Acai pro & con

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I did some more research on acai. Sure, it's good, but is it great? As

I mentioned before, I don't think any SINGLE food, drink or supplement

should be considered a panacea for curing cancer, or anything else. And

I

certainly wouldn't pay an arm and a leg for any of these new-age

drinks. I pay about $3 a bottle for my acai juice at the health foods

grocery (the Bossa Nova brand), never pay any more than that, or it's a

rip-off! The first article seems very promising about acai, it was a

scientific study. But always remember, what works in the lab in a petri

dish (in vitro) is always significantly different than what works in the

human body (in vivo), because the human body is infinitely complex and

there are many variables.

PRO: http://news.ufl.edu/2006/01/12/berries/

The second page is Ralph Moss taking " a friendly skeptic " approach to

acai. He doesn't say don't drink it, only that it's in the same

category as " Xan-go, " (mangosteen) and Noni, plus he has a few

caveats. I see that he got his Bossa Nova drink for only $2 (I wonder

where).

CON: Sort of.

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Ellen