Posted on 11/19/2009 1:11:19 AM PST by Global2010
Other than the ads that claim Acai Berry is a great diet supplement does any Freepers use it for a reason as a diet supplement in concentrated capsule form?
Thanks. Could not find any legit forums when I googled it is all ads promoting the product no real medical info.
And I dont count Dr. Oz as a legit resource.
These people charge your credit card well after your “free trial” and then after you have cancelled.... then they charge you for some monitoring program !!
They are nasty people !!
The natives who use it use ONLY the tiny amount of pulp surrounding the seed.
They seem to do well on *that*.
What you buy contains the seeds and every other thing to “plump up” the juice since just the pulp juice would be exorbitantly expensive.
Experts question both the nutritional value and “safety” of consuming the seeds.
[the natives absolutely NEVER do]
It has antioxidant properties but common, cheaper blueberries FAR outstrip acai’s nutritional content.
There are also only 2 “harvest times” for the berry and God forbid you get the “wrong” season’s harvest.
It tastes even worse than usual and can make you physically sick.
[been there, done that, the company recalled that batch]
I will never waste another dime on “Oprah’s Snake Oil”.
Save your money and drink 8-10 oz of cranberry juice daily.
I have been looking into turmeric recently. Has anyone else tried it or looked into it? One nice thing, it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
Pitiful extreme to go to just to lose some weight.
I have been looking into turmeric recently. Has anyone else tried it or looked into it? One nice thing, it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
isn’t it an anti-cancer agent too?
Juice and broth are big in my cleansing/fasting days.
I prefer Pure Cherry Juice (lowers uric acid levels which mine tend to run high at times) cut with Cranberry/Pom or a Orange/Banana/Pine.
Also I drink de caf ice herb tea and use a splash of juice to keep glucose levels up/even running.
I have a wonderful flavored stevia powder for a natural sweetner. Spendy but worth the piece of mind in that it is made from a plant not in a lab.
The Acai was a try and see as a supplement and like my mag/calcium I may use it only at times when fasting/cleansing.
The worst thing about really cleansing toxins for me is the nightmares that I can say are like the visions/bad trips you here about in the traditional Indian cleansing tents.
Frightning stuff.
Esp. when it is reality based past lost thoughts.
I chalk it up to like a colon cleanse for the brain. All part of the re set button.
For me being in a strong place faith wise is important before cleansing the mind and body.
So as a Catholic recieving Holy Communion is extremely important as part of the program.
But hey that is just my thing.
The whole Mind, Body and Soul thingy.
Mind being my biggest challenge.
Good info at link. Wether it is factual or not Wally World sees it as a sales propaganda. : )
I dread going into that store but they do have a handy photo station to crop/color/size pics I can do myself.
And the photo paper for my home pic printer is sold there (small town not many options).
They have the best socks in town too.
But I dread going in the whole atmosphere of WalMart and we dont even live in what some Freepers describe as urban Wally World.
Good post.
I really really get turned of by Oprah.
I did watch when Sarah was on though.
Painful as it was.
I noticed Sarah on the Fox channel was so much more condusive, probably for Sarah too.
As far as anything a tv show promotes I look at it as trying to Sell something.
TV shows are virtually ad campaigns.
Speaking of being the Shop season I got recieved a fingerhut catalog (didnt know they still existed LOL) and I cracked up at the stuff they were peddling Baby Phat shoes and Goddy bling for excuberant prices all for easy monthly installment plans LOL.
Get a reality show aka Baby Phat selling designer clothes all to end up peddling it in a Fingerhut someday. LMAO
I was wise enough not to fall for that gimmick.
But your warning is good for All to know.
The ole nothing for free.
I opted to go to the life long co-op aka hippie store in town and buy small bottle for my try it and see.
When I try a new product of any kind I always check for a 800 consumer number and or website so if it is not a satifactory product I can get my money back.
Kinda like Glenn Beck pointed out about the crummy pistacios he bought he should of known it was not worthy as there was no consumer phone or address on the package and sure enough I picked up the bag to double check his word and he was right.
This particular nut is new and in all the stores and has an alluring (for men) tv ad of a domitrex sexy woman cracking a whip on the lil nut/pistachio. LOL Beck fell for it.
Lowered my bp by getting a pet.
I learned a long time ago that what is good for all, is not necessarily good for me. I have sensitivities to florals, many plants, and preservatives so I’m an avid label reader and I would rather be safe than sorry. If I’m going to try something new, I try very small amts and work up if nothing happens. Only takes a couple of trips to the er to realize you can’t put just any old thing in your mouth. The older I get, the less I’m willing to try just anything.
Turmeric is being studied for its anti-cancer, anti-microbial, anti-biotic, ant-viral, anti-fungal and just about anti-everything else properties.
I use it all the time but don’t buy the expensive capsules.
I go to the spice aisle, get some McCormick turmeric and just swallow the powder with some milk or something.
[it does not taste good, it’s very “astringent” so have whatever you’re drinking in your mouth *first*]
Try it the next time you’re congested. [nose or lungs]
Keep upping the dosage until everything that ‘comes out’ is light turmeric colored and tell me it doesn’t work.
It also settles an upset stomach.
I have no idea why since you usually don’t see that listed on the “wonder of turmeric” sites so it might just be me.
[It’s also a very potent gas expelling agent so stay away from people for the first few days you start taking it. that stops once you’re ‘cleared out’ but thought it best to warn you]...:-D
Very good advice.
And true. IMHO.
I have loved ones with BP issues who must take pharma ( I am guessing they are out of other options).
It is crazy how out of whack and ending up in the hosp their systems get with med increments up/down.
I dont say this to them but I will say it here it scares me when two or more up in years (70s) freinds all seem to go whack and end up in the hosp at one time around the country.
All I can do is offer an ear and prayer.
Hoping they have attentive primary care providers.
I tried a couple of times to eat foods laden with it and became sick to my stomach (just me).
I tried the same dishes with no turmeric and no stomach ache.
As another on the thread stated which is so true what is great for one per can be absolutely horrible for the next guy.
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