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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.

Rising U.S. sales of acai, a purple Amazon berry promoted as a "superfood" on Oprah Winfrey's Web site, are depriving Brazilian jungle dwellers of a protein-rich nutrient they've relied on for generations. U.S. consumers are turning "a typical poor people's food into something like a delicacy," said Oscar Nogueira, who specializes in the fruit at Embrapa, Brazil's agricultural research company. Spending on acai-based products by Americans seeking to lose weight, gain energy or slow aging doubled to $104 million last year, according to SPINS, a Schaumburg, Ill.-based market research firm. Since U.S. demand took off early this decade, the fruit's...

I'm sitting here sipping a bottle of Bossa Nova açai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) juice, which according to the label is "nature's healthiest, highest antioxidant fruit. "The "original" and "pure" juice is sweetened with agave, a kind of cactus. It's hard to describe the taste: a little like pomegranates and blueberries, with a touch of pear. It's good and I will definitely drink it again, although I don't feel any compulsion to rush back to the market to buy it.This isn't your father's Concord grape juice. Fruit juices now come with scientific data printed right on the bottle! This one has a...