I know I'm a little behind the times on this wellness topic, but in the effort to employ the cliche "better late than never," I'm asking now: what are your thoughts about the acai berry craze?

For most of us, it is easy to be skeptical, but it is also hard to ignore buzz phrases like "antioxidant cocktail." I need an antioxidant cocktail - who doesn't?

Fox's report:



However, in my admittedly brief, and online-only research into acai berries, I was exposed to an aspect of the super fruit that really left a bad taste in my mouth. Despite Dr. Oz, Rachel Ray and Oprah's public clout, if you google acia berry, you'll find that several acai berry juice producing companies are also using, let's say disappointing, marketing tricks online to promote the product.

Google acia berry side-effects, and you'll get results for almost as many "warning sites" like www.acaiberrywarning.com (which I purposefully refuse to link to here) about acai berry as you do sales pitches for the $40 bottles and weight loss plans. But follow a few of these "warning" links and you'll find they are, as I mentioned, really marketing ploys to catch us skeptics - or intelligent consumers. All of the "warning" sites I have come across are actually about which brand is better that which or which "acai system" results in more weight loss or the benefits of acai berries - and lack of side-effects - of the super fruit.

So since I've lost respect for the online marketing of acai berry juice, does anyone personal stories? Have you experienced positive or negative results for yourself? Do share! I much prefer my reader's personal opinions than Oprah's testimony.

If you want to try "the juice" out for yourself but want to buy it from the most legitimate source possible, I personally have a family member who is selling it - Mona Vie. Tell her I sent you!


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