I'm seeing it all over the Internet, just about every weight-loss story that appears as being "news" of an article all leads to the same essentialy advertisement for Acai Berry and Colon Cleanse. The last "article" I read had some woman claiming she lost 47 pounds in just 2 months.

Okay...let's see now, 47 pounds x 3,500 calories is 164,500 calories over 60 days is a deficit of 2,741 calories per day, and since this woman's BMR is probably about 1,900....that would mean she QUACK QUACK QUACK!!!!!!!

Gimme a break: you wanna lose weight or do ya wanna lose fat? I've known lots of people who cut-down, cut-back, go on cleanses & liquid diets....alll to just reinflate in the days following the end of their "diet". I don't care how you cut it, the nasty-heavy-thick-rubbery FAT will only go away when it's burned off the body the old fashioned hard-work way.

I'm just putting this out there because for those of us who bust our butts, eat a well-balanced diet and do it the right way....it's very discouraging to hear & read about these kind of results & claims. I'm sure the Gazillion antioxidants in the acai berry are potent and eating cups of fiber and stool-softener helps the intesintal tract...but come on, these kind of claims and gorilla marketing is just plain wrong.

The sad part is people actually buy into this shyt and spend useless dollars on something that's going to get their hopes up only to let them down.

The manufacturers are making a killing though.

Yep, and guess who's selling-out big time on this whole sham:

Oprah
Rachel Ray
Dr. Oz

Seems odd that someone would want to do a colon cleanse for any reason other than preparation for a colonoscopy screening for polyps or colon cancer.

Well im sure there is nothing wrong with the acai berry but unfortunately once again a food has been commercialised and now is seen as the be all and end all of weight loss.

People look up to Oprah, Dr Oz and the ****e so they just run with it.

People want Acai berry because its exotic. It is a very antioxidant and nutrient rich fruit. Key word; fruit. But no one here is eating the fruit. What they don't realize is that because it is impossible to get the actual fruit in America (its only grown in Brazil and does not survive transportation at all, gets all mushy) and all you find here is either Acai juice or Acai in powdered/pill form, they are not getting the full effect. Either you're drinking fruit juice, which is pretty much the sugary part and you're not getting most of the nutritious benefits that they're talking about, that would reside mainly in the pulp, or you're buying some scam diet pill that probably has about as much Acai in it as it they need to put the name on it and not enough to be healthy.

As for colon cleanse, people like that they lose 5 pounds in the first week. What they usually don't realize is that's 5 pounds of McDonald's burgers that never dissolved over the years just getting shoved out the back door, not fat loss.... The next time you eat you're just putting stuff right back in your intestines. :P

If by Dr. Oz, you mean one of the doctors on realage.com , it is interesting to note that the web site has some contradictory messages about acai berries and their antioxidants:

The Highest Antioxidant Fruit Ever - RealAge Tip of the Day -- basically says how great acai is
What’s Safe? What’s Smart? More Supplement Questions Answered -- basically says that acai is too expensive and the coffee(!) is a better source of antioxidants than acai.

They grow here in New Zealand as well.

That pretty much sums it up. Every year they discover a new fungus, mold, algae or some other exotic fruit that grows in some obscure & remote region of the world...each substance containing a higher and greater potency gazillion antioxidants. FACT: the Acai' berry is so powerful that it can disarm free-radicals within a range of 500-feet from anyone who consumes it and, like radio-activity, it can continue for years!

Yeah...I've read stories about how cleanses will remove crayon we ate while in Kindergarten and, like an old sewage line, stuff will come out that we've been supposedly carrying for decades. I've read a 24-hour fast will pretty much do the same thing, that and a lot of fiber. It's all a hoax. Like Red-P pointed out, you're losing "weight", but it's not fat; the most you might expect is a bit less swelling in the lower abdominal region...LOL: but now that you've removed that sediment from your intestine, you'll absorb more calories from food and get fatter!!!!

It just bothers me that these heavy-weights of reputation (Oprah, Rachel, Dr.Oz) are getting behind this scam.

colon cleanse is the one n best way on which you have to go if u are searching for best product to reduce weight. No need to go from piller to post just go for colon cleanse.

You would think years & years of Oprah doing these fad diets & losing tons of weight then gaining it back in a matter of months would smarten her up to these ridiculous diets.

If you are looking for a kick to all for your well-being, a product like the acai berry can help you even in a small surcharge.

No...I'm sorry, that's a bunch of BS

I drink those Acai' berry drinks, eat dark chocolate, pomegranate juice....and all those other mega-gazillion antioxidant superfoods...and the difference is NOTHING!!!!!! NOT A DAMN THING

It's nothing more then a marketing gimmick with the typical claims that can't be substantiated or proven. Every couples years they discover some new substance...from the depths of the ocean, dark caves in the hills or high atop tree-tops in the jungle. Maybe it's a fungus, coral, mold, berry or bat dung. It doesn't matter, they package it, set-up a multi-tiered sales pyramid and pitch their miracle product to the world.

Don't
Don't believe
Don't believe the hype!

There are only these miracle products for tissue loss/tissue gain:

1. The almighty, most powerful calorie.

2. Macro-nutrients: atrocious and vigorous when manipulated.

3. Understanding some human physiological/biological processes, learning how to manipulate these through dietary habits, exercise, other means, and adapting to one's bodily feedback, using 1, 2, and 3.

Case closed.

Hey, BSL, sup!

Chillen

Before using Acai Berry I didn't believe that but after using it I recommend to others. Acai Berry is really a wonderful fruit and today many people are using it.