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Why Talk Show Hosts Can’t Stop Talking About Acai, Pt. 1

We’ve all heard, at one time or another, celebrities endorsing certain nutritional and weight loss supplements and swearing by them as if they’re a new religion. But more often than not, they’re roped in by crash diets that can wreak havoc on their health, never mind all the poundage they’ve lost seemingly overnight. But when [...]


Berry, Berry Good?

Native to South America, the acai berry is a blackberry-looking fruit blossoming from panicles of the acai palm thriving in swamps and floodplains of Brazil, mostly. Its initial role after harvesting, of course, was that of food. Acai berries are popularly served with tapioca as pudding, ice cream, and as smoothies and shakes, because they’re [...]


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