Tuesday, March 3, 2009

AcaiBerry-Products. com Now Posts Product Ingredients Labels On Its Website and Urges All Acai Companies to Do The Same

AcaiBerry-Products. com Now Posts Product Ingredients Labels On Its Website and Urges All Acai Companies to Do The Same

The company says in order to reap the benefits of acai berry, consumers need to select the most potent acai products by carefully reading the product labels. They say those labels should be posted on all websites offering acai products. AcaiBerry-Products. com publishes acai berry information on its website and operates an international online shopping store specializing in acai berry products.

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- The international nutritional products retailer AcaiBerry-Products. com is now posting the ingredients labels of their primary product recommendations on the company website. This is part of an effort to help consumers make better informed decisions when buying acai berry products. The firm is urging other acai companies to do the same. There has been a flood of new acai products advertised on the internet but very few of these companies disclose the ingredients contained in these products. According to AcaiBerry-Products. com, it is critical for consumers to read the ingredients label prior to purchasing any acaiberry (http://acaiberry-products. com/index. html) product because otherwise they run a high risk of buying products that contain only small amounts of acai.

Company spokesperson Chaz Sanderson says "Just because the front of the product has the word acai on it does not mean the product has very much actual acai in it." He adds that when consumers are able to read the ingredients label on the back of the product and see how much acai is contained in the product, they will then be armed with the information necessary to make a good decision.

Sanderson says there are many excellent benefits to using acai but only if people are using authentic high potency acai products. He adds that when shopping on the internet shoppers should look for the product label on the company website. According to Chaz, "If a company does not display an ingredients label on their website then that should be considered a red flag and consumers should avoid that product." His favorite acai berry product (http://acaiberry-products. com/read-acaiberry-labels. html) is named 'Perfect Acai' and that product's label is displayed on the company website.

In the case of Perfect Acai, their ingredients label makes a great case for buying that product. The product Perfect Acai (http://acaiberry-products. com/best-acai-berry-products. html) contains 120 capsules per bottle with each capsule containing 500 mg of organic freeze dried acai berry powder. That equates to a total of 60,000 mg per bottle of 60 grams. Sanderson says "60 grams per bottle is a lot of acai making this product an excellent value."

Spokesperson Sanderson says it is shocking to see how many of the most recognizable brands of acai that do not disclose how much acai is in their product and which additional ingredients are contained in their products. There is so much excitement and often hype surrounding this extraordinarily nutritious substance, that folks are unfortunately buying first and asking questions later. Regardless, the potential nutritional benefits are substantial but only when buying the highest quality products.

The company believes that an informed consumer makes a good customer so they have provided lots of information on their website so that consumers can obtain a lot of background quickly and easily to help them select the best products. They also have an entire section on their website called Acai Berry (http://acaiberry-products. com/acai-berry-products-to-avoid. html) Products To Avoid which gives folks a quick lesson on how to avoid nutritionally inferior products.

The company has also been a leader in warning consumers to avoid so-called free acai berry (http://acaiberry-products. com/blog/the-truth-about-free-acai-berry-offers/) offers which have been all over the internet over the past year.

Mr. Sanderson says the company website has customers from every continent in the world because of the company's strict quality criteria for any product they recommend, which is discussed on the company website. He explains for most people the best form of acai to use is the freeze dried acai because of its purity, potency, price and ease of use.

There are a number of factors that impact the quality and nutritional content of acai (http://acaiberry-products. com/maintain-nutritional-value-acai-berry. html), the fruit that has been called the Brazilian superberry. The organization has done a lot of investigative work researching products for consumers and it does an excellent job of sorting out the best acai products.

Consumers should be aware that the fruit is highly perishable and will start to quickly lose its nutritionally potency within 24 hours of harvesting unless it is freeze dried or frozen within this tight time frame. So it is important to know that the company supplying the freeze dried or frozen acai product has sufficient quality controls in place, so they can be certain that the berries that they are freezing or freeze-drying has been freshly picked. This is one of about half a dozen critical criteria that are discussed on the website and consumers should know this information when selecting an acai berry product.

Additional information about the company's product selections for products are available on the company website.

Media Contact: Charles Sanderson 732-249-9008

MODERN NUTRITION: FADS, FRAUDS, AND QUACKERY

© S. Barrett, 2006

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Food faddism can be defined as an unusual pattern of food behavior enthusiastically adopted by its adherents. It is commonly expressed by (a) beliefs that particular foods or food substances can cure diseases, (b) elimination of certain foods from the diet without adequate reason, and/or (c) emphasis on "natural" foods. Many aspects of food faddism become social movements that represent symbolic rebellions against authority, society at large, or some imagined enemy.

Quackery can be defined as the promotion for profit of a medical scheme or remedy that is unproven or known to be false. This definition seeks to distinguish folk practices and neighborly advice from practices for financial gain. "Health fraud" has been defined in a similar way. However, because most people regard fraud as a deliberate attempt to deceive, the term health fraud is most appropriate when deliberate deception is involved.

Quack methods are sometimes referred to as "alternatives." Because ineffective methods are not true alternatives to effective ones, the terms unscientific or dubious are preferable. "Alternative" methods related to nutrition are discussed in another chapter.

Faddists and quacks urge everyone to distrust large food companies, government regulators, and scientific health professionals. This negative philosophy is essential because without it, there would be no reason to buy health food industry products or consult "alternative" practitioners.

VULNERABILITY TO QUACKERY

Victims of quackery usually have one or more of the following characteristics:

1. They are unsuspecting. Many people believe that if something appears in print or in a broadcast, it must be true or somehow it would not be allowed. People also tend to believe what others tell them about personal experience.

2. They believe in magic. Some people are easily taken in by the promise of an easy solution to their problem. Those who buy one fad diet book after another fall into this category.

3. They are desperate. Many people faced with a serious health problem that doctors cannot solve become desperate enough to try almost anything that arouses hope. Many victims of cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are vulnerable in this regard.

4. They are alienated. Some people feel deeply antagonistic toward scientific medicine but are attracted to methods that are "natural" or otherwise unorthodox. They may also harbor extreme distrust of the medical profession, the food industry, drug companies, and government agencies.

5. They are overconfident. Despite P. T. Barnum's advice that one should "never try to beat a man at his own game," some strong-willed people believe they are better equipped than scientific researchers and other experts to tell whether a method works.

MISLEADING CLAIMS

Nutritional faddism and quackery are promoted with five basic fallacies:

1.Our food supply is nutritionally inadequate because our soils are depleted and important nutrients are removed by food processing. These claims encourage purchase of "organic," "natural," and "health" foods. A typical example is this passage from a book by Earl Mindell, cofounder of the Great Earth chain of health food stores:

"Much of our soil our food is grown in has been depleted of many vitamins and minerals, thanks to the overuse of fertilizers and chemicals. Then the food takes a long time to get to the supermarket. The longer these foods are stored the more vitamins they lose. Many of the foods we eat have been heavily processed, meaning they have been crushed, heated, bleached, extracted, chemicalized and preserved. Then we cook the food, destroying valuable enzymes and what's left of many vitamins. It's a wonder there's any nutrition at all left in our food by the time it gets to our tables!"

2. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are common. This claim is used to persuade people that everyone should take supplements. A typical example is this passage from Prescription for Nutritional Healing, a book that recommends supplements and/or herbs for more than 250 health problems:

"The problem with most of us is that we do not get what we need from our modern diet. Even if you are not sick, you may not necessarily be healthy. By understanding the principles of wholistic nutrition and knowing what nutrients we need, we can improve the state of our health, stave off disease, and maintain a harmonious balance in the way nature intended."

3. Most health problems are the result of faulty diet and can be treated by "nutritional" methods. These types of claims are used to market food supplements, health foods, and quack dietary methods.

4. US residents are in danger of being poisoned by food additives and pesticide residues. This claim, along with accusations that the food industry and government regulators are untrustworthy, is used to promote the sale of "organic" and "natural" foods.

5. Personal experience is the best way to tell whether a health-related action is effective. This claim encourages people to rely on testimonial evidence rather than scientific studies and prevailing medical beliefs.

Table 1 lists ways to spot nutrition quacks.

Table 1. Thirty Tips to Help Spot Vitamin Pushers and Food Quacks.