Shane Crafton asked:


When purchasing any weight loss product, it is important to do your research. Many people are exchanging their opinions about Acai Berry Detox on DietBlogTalk.com

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Overview

A rash has spread over the diet market. Someone, somewhere go the idea to promote Acai supplements as detoxifiers and weight loss agents. This product rationale seems to fly in the face of the conventional wisdom on Acai Berries – and not in a good way.

Consier Acai Berry Detox, for example. Here is a product that promises the flushing of 5-20 excess pounds of toxins and waste. And it’s all supposed to work by the power of Acai Berries. But, in our estimation, there is little reason to believe that Acai Berries can accomplish such a feat, and so Acai Berry Detox joins scads of others in looking an awful lot like a scam.

Ingredients at a Glance

Acai Berry Detox’s website contains little to no ingredients information. Apparently, the supplement runs purely on Acai Berries.

Ingredients in Focus

Acai Berries are prized for their fairly significant nutritional content. They’re known for delivering good fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. In short, it’s no wonder they’re considered a superfood. However, even as a superfood, they fall in the middle of the road, neither the most nor the least nutritious in any given category.

Regardless of the berries’ nutritional content, however, there seems to be no reason to claim that Acai Berries will contribute to detoxification of the body. Furthermore, any weight loss promoted by Acai Berries is most likely attributable to the sort of lifestyle lived by folks interested in superfoods to begin with. In other words, Acai Berries can help with weight loss when they’re a part a healthy lifestyle, and not when they’re sold by a scam artist.

Positives

•    Acai Berries are good for you.

Negatives

•    Acai Berries most likely do not cleanse.

•    Acai Berries most likely do not contribute directly to weight loss.

•    Acai Berry Detox website makes it seem like one big scam.

Final Thoughts

If you’re interested in nutrition, look for Acai Berries and Acai juice. Such products are widely available these days, and the berries can contribute to a healthy lifestyle. But as for supplements like Acai Berry Detox – we recommend avoiding them completely. There are simply too many similar Acai cleansers for any one of them to be legitimate. It all looks like a bunch of creative marketing.

If you need a weight loss supplement, look for one which contains a proven fat burner and and an ingredient to assist with appetite and craving control. Add a healthy diet and exercise and you will lose weight.

LiveWellNow asked:

Many have asked how our acai juice compares to other acai fruit juices and supplements available. Some competitors note the products they sell contain 100% acai in the form of a juice or supplement. They assert that because their product is “100% acai” and ours is not that somehow theirs is better.

For example, one company online sells acai supplements with 100% pure acai. A serving size of this product is two capsules and contains 1,000 mg or 1 gram of freeze dried acai.  Let’s say for illustration purposes only (as the actual amount is proprietary) that MonaVie contains 25% acai. Does this somehow make MonaVie less potent?  No, because if 1 serving of MonaVie, which is 1 oz. ,contains 25% acai by weight and one serving is equal to 60 grams, then twenty-five percent of sixty grams is 15 grams (or 15,000 mg) of acai in each serving.

You can do the math, but MonaVie’s 25% acai by weight turns into 15 times more acai per serving than their 100% acai at 1 gram per serving and MonaVie guarantees you will be getting much more than 1 gram of acai per serving. The 25% acai by weight in our product is 100% acai – just like the competition – but our product also contains other beneficial ingredients.

Some ask, wouldn’t it be better to buy a 100% acai juice product than a product with only 25% acai? As an example only, if someone tells you they sell a 100% pure acai juice, do not believe them. The acai berry is a very unique fruit. Unlike any other berry, acai is about 90% seed and the remaining portion is pulp and skin. When processing acai berries they turn into a puree at best. You cannot squeeze acai berries to create a 100% acai juice.

Both Original and Active MonaVie juices are 100% juice made up of 19 fruit purees and juices including 100% pure acai. MonaVie mixes its beneficial fruits and juices into one drink, which includes a high quality and the most scientifically studied acai available. The acai used in MonaVie has been the subject of at least three scientific studies and a study on its antioxidant benefits in humans was published in early 2008.   Ask the competition if they have clinical research on their acai product.

The freeze dried acai and puree used in MonaVie are taken from the best quality sources available.  As an example of MonaVie’s uncompromising commitment to quality, the company spends the necessary money for the highest quality acai available. How?  The current buying power of the US Dollar (USD) is low compared to the Brazilian Real (BRL).

Some companies buy lower quality acai berries to save money. These lower quality berries have less pulp meaning fewer flavonoids, lower fatty-acid content, and less nutritional value.  Regardless of cost, MonaVie’s pledge to quality does not allow for the introduction of lower quality acai berries into its products.

MonaVie is intimately involved in the manufacturing process from the harvesting of the acai berry to the finished product. Once picked, processing of the acai berries starts within 24 hours. This ensures the highest nutritional composition of the berries is maintained. Left out for longer periods, the acai berries start to lose their nutritional value.

Other companies may not follow this simple step. The quality and content of the acai used in MonaVie is tested and validated by an independent laboratory before it is approved for use in the MonaVie products. This guarantees when purchasing our product you will receive a high-quality and safe product.

MonaVie’s acai berries are processed using a unique freeze drying procedure and frozen in the form of a puree to maintain its nutritional composition. Both freeze drying and freezing acai berries maintains 100% of their phytonutrient content. Other processing methods, such as air drying and spray drying sometimes used by other companies diminish the phytonutrient content of the acai berry by as much as 55-70%.

Other companies may use a freeze drying process, but the proprietary freeze dried process used by MonaVie and the claims related to its antioxidant and immune benefits are patent pending. This means a patent has been filed to protect the intellectual properties of the unique freeze drying process used and the claims associated with it.

Some have asked to see a copy of the patent application, but we would never provide this information because it would reveal information that is unique to the acai we use. Also, because of our quality specifications and processing methods used, the acai puree and freeze-dried powder have a significantly higher percentage of pulp when compared to other acai sources. The pulp is packed with beneficial nutrients and antioxidants. If you like your juices pulp-free, you may be limiting the amount of beneficial nutrients your body needs.

Some companies selling acai juices (these would have to be blended with other juices to truly be a juice) often use a process called clarification. This process strips the acai content of the juice with as much of its nutrient composition, especially the beneficial fatty acids. They do this because fats are generally highly unstable and are difficult to use in juice formulations.

Companies who sell products on the store shelf cannot easily explain why their juice may contain greenish clumps which are perfectly normal in a situation of non-clarification and are actually healthy for you.  Instead of dealing with these issues, they highly process their juice and clarify it, but by doing so they compromise the nutritional quality of their product.

A person may be purchasing a product claiming to be “100% acai juice” from a health food store, but you are not getting the same quality of acai or acai juice when compared to MonaVie. The quality and superiority of MonaVie’s acai juice is next to none!   It is truly the premier acai blend.

Amee Bennet asked:


Ever since the acai berry was revealed as a superfood on various talk shows, there has been a rise in total demand for diet and body cleanse supplements that contain this nutritious Amazonian fruit. Nevertheless, a number also kept their distance because of concern of being ripped-off by scam operations.

In this write-up, you’ll discover and learn the truth pertaining to two types of scam schemes involving acai berries.

The first type of scheme involves the sale of products containing these berries via a pyramid operation where you need to invest a lot of money upfront to get into the program.

By offering referral income, the program reward the exact action these scam artists want, namely the recruitment of other people into the program. In this type of scams, the people that are making the most money are the ones who are at the top of the pyramid.

Therefore, you’ll unquestionably want to do your own due diligence prior to signing up for any acai berry MLM program. As a matter of fact, you should only look at programs where there’s no limitation for the latter joiners to bring in more than the ones earlier than them, and also where no heavy upfront money is needed.

In the second type of scheme, people are offered free product trials by only paying for shipping and handling. While this received the most complaints, many could have avoided this if only they had signed-up after reading the details of such offers.

You’ll for example recognise that you’ll be charged for additional pills that will be shipped to you subsequently following the expiry of the trial period of which you picked up the first free trial bottle of acai pills.

For a number of males and females who try the supplements, they continue to utilise them because they do see that they’re benefiting. On the other hand, if you no longer want the product, then you must cancel your membership so that you will not be billed further.

In summary, the truth of the subject is that not every complimentary trial offer or MLM opportunity are rip-offs. You just have to spend time to research and examine the details of such programs before you sign up in order to avoid getting ripped-off.

Xylene Belita asked:


Açaí (pronounced ‘ah-sigh-ee’) Berries are small berries that look like purple grapes. And like grapes they have certain nutritional qualities and health benefits, but at amazingly higher levels that has gotten it hailed as the perfect fruit for mankind.

Acai Berries are actually from Açaí Berry Palms (Euterpe oleracea) which are endemic to the Amazon Rainforests of Brazil. They have long been staple to the natives of the region. The Acai Berry itself is what is called among botanists as a drupe. The seed makes up 80-90% of the fruit. The juice and pulp of the Acai Berry derived from separating the pulp from the seed is popular in Brazil for use in juice blends, smoothies, and even ice cream and liqueur.

Recently, Acai Berries are rapidly becoming popular internationally. With good reason. Acai Berries are packed with an awesome amount of antioxidants – ten times that of grapes and about two to four times that of blueberries. In addition, they are considered to have the best overall nutritional value of any fruit on Earth.

Acai Berries are extremely rich in vegetable protein, which unlike animal protein, do not result in cholesterol and are easier to absorb by the body. They are also rich in carbohydrates which fuel your body during activities like working out. They also contain very high amounts of essential fatty acids and omegas that lower harmful cholesterol levels. The purple color itself is not accidental. These are from anthocyanins, a kind of antioxidant that lends it its purple hue. Acai Berries actually have 10 to 30 times more anthocyanins than Red Wine in terms of volume! The remarkably high levels of antioxidants help fight free radicals and prevent premature aging.

So what exactly does its antioxidants and nutritional value help with anyway? Why is it becoming so popular? To put it simply, Acai Berries can improve digestion; help in losing weight; promote better sleep; reduce muscle fatigue and pain, increase energy and libido, fight cancer and illnesses lower blood pressure, strengthen the immune and cardiovascular system, and fight aging and inflammation.

With all those benefits, you might expect Acai Berry to taste like medicine, huh? Actually no. Açaí Berries have a distinctly tropical flavor that has been described as something between a blend of berries and chocolate. It truly is the number one super food of the world.

 

John Mags asked:


What is acai berry? Acai berry is a tropical fruit from an acai palm, one of the 8 species of the palm genus Euterpe. This type of palm grows mainly on swamps and flood plains in the amazons of Brazil, some parts of Peru, and Central and South America. Euterpe palms are usually slim and tall, growing up to 15 to 30 meters in height, with leaves extending up to 3 meters long. Acai palms, scientifically known as Euterpe Oleracea, are famous for their highly nutritious fruit and superior hearts of palm. The acai berry fruit, which is purple, round-shaped fruit much like a grape fruit, contains high nutritional value that made acai berries popular worldwide.

What makes acai berries good? Research showed that acai berries contain the following properties: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and cardiovascular benefits. The antioxidant property of acai berry is 30 times greater than red grapes, and 10 to 20 times more anthocyanins than red wine. That makes acai berries more than 200% anti-oxidant than any other fruit and vegetable known; and the best known source of antioxidant so far. A university of Florida study in 2006 showed that the antioxidant property of acai berries destroyed cultured human cancer cells. Further studies revealed that it triggers a self-destruct response in up to 86% of tested leukemia cells.

Acai berries provide a good source of Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, C and Vitamin E. It also contain good amount of fiber that help promotes healthy digestive system and reduce the risks of developing some types of cancer.  In Brazil, acai berries are used to treat digestive disorder and some skin condition. Essential fatty acids; such as omega 3, 6 and 9; are also found which contribute to low incidence of cardiovascular disease for people who consume acai berries as part of their diet.

Acai berries are not recommended to be eaten directly. It should be processed first.  To maximize the full nutritional benefits acai berry, it should be freeze dried once it is picked. It loses its nutritional value every minute after picking the fruit. This is one quality aspect of different acai berry products, the method and means of freeze drying the fruit pulp of acai berries. 

Acai berry products have proliferated in the market in different forms; drinks, food supplements, and diet pills. They all differ in quality based on the amount of acai berry concentration in their product, as well as the method and technology used in processing them. The amount of nutrition incorporated on each product depends so much on the way they are processed. Be wary of poor quality products, massed-produce for the sake of profit. Make sure that the source of your acai berry products are verified companies well known for quality.

Gilles Coulombe asked:


Acai is becoming known as the most beneficial fruit in the world. Acai berry from the Amazon forest is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods according to Dr Nicholas Perricone. The acai berry has been around for thousands of years and not until the 1990’s was it introduced to the western world.

Acai berry was first used by the tribes of the Amazon jungle as a cure for various ailments. It comes from a palm that has a long thin trunk up to 25m high with a group of branches with 3 meter long leaves at the top and the berries hang from these branches in clusters, each of them producing 700 to 900 fruits. Each acai palm tree produces about 20 kg of fruit per year and the wine produced by this fruit has become one of the most important products in terms of finance. In the city of Belem in Brazil, over 30,000 people are involved to keep up with its enormous demand. Acai is now a fruit that is taking the fruit industry by storm.

NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF ACAI

Acai has been eaten for hundreds years by Brazilians. In the 1950’s, medical professionals began to recognize the health benefits of the palm fruit. Recently, several medical studies in the United Sates have documented the health benefits of Acai. Best studies have shown that this berry is one of the most nutritious foods in the world.  In fact, the berry has prodigious nutritional properties. It has high levels of iron, calcium, carbohydrates, fiber and antioxidants. It also has many important vitamins and minerals, including B and E vitamins, Omega-3 fatty acids, Omega-6, and Omega-9.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ACAI

Many positive things have been mentioned about acai berry. It has been recognized as one of the foremost superfoods for anti-aging. For example, its amino acids and trace minerals can help slowing down the destructive effects to the skin which cause the signs of aging and can help diminishing also inflammation, a leading cause of the aging process. Its antioxidants properties help to lower the incidences of heart disease and its high levels of Vitamin E helps the immune system to function better.

There are claims also that acai is a natural cholesterol controller helping to reduce the bad cholesterol in the blood and to increase the good cholesterol. Other claims include that this fruit berry helps with weight loss, blood circulation and can function as a natural form of viagra. While more study needs to be done to prove the effectiveness of the claims, there is no doubt that adding Acai to your diet will improve your health. The Acai Palmberry of WholeHealth contains pure, whole freeze-dried, organic acai palmberry pulp in a vegetarian capsule. Amazon region is not damaged during the production of this product. Press the banner below and place your order to enjoy a better health.

Acai is becoming known as the most beneficial fruit in the world. Acai berry from the Amazon forest is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods according to Dr Nicholas Perricone. The acai berry has been around for thousands of years and not until the 1990’s was it introduced to the western world.

Acai berry was first used by the tribes of the Amazon jungle as a cure for various ailments. It comes from a palm that has a long thin trunk up to 25m high with a group of branches with 3 meter long leaves at the top and the berries hang from these branches in clusters, each of them producing 700 to 900 fruits. Each acai palm tree produces about 20 kg of fruit per year and the wine produced by this fruit has become one of the most important products in terms of finance. In the city of Belem in Brazil, over 30,000 people are involved to keep up with its enormous demand. Acai is now a fruit that is taking the fruit industry by storm.

NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF ACAI

Acai has been eaten for hundreds years by Brazilians. In the 1950’s, medical professionals began to recognize the health benefits of the palm fruit. Recently, several medical studies in the United Sates have documented the health benefits of Acai. Best studies have shown that this berry is one of the most nutritious foods in the world.  In fact, the berry has prodigious nutritional properties. It has high levels of iron, calcium, carbohydrates, fiber and antioxidants. It also has many important vitamins and minerals, including B and E vitamins, Omega-3 fatty acids, Omega-6, and Omega-9.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ACAI

Many positive things have been mentioned about acai berry. It has been recognized as one of the foremost superfoods for anti-aging. For example, its amino acids and trace minerals can help slowing down the destructive effects to the skin which cause the signs of aging and can help diminishing also inflammation, a leading cause of the aging process. Its antioxidants properties help to lower the incidences of heart disease and its high levels of Vitamin E helps the immune system to function better.

There are claims also that acai is a natural cholesterol controller helping to reduce the bad cholesterol in the blood and to increase the good cholesterol. Other claims include that this fruit berry helps with weight loss, blood circulation and can function as a natural form of viagra. While more study needs to be done to prove the effectiveness of the claims, there is no doubt that adding Acai to your diet will improve your health. The Acai Palmberry of WholeHealth contains pure, whole freeze-dried, organic acai palmberry pulp in a vegetarian capsule. Amazon region is not damaged during the production of this product.

 

Gilles Coulombe B.A. B.LL D.S.A.

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Groshan Fabiola asked:


Recent studies have shown that the acai berry, acai berry pills and acai fruit can be extremely beneficial to health. But what is the acaiberry? The acai berry comes from acai trees which grow in the rainforests of Brazil, Panama, Trinidad, Ecuador and even French Guyana. Acai berry pills are made from dried acai fruit or from extracts made from the acaiberry- these supplements are taken to help stop the effects of certain health conditions, or even in the prevention of them.

The acai berry has large amounts of antioxidants in it, along with certain fatty acids. Not to mention, acai fruit also has large amounts of fiber, protein, B, C and E vitamins, iron and calcium in it. There are also large amounts of amino acids in the acaiberry. This combination of vitamins, antioxidants and amino acids packs a powerful punch, so that the acai berry and acai berry pills have taken the alternative medicine industry by storm.

Acai berry extracts and acai berry pills, along with acai fruit, are most commonly taken for weight loss. This is because the fiber in acai fruit and acaiberry helps your body to digest food more efficiently, and it also makes you feel full quicker, so you’re less likely to overeat.

Acaiberry and acai berry pills are also good for you being able to sleep better. This is because acai berry and acai fruit contains nutrients and vitamin B that will control hormones and chemicals in the brain that are responsible for relaxation and muscle regeneration. This helps you sleep better.

Acai berry and acai fruit can be put on top of cereal or eaten as part of a trail mix or snack, if you’re able to find fresh or dried acaiberry, and this will just help you general overall health. Acai berry pills are the next best thing however, as long as they have a good amount of acaiberry extract in them, and they will also do the same job as the dried or fresh acai fruit.

Because acai berry, acai berry pills and acai fruit all contain a large amount of nutrients, antioxidants and vitamins- this makes the acaiberry a good supplement for general overall health- along with being a good supplement for specific conditions. The acai berry can be used to increase energy, help you sleep better, improve your body’s alertness levels, relax muscles (which promotes healing!), and even help prevent heart disease.

If you are uncertain as to whether or not acai berry or acai fruit is the right supplement for you, discuss the possible benefits of acaiberry and acai berry pills with your physician.

Samantha Baskey asked:


Search for any information on the acai berry in Google and you’ll be swarmed with websites offering free acai pills. It’s very easy to get lured into this marketing campaign. After all, what would you lose? A mere $4.95 for shipping and handling? That’s nothing, right?

You could not be more wrong! Every website that offers you free acai berry capsules has a fine print somewhere that binds you to an agreement you would not be happy about.

So before you give them your credit card, read this important information first so you’ll know what you’re getting yourself into.



The Fine Print

So where’s this fine print, you ask? Well, like all fine print, it’s hidden somewhere  on that free offer page – an agreement so unnoticeable a lot of people actually miss it.

By clicking that Send Me A Free offer button and giving them your credit card number, you are “supposedly” agreeing to a subscription. This is a monthly subscription to a bottle of acai berry pills and maybe, a fitness program. And here’s an even bigger suprise. This bottle of supplement? It usually costs about $90/month.

Many who have availed of this free offer do not expect this. So when the company automatically gets $90 from their credit card the following month, it becomes a very big surprise.

But that’s only the start of their problems.

As soon as they call the company to cancel the subscription, many have reached customer service that was always busy or worse, non existent. Those who have eventually cancelled have spent lots and lots of hours calling thereby wasting so much time and escalating tension. Some have even resorted to cancelling their credit cards as the acai company they bought it from just kept on getting money from their credit cards month after month.

So this is my advice to you. If you really want to avail of this free offers for acai pills, then go ahead. But beware of the risks you’re taking.

Cornell Dayne asked:


Oprah sure is a popular—I guess that goes without saying. She talks about Acai Weight loss on her show, and all of a sudden you can’t go five minutes without hearing about this mystical, magical berry.

But is there a real connection between Acai berries and weight loss? Or is it just this year’s new fad?

It’s more complicated than a simple yes or no answer. Let’s take a look at the facts:

•    The Acai berry is a bitter fruit that originates from Brazil. The “c” is soft, so Acai is pronounced, ah-sigh.

•    Acai berries have very high levels of antioxidant—much more than blueberries, the first antioxidant fruit to be marketed as such. The berry also contains fiber, “healthy” fats, and vitamins and minerals that are good for you.

•    The health claims made about the Acai berry are due primarily to its antioxidant properties. Antioxidants help our bodies get rid of free radicals, or by-products, of the oxygen used by our cells. Oxidative damage can be linked to diabetes, heart disease and even cancer, so any food high in antioxidants would lower those risks.

•    The health benefits of the Acai berry can be gotten by eating the fruit or by drinking the juice. (It is also said that the pulp is the most nutritious part.)

•    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found no evidence that the Acai berry aids in weight loss.

•    Oprah did not talk about any one Acai-based product, nor does she endorse any currently on the market; she simply talked about its health benefits.

•    Acai berry juice, like all fruit juices, is high in calories and (natural) sugar.

•    Acai as a dietary supplement can be successful. But, the term “dietary supplement” has a nutritional definition, not a weight loss one. The purpose of a dietary supplement is to give your body the vitamins and minerals it may be lacking; it doesn’t mean it will help you lose weight.

•    Acai pills and other concentrated forms of the fruit are not meant to be taken “alone” – meaning, you can’t pop an Acai pill and then sit down to a double cheeseburger.

The final verdict is this: While a weight loss plan that includes Acai is a great one, it’s not meant to be a substitute for a healthy, low-calorie diet and consistent exercise. There is no such thing as a true “Acai weight loss” pill, powder or juice.