Usually, every product which gets to be famous and public for its qualities, sooner or later starts receiving negative feedbacks as well. The same thing happens to the açaí berry.
1. Ridiculous Guarantees
They say that you get to lose weight quite significantly, that is one pound in one day. This is, of course, absolutely impossible. Yes, açaí could be very good for your health, but nothing could help you lose weight so quickly. Regularly eating açaí berries does not mean you live a healthy life and therefore lose weight. A healthy diet, which would really help you lose weight, also contains many other varieties of fruits, vegetables (hi-ORAC ones) and lean meat.
2. Unreal ORAC Values
Many of the manufacturers who produce weight loss pills and supplements claim that açaí is a “Super Food”, asserting that the ORAC values of this fruit are incredibly high. ORAC actually means Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity and it measures the antioxidant level of foods. The numbers expressed in the ORAC values may and do differ indeed. They are given by the body of the individual who eats the food and also by the conditions in which the plants were harvested. However, it is good to know that the companies that produce weight loss pills and supplements usually exaggerate the ORAC values.
The truth is that açaí is a very healthy food, having amazing antioxidant values. Anyway, you could not eat only this fruit in order to lose weight. You may not know that there are other foods in the ORAC chart that have much more elevated values than açaí. There are also lots of other fruits and veggies rich in antioxidants: blueberries, red grapes, raspberries, but spinach as well and so many others. What you should do in order to lose weight and maintain your health is to try a balanced diet which should definitely include açaí berries. Always compare ORAC values per milligram because the ones presented to you by the companies that produce weight loss pills and supplements are fakes.
3. Negligible quantities of açaí plus other juices and inferior fillers
Many producers of weight loss drugs use negligible quantities of açaí in the composition of their products, because the real açaí berries are quite expensive, therefore they are filling in with other kinds of juices and flavors. Due to this fact, you will no longer know the real quantity of açaí you consume in order to lose weight, and, of course, the ORAC values are terribly altered. Your weight loss pills might as well contain inferior juices, but also suspicious ingredients such as citric acid, soy lecithin, seeds or maltodextrin. The best thing you could do is keep away from such weight loss products because you could never tell what they contain for real. Bear in mind that açaí is really dark, not at all lighter. This could be one of the details which should offer valuable information about the weight loss pills you intend to acquire.
4. Suspicious Marketing Customs
Many weight loss supplement manufacturers tempt you to take a so-called “free” sample of açaí in order to give it a try, telling you that you will have to pay “only” the shipping fees.
In order to pay for shipping, you will have to provide data such as credit card number. Unfortunately, you will not be vigilant enough to notice that there is actually a barely visible statement that says you implicitly accept their monthly shipping of the weight loss product together with their free sample. If you get hooked like that, it is extremely difficult to stop receiving the weight loss product. If however you succeed, when you do it these weight loss drug companies may have already left you with a few hundred bucks less in your account.
Leaving all that aside, açaí is a very valuable food, very nutritious and rich in antioxidants. Due to its nutritional profile, this fruit is a treasure if you intend to lose weight and for your overall health.
Açaí could offer the following benefits:
- Increases the level of antioxidants in your body, which will fight free radicals more efficiently
- Maintains the health of your cardiovascular system
- Improves the rejuvenation and development of your muscles
- Sustains the good functioning of your nervous system
- Regulate and support cell division
- Gives you extra energy
- Favors digestive health
- Enhances the power of your immune system
- Improves your libido
