Acai Berry Scams

Acai Berry Scam: They aren’t a miracle diet fruit

Most of the Acai Berry craze comes from the claims that this fruit will make you shed pounds and stop overeating with no work out of you. As most diet supplements that sound too good to be true, CNN is reporting that this is also basically false. Although the berry is rich in antioxidants which have many health benefits, without exercise and a balanced diet you still won’t shed pounds. The good thing is that since antioxidants have been proven to give some people more energy; you may have more energy to run an extra mile or power walk around the block instead of sitting on the couch. Therefore, you may actually find some health benefits that will make you slim down, but no research has proved that you will lose weight just by eating the Acai berry.

Acai Berry Scam: Free Supplements aren’t free for a lifetime

There are a lot of “free” products out there that companies will let you try out once to see if you like it and hopefully hook you for life. Certain magazines and book companies have been trying this for years. However, with many of these products, Acai Berry Supplements included, you can get a free trial sent to you for only the shipping price. The catch is that you must cancel it after the free trial. If you don’t, you will continue to receive the product in the mail, which they will charge you for. They can do this because you likely have to give a credit card number for the shipping price of the free trial. Make sure to check the fine print to see when you need to call and cancel before they send out the second shipment or you will likely be stuck with a charge you didn’t bargain for.

Acai Berry Scam: People don’t absorb the antioxidants in acai berries

Many people that are against the acai berry that is loaded in supplements and various sport drinks say that when processed, the antioxidants can no longer be absorbed by humans. There isn’t a whole lot to say about this except that those people are wrong. There have been studies done at Texas A&M that prove that humans do in fact absorb the antioxidants. So far, there has been no study to prove that study otherwise.