Do acai berries REALLY work?
I’ve been seeing all the hype in myspace advertisement/popup thinggys) but do they really work?
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November 4, 2009 - 4:02 am
fresh off the tree yes but bottled up extracts are no more beneficial than a fruit roll up.
November 7, 2009 - 4:57 am
no idea
probably though
as long as that all you eat..
answer?
November 8, 2009 - 5:22 pm
yes, they do
use them instead of cranberries
November 11, 2009 - 6:25 pm
Look, the only thing that will help you lose weight is diet and exercise. Don’t spend money on these advertised quick fixes.
November 13, 2009 - 8:27 pm
if you can afford them pretty pricey
November 14, 2009 - 12:10 pm
For anti cancer, yes. For weight loss, no.
November 14, 2009 - 7:01 pm
The actual fruit has many health benefits.
November 16, 2009 - 7:13 pm
The fruit is really healthy but don’t expect miracles from it. Of course the advertising for it is a bit over hyped like any other product.
November 17, 2009 - 2:42 pm
I don’t know about the hype for working but I like the taste and enjoy drinking the drink for the drink of it.
November 21, 2009 - 12:07 am
When they have double-blinded placebo controlled studies that demonstrate they actually DO something…then I’ll be willing to read/listen. Until then….probably nothing more than placebo effect. Regardless of Oprah.
November 21, 2009 - 2:33 am
I was first introduced to the acai berry about a year ago, before all of the publicity and hype that has developed recently. It has been interesting to see many companies try and tap into the growing market. The thing that I have noticed is that many (and most recent trends) are very low quality acai, and so do not offer the nutritional, antioxidant, and health benefits that are associated with pure acai.
The acai fruit itself is amazingly beneficial to health, but many of the new and developing companies that make things like the acai pills and powders are made up of low quality acai. The acai that I use is a juice called MonaVie. It was developed three years ago as the acai was just being discovered by countries outside of Brazil (acai is native to the Amazon). They developed a patented flash freezedry process that allowed them to retain almost all of nutritional and antioxidant content of the acai berry. I was very skeptical of MonaVie at first, but as I started drinking it, I noticed that I was feeling a lot healthier. I started losing weight, I felt more energetic, and I noticed that I started sleeping better at nights. I have been drinking it for a year now, and it has worked great for me. I would recommend it to anyone that wants to try and add it to their diet to see if it works for them.