Was the Acai Berry Banned?
Written by TheAcaiFruit on November 25th, 2008There have been many rumors swirling around the health food community that the United States government is set to ban the Acai berry on behalf of the big pharmaceutical companies. This has come as a shock to the tens of thousands of people who are already using Acai for its numerous health benefits.
I first heard about this potential ban when I received a frantic email from a friend of mine who has been drinking Acai berry juice for a few months on my recommendation. Here is the email.
“I was surfing the net today and I saw a news story saying they are going to BAN ACAI! This can’t be for real can it? I don’t know what I will do without my daily fix of Acai. Help me out bro I need to know if this is for real or not. – Chris”
So I decided to do a little research myself and this is what I found:
My first impression was that this was an advertisement, but it referenced the AP (Associated Press), which is a very reliable news source. I did a search at AP.org as well as FDA.gov (Food and Drug Administration) and they both came up blank for any mention of Acai berry being banned.
This just confirmed that my gut suspicion was correct; this was just a marketing ploy to scare people into buying their product. While Acai is truly an amazing fruit, there are those who might give it a bad name by pushing their low quality products with high pressure sales tactics. The ad above is a perfect example of one of these sales tactics called “scarcity”.
They wanted you to believe that Acai was banned because it was too powerful, and you only had one week to get your hands on it. Anyone who wanted to use Acai would then be tempted to stock up and buy massive quantities from them before the “ban” was passed.
It makes me very angry when people’s first experience with Acai is being marketed to by these scam artists selling low quality Acai pills. Acai is a great fruit with tons of amazing benefits, but these scammers hype it up so much that they make it sound like Acai is a fruit personally sent down from Jesus to cures everything that ails you.
Personally, I think everyone should be drinking Acai, but I prefer to educate them on all its benefits and point them towards high quality pure Acai products and let them make their own decision on whether or not Acai is right for them. I believe Acai is so great that anyone who learns all the facts about it will want to purchase it, even without the use of any high pressure sales tactics.
So, if you are interested in trying out Acai here are some resources that will help you make the right decision for you.
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