Acai berries. Now there’s something that everyone knows about. Mostly everyone has either heard of acai being mentioned in the same breath as Superfood or Scam. Which is it really? Well it’s definitely a superfood, and in some limited cases it is also linked to a scam, too. I say ‘linked to a scam’, because I want to make it quite clear that the acai berry itself is not a scam, but the Free Trial Offers that offer customers cheap acai most definitely are. Read on and hopefully I can explain myself a little better.

Superfood?
Acai berries contain a lot of nutrients, amino acids, antioxidants and dietary goodness. One of the the reasons that it is so highly revered is that it contains much more bang per unit weight than any other known food. It helps in a wide variety of circumstances, too: from improved skin condition to reduction of cholesterol levels; from improved digestion to increased energy levels. It follows from this that even though adding acai products to your diet increases your calorie intake, the collateral benefits outweigh this small disadvantage enormously.

Superscam?
So if acai berries are so good, where does the ’scam’ part come in? Well, as I mentioned it’s not the berry itself that is responsible, rather it is those that sell it to the unaware consumers.

The most common scam that we hear of is the Acai Berry Free Trial Offer. This ‘free’ offer isn’t really free at all. The scam lures you in by offering a free trial in return for you paying the shipping charges, but to pay the shipping charges you’re going to have to hand over your credit card details. Once they’ve got these they just will Not. Let. Go.

There have been many horror stories of people having to cancel credit cards just to stop these scam companies from charging them. Is it legal? Probably not, but who knows. Is it avoidable? Definitely, just don’t go for any free trial offers!

This scam is, fortunately, starting to become so widely known that people are slowly beginning to avoid it. Unfortunately the scam becoming common knowledge has meant that all acai products, sellers and distributors are getting tarred with the same brush and all acai is associated with dubious selling practices.

Acai Berry Does Not Equal Scam

Acai berries and their associated products are not necessarily scams. That some people choose to use acai as a basis for their scamming ways cannot be helped, but it is unfortunate that they take the majority of legitimate acai sellers with them. Acai is a superfood with super potential; avoid the scams and you’ll get on just fine.