If you pay attention to health trends, you have probabably heard of acai berry juice or some other form of the acai berry. Coming from a South American palm tree, acai is by almost all accounts a wonderfully scrumptious fruit, that has been recently described as tasting just like a blend of “chocolate and red wine”.  Additionally, it is a staple food for a few indigenous tribes in Brazil, a simple fact which graphically illustrates that it is fundamentally a nutritious food. Since it is usually extremely inexpensive and they have two harvests each calendar year, it is usually pretty much in the best interest of many entrepreneurs to promote this flavorful berry – or its derivatives – in other places all over the globe.

Unfortunately, when a food is found to be healthy, many unscrupulous marketers take advantage of the situation.  In the case of the acai berry, these marketers have made ridiculous claims that are unsubstantiated. In truth, a quick look online will probably pull up claims that acai is virtually a cure all. A two minute search on Google found statements that acai could: (a) lead to weight loss; (b) reverse (or cure) diabetes; (c) increase the size of the male penis; and so on and so forth. Needless to say, these statements are mostly rubbish. Acai, though luscious and basically healthy is not some miracle drug that can cure all ailments.

That doesn’t mean that there aren’t any acai berry benefits. Scientific reasearch has shown that the acai fruit is loaded with antioxidants.  It contains fair more antioxidants that cranberry juice or applejuice.  Antioxidants are important in fighting free radical cellular damage in the body. Further, a study conducted at Texas A&M University in 2008 has shown that the human body does absorb various nutrients from acai. However, beyond this, virtually all of the other statements are completely without merit and even the value of anti-oxidants is a debatable point.

If you decide to add acai juice to your diet, you should have realistic expectations.  It is generally healthy but is not going to cause you to lose 30 pounds in a month! Beyond claims regarding its wealth of anti-oxidants, virtually nothing else has been tested and there do not appear to be any major studies underway, which suggests that the pharmaceutical companies are not overly hopeful of finding any real medicinal acai berry benefit. All the same, acai juice can be a nutritious addition to your diet.

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