Acai Berry Juice

If you're looking for methods to detox your body, then the acai berry juice could be a useful addition to any detox diet. Acai berry juice has well-known antioxidant properties and there has been plenty of medical research over the years to prove this.  The acai berry juice contains immune boosting properties. There are eight different species of acai berry native to South America. Only fairly recently, acai berry juice has found favor in the dieting and detoxing sector. This is been helped on by endorsements from famous celebrities including Oprah Winfrey.   The biggest market for the acai berry juice is as a weight loss supplement. So I once to look at a few of the claims that's manufacturers and marketers are making about  acai berry juice.

Weight loss is such a huge market, and there are so many weight loss products on the market that one must be very skeptical about products with over-the-top claims attached to them.

Acai berry as immune boosters

The immune boosting benefits of the Acai berry are said to be because of the antioxidant elements that they contain. Indeed the Acai berry has more antioxidants than orange or apple juice, cranberry juice, although it has less than the blueberry, the concord grape , and the black cherry. There is no real proof that antioxidants help to boost your immune system. This is one of the biggest claims that is made by the marketers of the product.

The Acai berry grows in central and South America. It is generally harvested by local people who of course receive little or no compensation for their efforts. Once they have been picked they must be shipped very quickly because of the risk of deterioration. There is two crops of fruit every year, which are generally harvested as a food product. The locals in the region actually consume the Acai berry as a major part of their diet, sometimes up to 42%.

As we are going to our day-to-day lives we build up levels of toxins within our bodies. Many of these toxins are stored in fat cells and are difficult to remove. But a lot of these toxins are floating around in our bodies. It is believed that we can help to detoxify our systems by taking antioxidants. Some people say that it is actually the seeds in the Acai berry that are felt to contain the most antioxidant properties, which in turn is thought to increase the strength of the immune system.  This is BS. The seeds, which make up 80% of the berry, are only used for fertilizer or livestock feed once they have been ground up.

We are becoming more and more health conscious and we are paying more attention to detoxification. Because of this there are marketing campaigns for everything from lemon detox to foot detox.   Acai berry juice is another one of these diet and detoxification methods that have yet to show any proof of value.

Because the Acai berry is a natural food there is going to be no harm in eating it. I would suggest that you can get better value for your money by eating black cherries, the traditional blueberry, and of course the concord grape, which all contain more antioxidant properties than the Acai berry. But it will always be a good addition to any natural healthy diet. So if you can afford the extra money to purchase some Acai berry juice then it should prove of some value to you.