Acai Berry: Used for Weight Loss and Scams
The previously unknown Acai berry has received a massive amount of attention in the media lately due to its health benefits. Sadly, the Acai has also attracted negative press due to the internet scams linked to Acai Berry supplements, which are sold on the internet.
What are Acai berries?
The Acai berry is a small purple fruit, native to South America and has been used for years to help to cure various health problems. Acai berries are high in antioxidants and consist of 10% pulp and 90% seed. The majority of the valuable nutrients found in Acai berries are to be found in the pulp and skin.
Acai berries can be bought in the form of a juice drink, supplement, frozen or in smoothies.
How do Acai berries aid weight loss?
Acai berries allegedly help dieters to decrease their weight thanks to their unique properties which:
* Reduce appetite due to their high fiber content . This also limits snacking between meals.
* Increase muscle mass
* Increase metabolism, also due to their high fiber content.
What are the side effects of Acai berries?
Unwanted side effects can usually vary and can depend on whether Acai berry users consume the berry in diet pills or in a natural form and typically include:
* Diarrhea
* Increased sensitivity to stings from bees.
* Unpredictable reactions when mixed with other medicines or supplements.
What is the Acai Berry Scam?
Fraudsters have been attracted to the huge amount of media attention on the health benefits of Acai berries, and have invented techniques to take hundreds of dollars from consumers.
The first important point to note is that, many of the inexpensive Acai berry supplements use only Acai berry extract. Users may see only minimal results from these cheaper varieties.
Also, a huge amount of websites are advertising free samples for consumers who would like to try Acai berries. Websites like these employ the scam of offering the berries for free and charging the customer for shipping only. This leads consumers to believe that they are getting an unbeatable deal. Sadly, this is not the case.
Customers are unwittingly signing up for an auto billed subscription which takes payments from the customer monthly and this can be very difficult to cancel. The product provided is sub-standard and in the website’s terms and conditions, customers will find that they are only able to cancel within 14 days of their order which is supposedly the ‘free trial’ although in a large number of cases, the free trial is not even despatched until the two week trial period has passed and so, users are really made to pay for their so-called free product.
Conclusion
Although Acai berries are nutritional and good for health and wellbeing, users should be wary of buying Acai berries from websites due to the huge number of unscrupulous scam sites online.
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