Acai Berry Diets - Greenlawn,NY

The acai berry extract is really about ridding the body of antioxidants, how it ever got picked up a diet, ill never know.

There are things about antioxidants that will help to sluff fat off the body, and make exercise more powerful, but weight loss hugely depends on metabolism, diet and expended energy. Antioxidants merely rid the body of unwanted pollutants, you can get them in green tea, dark chocolate, coffee, most vegetables and any berry that is dark.

taking acai berry, mangosteen, pomegranite, that kind of supplement can be equated to the benefits of a multi vitamin

Acai Berry diets are based on the fact that the berries are high in antioxidants and antioxidants are healing for the body. When the body is healthy, the weight balances. The problem with that is that the ORAC value that is assigned to Acai berries is lower than that of Welch's grape juice and some of the other things we take for granted in this country.

Nutrition is the key to weight loss. Not just eating good foods but actually absorbing it into your system. My husband lost 110 pounds when we decided to get him healthy. I put him on an absorbable multivitamin/mineral complex and he dropped 60 pounds with absolutely no activity change and no diet change. His body was adjusting to the nutrition he hadn't been getting. When he was light enough to start exercising again and had the energy to do that, he dropped another 50 pounds over the next three months. He has kept his weight off for almost 5 years now. He had NEVER been able to keep his weight off before.

The company you are looking at may help but I have seen what happened to my husband and there are no quick fixes. It was however, very simple and pretty easy to get him to take his vitamins every morning and night. Once you understand why we gain weight, why we can't lose weight when we don't really over eat and why it always comes back with a vengeance, it makes life so much better. It simply understanding the first piece of the puzzle....

God bless,

M.

How about trying a life style change instead of a diet? Make healthier food choices and you already talked about exercise.

Julia is correct - the only clinical data on actually sustaining weight loss at this time is more related to lifestyle changes than actual "diets".

My previous employer has been working on an FDA approved weight loss franchise for over 12 years. They're still many years away from having a product on the market, all based upon hormones naturally in each of us that are designed to regulate food intake and weight.

The problem is that most of us eat for different reasons, and that's the hardest thing to change. We tend to be emotional, stress, celebratory eaters.

Calories in vs. calories out is the recipe, but it's not that simple, and there is NO clinical evidence on record that I can find (only testimonials) that the acai berry diet has any merit - if it did, pharmaceutical companies would have been all over it a long time ago.

A diabetic cookbook can provide a really great approach to changing meal planning coupled with your gym membership. If possible, find a bunch of 5K, 10K or even half-marathons to enroll in and set goals that are hard to break to help get you on track.

Good luck!

Most weight loss programs have a failure rate within 1 year with at least all of the weight (if not more regained). Changing your relationship with food is really the only way to be successful at this time, and I'm right there with you needing to lose about 10 lbs.

tried it and it did't work for me!

The only thing you will loose is money.

I did the Acai Berry cleanser and energy pill. Did it for 90 days and didn't loose a thing. So I now walk 4 miles about 3 times a week and changed my food intake and I have lost 16 lbs in about 2 months. So if I were you, I would just do the gym. I have given up on diet gimmicks.

Good luck.

I haven't tried a diet with it, but got some of the Genesis brand Acai Berry juice, and let me tell you, it was WONDERFUL. Not just the taste (it tasted good, not a big fan of the 'grit' at the bottom of the glass though). But I normally have a soda every afternoon for my "boost" of afternoon energy. Instead, I drank about 8 oz of this juice and felt more energized than ever. It's expensive, but might be worth it!

I bet 15lbs will be easy if you add this to your diet every day. It's sweet enough that it satisfied my sweet tooth (instead of the soda) and I just felt great when I drank it. Good luck!