Ask Aly: The buzz about acai berry?

Dear Aly,

I’ve been hearing lots of hype surrounding the acai berry. Can you tell me a little more about what it is?

Signed,
Anxiously awaiting the acai

Dear Anxious,

I was on the acai berry way before Oprah made it popular. Back when I was a wee little freelance copy editor, I’d swig bottles of acai juice for a post-lunch buzz. Now, this “super food” has found its way out of the backward alleys of hipster civilization and into Oprah’s kitchen! In one of Oprah’s show ” 10 Foods for Age-Defying Beauty”, they listed acai berry as the number one super food saying, “This little berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world. It can often be found in juice form in health food and gourmet stores.”

The claimed benefits are:

-Increased Energy

-Resistance to colds/flu

-Healthy and more youthful skin

-Improved eyesight

-Improved circulation

-Prevention of degenerate diseases

-Slowing of the aging process

-Promotion of weight loss

Didn’t your momma tell you there’s no such thing as a magic berry, though? The truth is that it tastes delicious and is loaded with antioxidants – but will only make you gorgeous and thin if part of a balanced health regime. (If you use it to wash down a donut, good luck!)

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