Acai Berry Select
Acai Berry Select Overview
There has been a lot of media interest in the ‘superfoods’ group recently, i.e. foods that have powerful properties to help with anti-aging and energy. One such food is the Brazilian acai berry which is now being seen more and more used in a range of products from energy drinks, skin treatments and weight loss pills.
Acai Berry Select is a product that promotes itself not only as a weight loss aid but as also having the ability to detoxify and fight fatigue, enabling the user to ‘flush away pounds’ of excess weight. The Acai Berry Select website offers a decent amount of information about the product but does resort to some poor sales tactics as a marketing tool. For instance, it shows a number of television network logos and pictures of celebrities (including Food TV star Rachel Ray) to illustrate how acai berry has been featured heavily in the media, although not one actually has mentioned Acai Berry Select by name. Similarly, they feature a picture of Dr. Perricone, developer of The Perricone Prescription, a diet based on the ‘superfoods’ but again did not endorse Acai Berry Select in particular.
While the manufacturers do provide good details regarding each ingredient in their product, other parts of the site are lacking. Only one customer testimonial is shown and there are no FAQ’s for reference.
Details Of Acai Berry Select
The ingredients in Acai Berry Select are very simple and unlike many other brands, are not contained in a proprietary blend. This allows the consumer to see exactly how much of each ingredient they are getting per capsule. Acai Berry Select contains only five ingredients: chromium, green tea extract, caffeine, acai berry and l-theanine.
All five ingredients work well in terms of aiding weight loss and are all commonly found in good diet products, such as the amino acid l-theanine and chromium which has the benefit of stabilizing the blood sugar level, which in turn helps minimize cravings. Green tea is a caffeinated product that helps act as a thermogenic, increasing the body’s fat burning ability, and is further boosted in Acai Berry Select by the addition of pure caffeine (about as much as you would get in one cup of coffee). Green tea is also a good anti-oxidant, as is the acai berry.
Acai Berry Select is very simple to take requiring only two capsules a day, twenty minutes before breakfast and again before lunch. Due to the relatively high levels of caffeine, it is not recommended to take the pill five hours within bedtime (especially for those particularly sensitive to caffeine).
Acai Berry Select Advantages
- The Acai Berry Select website provides good ingredient information
- The ingredient amounts are not hidden in a proprietary blend
- The company offers two free trial bottles
- Acai Berry Select has a full 90-day money back guarantee
- The company states that diet and exercise are an essential part of weight loss
- Acai berry is a powerful ‘superfood’
- The first order comes with two free gifts and a lifelong free membership to an online weight management club
Acai Berry Select Disadvantages
- Acai Berry Select has not been endorsed by any major television show or celebrity, despite the intimation
- No price is given on the website for the product (although it was seen on an independent retail site for $47.52 per bottle)
- Only one short customer testimonial is shown
- No FAQ’s are provided
- The company uses some questionable sales tactics
- The amount of caffeine in the product may cause jitters or sleeplessness in some customers
The Bottom Line
The only aspect of Acai Berry Select that’s impressive is the fact that they do provide the actual amounts of the ingredients in the product. Apart from this, there really is nothing else about the brand that makes it superior to most other acai berry products on the market. In fact, some of the sales tactics they use, such as urging the customer to order ‘within the next five minutes’ before the product runs out, actually has the effect of acting as a deterrent to many people.
It is very doubtful that any one product could have the effect of detoxifying, causing weight loss and increasing energy as Acai Berry Select claims and as such should probably be avoided.
