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Did you know that Brazilians do not use acai as a weight loss supplement? Brazilians love acai because of its great taste. Also they use it because it is full of vitamis and because it is considered one of the most nutritious fruits of the Amazon.

Did you know that Brazilians do not use acai as a weight loss supplement? Brazilians love acai because of its great taste. Also they use it because it is full of vitamis and because it is considered one of the most nutritious fruits of the Amazon.

Many of the indigenous population of the amazon more particularly the river dwellers survive and thrive on acai because it is a true whole food. They eat it raw or freshly ground. They can pick the berries fresh from the jungle on the banks of the amazon and its tributaries or they can buy it fresh in the markets in town. They can also frequent local acaizeiros or acai shops where the purple porridge is prepared fresh much like visiting the local butcher shop to purchase a fresh cut of meat.

The purple black acai fruit is collected early in the mornings while it is till dark. The river dwellers who collect the fruit climb the solitary palm that can grow as tall as 90 feet tall and pull down a branch. The branches have many projections on which the acai fruits grow. In fact many river dwellers will use these stripped branches as a broom to sweep their very humble abodes. The acai is then collected into woven bushel baskets and transported by river to collection point.

At these collection points the acai is loaded onto trucks. These trucks then drive to a local processing plant. The acai fruit is then dumped into large vats of cold water where the fruit is washed. The fruit is then separated from its seed or stone. The seed of an acai fruit makes up nearly 90% of the total fruit. The thin meat and skin are beaten off of the seed using large blender like machines. The seeds are then disposed of and are not used further due to the fact that there is no nutritional benefit found in the seeds. Many of the seeds get sent back to reforestation areas to help restore the rain forest that has been slashed and burned for other agricultural needs. The skin and meat from the acai are then blended with water to form a paste the consistency of a very thick pudding. Then this acai pudding is frozen to be transported for further processing.

Much of the population of Brazil consumes acai in the form of jams, ice cream and frozen pulp. You cannot find a weight loss product in Brazil touting acai as its active ingredient. This is a very important point. You see, the Brazilian people are very conscious about body image. Plastic surgery is more prevalent in Brazil than the United States. The Brazilian diet market is very competitive and yet there are absolutely no acai diet pills or products otherwise.

So why is it that here in the United States we are inundated with acai diet pills? The answer is simple: marketing and fraud. The internet marketing companies hunt the web looking for subjects and or products from exotic lands that receive a lot of hits or attention. They track this information carefully and then design their next exploitation and fraud. Everything from credit reports to certain body parts enhancement to car warranties to diet pills.

They then employ a strategy known as a 'negative return policy' while offering the very irresistible bait of a 'free sample'. That means they offer a free sample in the big print while in the small print they tell you that unless you cancel your order within 14 days they will bill your credit card for just under $90 a month. They then make it virtually impossible to contact the company to cancel your order. It usually takes 15 day to receive your order so the free trial will have already passed by the time you receive your order. They charge just under $90 because most people will overlook such a charge. The usually charge just $1.95 for shipping so they can collect your credit card information.

In the end acai is an amazing fruit with many great properties. You can go to www.brazilbotanicals.com to find the real facts and truth about acai and many other fruit juices.