Warning- Before You Buy Acai Berry Juice

Mar 22
09:12

2008

GiGi Konwin

GiGi Konwin

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Before jumping on the Acai Berry Bandwagon, read this article so you won't be paying too much for inferior products.

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Unless you've been under a rock,Warning- Before You Buy Acai Berry Juice Articles you've probably heard of the Acai Berry (pronounced AH-sci-EE). This little Brazilian berry has been on Oprah, all the major morning shows, magazines, etc. Touted as the best antioxidant, apparently it's nothing short of a miracle.

The acai berry grows in the Amazon Rain Forest and tastes like a berry with a chocolate aftertaste. Sounds fabulous! It even beats the blueberry in its antioxidant properties.

You don't want me to rehash all the benefits from antioxidants and the acai berry - go to any of the many articles you see.

Be forewarned -- as good as this little berry is, it will not reverse aging and cure diseases! I've seen press releases with those words in the title. When you go to the website, it's just a front for another website that sells the product - but you won't see that claim on THEIR website.

It wasn't until a friend of mine started taking MonaVie and told me how much he was paying for it that I decided to explore it further.

$39 a bottle ($25 with a bulk purchase) - and a bottle only lasts about a week! No joking! Not only that, MonaVie is basically an MLM (multi level marketing) product.

So the quest was on. Find out what I could about this "miracle antioxidant" and see if other quality products are available for less.

I found a site that gives a pretty good detailed description of what it is and what it does. Granted, they are selling a product, but they also give great non-technical information. You can get information from the link at the end of this article.

What Are Some of the Different Acai Berry Products?

You can purchase it in various formats, but the primary 3 types are in juices, powders, and freeze-dried capsules.

JUICE

MonaVie comes in juice format and has to be refrigerated. Their acai juice is really a blend of 19 different fruits. There's no way of knowing precisely how much acai berry is in their formula.

If you like the juice blend, I've discovered another product for about half the price. If you scroll down their sales page, you'll find a side-by-side comparison of their ingredient labels. They at least publish the amount of acai berry they have in their juice. I find it funny that they also claim to have more acai in their juice than the MonaVie product - how is that possible when nobody knows how much acai is in the MonaVie product?

POWDER

The powders sure ran the gambit, but most of them are not all that pure in their ingredients. Even Dr. Perricone's powder (made from extract) had all kinds of other fruit extracts and ingredients. So you can get Dr. Perricone's Super Berry Powder with Acai for $50 for a month's supply, or for less than half the price, you can get Berry Splash. It looks like about the same ingredients - at least they provide some ORAC values (that's a way of measuring the antioxidants).

FREEZE DRIED CAPSULES

In this process, the berries are freeze dried and then processed as a powder or capsule. Most of the acai powders you see on the market are not actually freeze dried. They are usually made from a extract (which does not use the whole berry) or spray dried. There are some good ones, though. Check the ingredient labels.

I have found what I think is perhaps the purest grade of Acai available in an easy-to-take capsule form.  Be sure to check out the link below for recommendations to various types of Acai Berry products.

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