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American dietary supplement company

Not to be confused with Advocare, the Medicare Advantage plan from Security Health Plan of Wisconsin.

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AdvoCare International, LLC is an American dietary supplement company.

They are a direct sales company and a former multi-level marketing company that was charged with operating a pyramid scheme.^[3][4] The company, headquartered in Richardson, Texas,^[5] was founded in 1993 by Charles Ragus.

History

Charles Ragus founded AdvoCare in 1993 as a multi-level marketing (MLM) company to distribute dietary supplement products.^[6][7] The name AdvoCare is short for "Advocates Who Care".^[8] Before founding AdvoCare, Ragus worked as a regional vice president for Fidelity Union Insurance, and as a MLM distributor for Herbalife.

He had initially founded the MLM company Omnitrition I