Could you imagine a food that tasted good, was good for you, and could help you lose weight fast? Maybe like some sort of chocolate flavored raspberry juice? Well, sadly, there’s no such thing as chocolate flavored raspberry juice, but the Acai berry is good for you, tastes good, and can help with weight loss.

Acai berries are rich in antioxidants, amino acids and beneficial fatty acids. Fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6 are able to speed up your metabolism and help you lose weight fast. It also contains fiber which can fill you up because it takes longer to digest, so you don’t get hungry as fast.

You may be thinking that Acai berries are some strange super food created in a science lab. But no, these berries have been around for thousands of years. They’ve been a regular part of the native South American diet. Two crops a year can be harvested from the average Acai palm tree.

So why is it you’ve never seen these berries in your local supermarket, or even offered by a specialty health food seller? This is because Acai berries are extremely delicate and highly perishable. An Acai berry will start to decay within 24 hours of being harvested from the tree. There’s also the problem that because of the large, central seed there isn’t much of an Acai berry that is edible. Read more