Anyone heard of acai berry for burning fat?

[Tigershark]

Was reading an article that popped up on my Facebook. It's probabally bunk but wanted to get other opinions.

[IM708]

Never EVER buy it!!!!

[D7M]

someone was asking me about this the other day

why not ironmaiden?

[Tigershark]

Never EVER buy it!!!!

I am reading more about it and it seems like a total scam.

[IM708]

It's a fvckin fruit. Opera the big brown elephant was tooting her horn about it giving it these amazing cleansing and weightloss abilities. NO, NO-NO-NO. No scientific evidence to show that it is even some what beneficial. If you want antioxidants which is all that shit is buy a damn apple. You want to lose weight, drink coffee and eat yohimbine. You want to 'cleanse' your body buy a product with NAC, milk thistle, and other herbs in it that have been shown to actually promote good health.

It's and antioxidant and that's it. Most gimmicky product out on the market right now.

[Tigershark]

What is yohimbine in?

[RATTLEHEAD]

LOL damn that just cracked me up. dont listen to ridiculous claims. take things for what they are. its a powerful antioxidant. thats it. it is very good stuff though.

[Brazil]

its grown here in brazil. One of the most powerful antioxidant fruits there is. It looks like a coffee bean and there is not really much fruit to it. The part that comes of the seed is like a a very thin layer covering it. Tastes like earth. Also its very oily in its pure form and most of the calories comes from the fat, also its very high in fiber. Most of the drinks in usa are more than likely a syrup and mixed with guarana and fructrose for flavor so most of its antioxidant powers are probably lost.

[Nooomoto]

No...fruit has no fat burning abilities. Cardio on the other hand, does.

[IM708]

its grown here in brazil. One of the most powerful antioxidant fruits there is. It looks like a coffee bean and there is not really much fruit to it. The part that comes of the seed is like a a very thin layer covering it. Tastes like earth. Also its very oily in its pure form and most of the calories comes from the fat, also its very high in fiber. Most of the drinks in usa are more than likely a syrup and mixed with guarana and fructrose for flavor so most of its antioxidant powers are probably lost.

cinnamon is incredibly high in antioxidants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_...of_ORAC_values

[RATTLEHEAD]

i take cinnamon. its a cheap, solid supp.

[dynamitekid]

It's funny that you bring this up. I work in the supplements department for whole foods market and i get people asking for acai every day.
i've never had the juices or anything like that, but i have bought the smoothie packs that sambazon produce. it's just the berries blended up and put into individual packs. it's cool to add it in with a protein shake, but it is no miracle fruit by any means.

people believe anything they hear.