I’ve watched it go from expensive “Amway” type sales:
http://www.monavie.com/Web/US/en/monavie_original.dhtml
To mainstream:
http://www.langers.com/Products/100s/langers100.htm
Haven’t researched the specific health benefits...antioxidant??
Some weeks back I remember seeing a flurry of ads warning about putative dangers of the stuff. Of course that might have just been the lawsuit troll of the day.
I picked some up for a doable price at the local Co-op.
Not falling for the free trial (and we auto charge you for the full price next month) gimmick.
It is suppose to be a concentrated antioxidant and V-Bs.
I am not a big supplement person as good wholesome diet works other than I do use V D3 due to low blood levels and no sun in our area.
I have been fasting for multiple reasons the last few months and found during the fast calcium/mag/zinc help with some issues during my cleansing fasts.
But I wonder if Acai has any real nutritional value or is just the latest scam or rama.
I guess I was looking for antioxidants without sugar/fruit kind or calories.
Then there was the claim (claim and I know better to listen to claims) that it naturally (as in no stimulant/manmade) is a appitite suppresant.
When I cleanse and use Mag/Cal the first thing I want when going back to food is purple cabbedge and apples.
I just recently added smoked sea salts to my diet as a taste helper and that has curbed allot of the craving for meat (I eat meat but in very small portions) also crimini mushrooms help curve the beef visual/brain cravings.
Long story short is I fell down about a year ago for many reasons and screwed up a good diet with crap food so getting back to what was working so well health wise and what better time to start then before the holidays, for me as a single person that is.
I am cooking the free turkey but no stuffing/potatoe/gravy just baked yams and other items that wont lead me back to the proccessed food diet.