Acai berry can flush out extra pounds and flatten tummies! Ever heard of that? I’m sure you do, as MLM (multi-level marketing) companies work extremely hard trying to sell you health supplements containing extracts from this exotic fruit by using the above claim.
You read about Acai berry’s ancient stories, testimonials and reviews that emphasize the “miracle cures” of this power fruit – its ability to prevent aging and help you lose 30 pounds in 30 days with regular consumption. They even claim celebrities lose Fat from consuming their products.
The supplements don’t come cheap though.
Costing many times more than the whole fruit, you naturally want to know if you’re really paying for a “miracle cure”.
Hey, think about this. Any miracle food that promises fast-track solution to Fat loss can’t be real. Losing 30 pounds in 30 days? Oh come on, if that’s really true, why obesity is still a global headache today? Fat loss specialists and doctors would go out of job then.
These Fat loss supplements are nothing more than just marketing hype, which the MLM health companies try to impress you with unrealistically exaggerated claims.
(Note: Their claims are NOT proven by ANY solid medical research.) Honestly, they only deliver empty Fat loss promises since this Acai berry juice is merely new addition to the fad diet foods.
“Best” part is, some of them even got themselves into hot soup for capitalizing on celebrities’ (such as Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz) valuable reputation and intellectual property rights to lure consumers into ordering their products on the false premise that they have been tested or recommended by this and that celebrities when they have not.
But why still so many people fall for that? Thanks to the MLM structure.
Even though the product doesn’t work as amazing as it promises, distributors / affiliates of the products will still sell hard and inflate the claims with phony testimonials and comments to make it sound and look compelling and convincing, so that they can expect a big fat check mailing to their doorsteps every single month.
My friend, Terry (weighing about 180 pounds), commented that his constipation got cured and he lost a few pounds after drinking Acai berry juice (bought from his cousin who’s an Acai berry MLMer) for a couple of months (I thought he should’ve lost 60 pounds by then since it claims to help people lose 30 pounds in 30 days?).
But Terry wasn’t sure what else contains in that juice or even if the juice comes from the genuine stuff. As long as it works for him, he’s willing to spend the money and take the risk. He’s that desperate.
Well, I recommended him to drink a smoothie blended from vegetables and common fruits (strawberries, blue berries, bananas and others), which works just as “miraculous” as his Acai berry juice. More importantly, it costs so much cheaper and safer to consume because you know exactly what you feed your stomach with.
Why flush about $2,000 a year down the toilet on a questionable product when you can use them on proven things to genuinely improve your health and lose your Fat?
I believe Acai berry does have its nutritional values like many other common fruits such as raspberry, cranberry, strawberry, blueberry etc. But as for Fat loss effect, I’m afraid not.
My advice for you – stay alert and don’t get conned by those MLM companies, distributors and affiliates. Even though they offer you free trial, be extra careful as they’ll put you on auto-bill and auto-ship program so your credit card will get charged every month. And this can easily add up to over $150 a month.
Last but not least, don’t ever flash a thought of joining as a distributor or affiliate as their unscrupulous exploitation on the celebrities’ reputation without endorsement from the celebrities themselves may land you in lawsuit.
