifestyle is just great,” John exclaims.

“Before Reliv, we were focused on helping other people with their physical health. Now, we’re thrilled that we’re also helping them with their financial health,” says John.

Testimonials About Reliv by Grace Ling

Glen & Reliv
(dated 3 Mar 06)

My second child of three children,
Glen, is 6 years old. He was diagnosed
as having PDDNOS* in Nov 05.


Before Reliv
Glen used to throw tantrums when he could not get his way. He would howl very loudly and struggle with my husband, Frank, and I. This was whether we were at home or in public places. We later learnt that this was because he was unable to verbalize his needs and wants. We had a lot of difficulty handling him, especially when he refused to do the things that we asked him to do, like changing his clothes, taking his bath, brushing his teeth, etc. It was a daily struggle for us and I often got depressed, not knowing how to go from there. He also had a compulsion to run non-stop for 15-20 minutes as if he had energies which he needed to use up or he would burst. I therefore had to use a wrist-strap sometimes when I bring him out.

Nightmares, hysterical cries, screams and shouts in the middle of the night from Glen were also common occurrences in our household. This often happened 2 or 3 times in a week. On other nights, Glen would wake up to look for his toys, or he would walk to the shoe rack to look for his shoes, or to arrange his books neatly in a row. It was almost like he was in a trance or sleepwalking!

Glen’s behavioral and sleep patterns were nothing like his older sibling’s or his many cousins’ or friends’ of around the same age. We were therefore puzzled and naturally troubled but not even his paediatrician could provide an explanation to this.

Another observation we made about Glen was that he was particular about foods and sensitive to certain types of food texture. He did not eat bread since he was a baby, like most babies would. He would simply shun and refuse to eat them. Bread had always to be toasted first before they could get into his mouth. He also did not like chairs or seats with fabric coverings and would rather stand, however long a time, and this was even on public transport.

In the same way that Glen hated his baths and washing his hair or the spray of the shower on him, he also hated water and swimming pools. Nothing could make him get even his toes wet! When the family went swimming, Glen would just run around the pool, which always drove my husband and I crazy!


With Reliv

Glen started taking Reliv in late Apr 05, when he was 5 years old. As he had an issue with his sense of taste, I started by giving him half scoop each of NOW and Innergize and once per day mixed with his milk. After some weeks, this was increased to one scoop each of NOW and Innergize once per day. Less than two months later, he actually asked to eat bread when he saw his baby brother eating! Now Glen is on one scoop each of NOW and Innergize, taking them twice a day. These days, Glen is more willing to try new types of food and soft ones too

Some time before Oct 05 (around 4 months after drinking Reliv), I noticed more changes in Glen. His tantrums reduced greatly. We could get him into his daily routine (brush teeth, change clothes) without having to physically struggle with him. Although we made visual cards for him as an aid to help him get into his daily routine, we ended up not having to use them much in the end. Of course Glen still has his moments where he fusses, but not to the same extent as the next child of the same age. He is calmer and listens and obeys more and does what we require him to do. He also does not run non-stop for long periods of time like he used to. In fact, when previously I almost lost him when he ran towards the MRT train track and there was an oncoming train, these days, I can safely let him walk around on his own on the train platform without having to hold his hand.

Glen has been having very good sleep ever since he started taking Reliv. His screams and cries in the nights are totally unheard of now.

Glen is still quiet in unfamiliar surroundings and among people he is not familiar with. But he speaks more now. He also sings songs he is familiar with and those he likes (for e.g songs from some of the children’s programmes on the TV channel, “Kids Central”) and he sings the Singapore National Anthem (and says the Singapore Pledge) or any songs he had learnt or heard in church. He also tells me what happens in school and sometimes even places his own orders of ice cream and french fries at Swensens outlets and approaches staff of fast-food outlets for balloons and serviettes…all by himself and occasionally without prompting from us.

I have heard him greet his friends and teachers when he sees them out of school hours. This was again something he never used to do. He also verbalizes his needs more often now by telling me what he would like to eat, and when he needs a drink. He says, “I love you, Mummy” so much more often these days, sometimes many times a day! My heart just melts when he says that.

I have received positive feedback from Glen’s swimming coach too. Glen started his swimming lessons in Feb06 and within a month, Jason commented that his progress in the pool was faster than the other children with special needs that he has coached! These days, I watch Glen put his head into the water to blow bubbles and to swim! Recently, he has even started to bathe himself. When I quietly watch him from outside the bathroom, I could tell he enjoys his bath.

These are such great milestones that Glen has made through the use of Reliv when previously I was resigned to and prepared to accept him for what he was, but Reliv had changed all that. I really wonder how life would be like if I had not been introduced to Reliv. Reliv has indeed given that flicker of hope and I now look forward to more positive changes in Glen.

I am so thankful to God for Reliv but more importantly, I thank God for Glen. Glen has made me a special Mum just by being special himself. I am proud of my son.


Grace Ling
Reliv Independent Distributor
Singapore
Mobile: +65-98735473


* Note: five disorders are identified under the category of Pervasive Developmental Disorders – autistic disorder and PDDNOS being two of them. All of the disorders that fall under the category of PDD share, to some extent, similar characteristics.


Yale Child Center – Developmental Disabilities Clinic http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/index.html
*What is the difference between autism and PDD or PDD-NOS?
Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a category designated by the American Psychiatric Association to indicate children with delay or deviance in their social/language/motor and/or cognitive development. A child may have delays in social development and delays in one or more of the other categories. The profiles of children with a PDD can vary tremendously. PDD is not one disorder but a category that encompasses a wide range of delays of different magnitude in different domains. Autism is the most severe of the pervasive developmental disorders. Autism indicates a primary disturbance in the individual's ability to relate to others. Language delay and cognitive delays are also common.
PDD-NOS represents Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified. This is a diagnosis given to a child who exhibits impairment in the development of reciprocal social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, or when stereotyped behavior or activities are present. However, the child does not meet the criteria for any specific pervasive developmental disorder.

Testimonials About Reliv by Dr John Ong

Why I’ll be in RELIV forever!!!
By John Harold N. Ong, MD
Orthomolecular Medicine
PAGM

My wife, Dr. Earleen Ong, who also happens to be a doctor at a private medical center, gave birth to my daughter, Angelique Gabrielle “Arielle”, on April 12, 1995. Upon delivery, my daughter was assessed and was given an APGAR score of 4. The APGAR scoring is a practical form of clinical assessment of the newborn which evaluates the baby’s condition. It is recorded at one minute and then again at five minutes.

APGAR Score

SIGN SCORE (0),(1),(2)

A Appearance(Color)
(0)Blue; pale
(1)Body pink; Extremities blue
(2)Completely pink

P Pulse (Heart Rate)
(0)Absent
(1)Below 100
(2)Over 200

G Grimace (Slapping sole of foot or catheter in nose)
(0)No response
(1)Grimace (+)
(2)Cry, cough, or sneeze

A Activity Muscle Tone
(0)Limp
(1)Some flexion of extremities
(2)Active motion

R Respiration (Respiratory effort)
(0)Absent
(1)Slow; irregular
(2)Good strong cry


 Babies with a Score of 7 to 10 at 1 minute are considered VIGOROUS.
 Babies with a Score of 4 to 6 at 1 minute are considered MODERATELY DEPRESSED
 Babies with a Score of 0 to 3 at 1 minute are considered SEVERELY DEPRESSED


My daughter Arielle had, at 1 minute, pink body with blue extremities, slight grimace, a little flexion of extremities, an absent respiratory effort, and most alarming of all, a heart rate below 100. Resuscitation was initiated and only after 15 minutes were we sure that she was breathing spontaneously. Thus, at 1 minute, Arielle’s APGAR score is 4. Given this history at delivery, we were now contemplating about the future health and mental status of my daughter.

True enough, at 4 months, my daughter can’t even hold her head up. Normally, a child at 1 year of age, must be able to stand alone without support. We couldn’t even remember when Arielle crawled, what more, stand-alone. It seemed to be an eternity that we have waited for her to move normally according to her age! She was always drooling, had difficulties both in fine and gross motor skills, and at the age of 4, and had not spoken a word. The normal developmental milestone of a child goes like this;

1 month Regards
2 months Smiles
3 months Turns head
4 months Holds head
5 months Rolls over (trunk first)
6 months Transfers objects
7 months Sits briefly
8 months Creeps
9 months Pulls up
10 months Cruises
11 months Walk with support
12 months Stands alone

We brought Arielle to a developmentalist and she diagnosed at the age of 4 with GLOBAL MENTAL RETARDATION! That day, my wife and I saw our world crumble. I have never cried so much in my entire life! (Now that I’m writing about it, I can’t contain myself and tears just roll from my eyes!)

Back to reality… my wife and I could NOT and would NOT accept defeat! We followed all the recommendations. We sent Arielle to speech therapy, occupational and physical therapy, and each day, I saw myself paying 350 pesos to 600 pesos a day just to give my daughter a chance to survive in this world.

We felt that nothing was happening. We literally made our world revolve around my daughter. That’s why when my grant from a medical school from the United States came, I grabbed it for further studies. In this new field of medicine, I will learn how to detoxify and solve my daughter’s problem. And so I thought! I learned a lot there however. I learned how to look into cellular nutrition as a possible complimentary supportive treatment for both genetic and heredo-familial disease. I learned how to detoxify toxins from patients using the same toxic substance that they have been exposed too. But the sole reason for my further studies have not been met. I WANT TO MAKE MY CHILD, MY BEAUTIFUL CHILD, BECOME NORMAL!!!

After 2 years in training, I returned not confident enough that I have accomplished my goal. My daughter was then 6 years old. We have to decide where she must study. The recommendation is a special education school. Then came my angel, who happens to be none other than my father-in-law, Mr. Teodoro Seño. He was still a director of a multinational pharmaceutical company when he told me about the food supplement which seemed to be an answer for so many questions. He told me about RELIV!

Reliv? Never heard!!! As skeptical as I am for being in the medical field, I agreed to attend one of their meetings in Ortigas. It was Mrs. Rose Blancaflor (now like a mother to all of us) who was giving the presentation. I heard testimonies and stories. Stories that seemed possible yet so dramatic that I became more skeptical. As doctors, we want evidence-based data! I even want randomized clinical trials and I was asking my father-in-law to supply me with one. I was asking about their so-called bioavailability tests. I’ve probably asked about 2,000 questions from my father-in-law which he couldn’t answer. Then came the word “network marketing”! MY GOD!!! The more that I felt that this is NOT for me. When they explained that this is a food research and scientific company that only uses network marketing as its tool to give health and wealth to people, I was now telling my father-in-law that I wanted to go home and forget about it.

Now that I think about it, if I had walked out of that presentation, I would have also walked out from the sole reason why I was there in the first place… for my daughter’s sake. To appease my father-in-law, I signed in and got the Reliv products. We only had NOW, Fibrestore, Ultrim, Innergize, and ReversAge then. I studied and examined all the ingredients that we have been studying in the laboratory. How come I never heard about it in the States? Nevertheless, I started giving it to myself first.

I have had urolithiasis (kidney stones as well as stones in the urinary tract) for many years. The night I took my first scoop, I slowly felt flank pains and I was so sure that the product was not for me. Being a doctor, I told myself that I would challenge it to the point that I’ll stop when pain is unbearable and go consult my friend doctors to tell them that I was so gullible to believe about RELIV. After 3 days of on and off flank pains, it stopped and I urinated ground stones! I was stunned!

So I gave it to my mom who is diabetic, my father who had 4 episodes of stroke, my cousin who has asthma, my aunt who has arthritis, and to anyone I know who might need it. I took their blood chemistry exams before and after they took Reliv and I was amazed with the results.

Then came the decision to give it my daughter. My wife was against it for some time for we have not tried the product on a child. I reassured her that everything will be fine after giving her a kiss, I place a scoop in my daughter’s milk formula. I told my wife and yaya that everytime Arielle drinks her milk, they must incorporate NOW in the milk formula. I again turned to my wife and I told her that after a month and my daughter is having reactions with the product, I will terminate my membership and forget about RELIV. What do you know!!! In 3 weeks time, Arielle stopped drooling! I was ecstatic! But still, this was too early to tell. My wife who was the one more skeptical than I am, whispered to me that to halt the drooling is a triumph enough for us. I nodded in agreement. My daughter then had a gradual increase in weight. She began moving faster and was responding all the time to us with a smile. Then after 4 months into the product, Arielle walked to my wife and I in the living room, and said, “Dada, where you go?” My wife looked at me and we both started sobbing! My wife Earleen wouldn’t stop crying. Arielle was looking at us confused but that night, all the weight in my shoulders, all the pain in my body, and all the anxiety that we had, floated away like a bad dream.

Now, at the age of 8, Arielle is not in special education. She is not in any speech and occupational therapy. She’s in a regular school and has lots of friends. She is one of the top in her class and has excelled in her studies. Remember that she couldn’t walk nor run jump before? Well, now, she’s enrolled in ballet school and had her first recital last year. Am I proud father? You be! I’m the proudest father!!!

So when people ask me now, why I’m in Reliv, I quickly answer that I am in Reliv because God answered my prayer. “Reliv made me believe in hope again. It gave my daughter her life back.” And we, the entire family, will be taking Reliv products forever… and ever… and ever!

“When sometimes we doubt, let’s look at the past to teach us the future.”

“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food!


--- Hippocrates, Father of Modern Medicine

Testimonials About Reliv - Pao Chu

My name is Cheong Pao Chu. I am a housewife, married since 1993 and have five children since then. My eldest one is a boy, Wee Soon. He is the one that down with sickness. I am much worry about him.

Until know, I still do not know what cause him like that. Some doctors said his condition was due to the lack of oxygen in the brain since birth, hence, retarded.

Physically, I know that his body is very weak, unable to speak, unable stand up, drooling with saliva, little brain to hands/ to legs coordination, and very often have fits (about 12times per month).

Now, He is 8 years old. I have not help him to seek further medical treatment since age of 5 due to my poor financial situation.

My household income is from husband (Dong Ah Kuk) working as a trailer driver based in Johor. I have tried gardening and I am able to sell some plants/flowers for extra cash. So far, this is all I can do. My Aunty allowed my family to stay in her house. Financial help from siblings are little.

My both parents are living with me. Unfortunately, They are also down with sicknesses. My mother, Lai Chin Chin (age 57), diagnosed with colon cancer a year ago (early stage) . My father, Cheong Chak Yin (age 66), is a stroke patient 5 years ago. He is now unable to walk, hence, bedridden since Dec. 2004.

Recently, my friend introduced me to William Foo & wife Eileen Goh who are Reliv agents in Miri. They are kind enough to let my son Wee Soon try the products for free. By now, Ah Soon has used the product for 10days.

I am very encouraged to see a slight improvement here and there in him. I can feel that he has gain some weight (thighs), better attention span (eyes), hand and legs are less stiff, and his bower movement improved. However, the fit attacks increased in the first week after taking the product. In spite of that, I continue to let Wee Soon use the products.

For now, I am very happy to see even a little improvement in him and I would like to take opportunity to thank William & Eileen for their generosity and for introducing Reliv products for Wee Soon.

This is my humble story. Thank you.

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