By far, the main place to purchase acai berry supplements is online. There are very few pharmacies, health food stores, and nutritional supplement stores selling acai berry supplements. But many people are hesitant about making purchases over the internet, especially with a company you know very little about. With that in mind, we offer these quick tips on purchasing acai berry supplements online safely.

Not all acai berry supplement vendors are the same: some are honest, some aren’t; some have fair prices, some have jacked-up prices. To avoid the few bad apples and buy your acai berry supplements from honest and fair sellers, the first thing to do is read the fine print on their free acai berry trial offer. Make sure you know exactly how to cancel, when and if you wish to.

Another way to check on the trustworthiness and reliability of an acai berry supplement vendor is to contact their customer service center and see what kind of treatment you get. Are they courteous? Knowledgeable? Or are they not even there?

These are just two of the ways to be a smart acai berry supplement consumer.

Before you order your free acai berry trial, keep in mind that not all acai berry supplements are made the same. Some free acai berry supplements are better than others.

Some acai berry supplements offering a free acai berry trial only contain a small proportion of acai mixed in with a whole lot of other stuff. Some acai berry supplements add teas, like green and white, which both have caffeine in them. Some contain other antioxidants like blueberries and pomegranate. And some contain different herbs that benefit the gastrointestinal system in general and support many of acai berries’ functions.

So, if you want 100% acai in your free acai berry supplements, then make sure it says so in the ad. If you want a comprehensive formula of acai and other nutritients and such, for the combined benefits they’ll have, then look for that in the free acai berry trial ad. Otherwise keep looking – because there are plenty of 100% acai berry supplements on the market and there are plenty of free acai berry trials for specially formulated acai blends.

Many free acai berry trial websites name-drop Hollywood celebs (like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox), news networks (CNN, ABC, FOX), and talk shows (Today Show, 60 Minutes) in their ads. Among the most frequently dropped is Oprah Winfrey (of the Oprah Winfrey Show, of course) and her two doctors Dr. Perricone and Dr. Oz. Since Dr. Mehmet Oz’s name has been so tied with so many acai berry supplements, we thought it only right to clear up what Dr. Oz really did and didn’t say on Oprah about acai berry supplements.

He did not recommend any particular acai berry product or brand of acai berry supplement. He did however, extol acai berry’s virtues and sing acai berry’s praises. The fruit is on his Anti-Aging Checklist (which advises five “servings” of antioxidants per day) – along with cocord grape juice (or red wine), fiber, green and white tea, olive oil, and smattering of vitamins, exercise, meditation, sleep, and sex.

Dr. Oz points out that, in addition to having twice the antioxidants of blueberries, acai berry also has amino acids and essential fatty acids, both of which make it an extra-beneficial food, and all of which make free acai berry supplements well worth trying.

But again, if you see any website claiming that Dr. Oz has endorsed their specific brand of acai berry supplement, don’t believe it. Always do your own research, first and foremost with the help of authoritative blogs like this one.

(BTW: It’s 2-3 times per week, monogamously of course – in case you were wondering).

People have been browsing the web and posting to online forums lately inquiring as to whether acai berry supplements have any side effects or not, and if so – what are they?

A bit more research shows that, while many skeptics go on and on about how acai berry supplements have not undergone enough scientific testing to back up the claims of all their many benefits, at the same time no one from the scientific community has come up with any incidences or examples of negative side effects caused by taking acai berry supplements.

So at the very worst, what it looks like is taking them could possibly be a wash (though we doubt it and in a minute, we’ll explain why) – it is possible that acai berry supplements may not be “all that” their purveyors say they are. But they also don’t appear to be bad for you in any way.

What’s also been lacking in evidence against acai berry supplements is anecdotal evidence – people’s personal experiences. But on the contrary, there have been a ton of testimonials circulating the web of people who’ve experienced numerous unexpected benefits – or, put another way, POSITIVE “side effects” – from taking acai berry supplements.

Those positive side effects reported of acai berry supplement use include:

• improved eyesight
• improved mood
• greater energy level
• reduced stress
• heightened sex drive
• cleared-up skin

And most of these people originally took acai berry supplements purely for weight loss reasons. If even only one of those above-listed “sife effects” comes true for each user, that’s still more than most weight loss methods (barring proper diet and exercise, of course) can offer.

In light of all the bad press that the acai berry is getting (and all because of a few bad acai distributors threatening to spoil the bunch) it’s nice to shine a light on some good acai berry news, reminding people not to judge a product by its salesman.

That said, I came across a testimonial–or rather, a miniprofile–of a Doctor, (who even gave his last name) who attributes his recovery from his own sudden illness to taking acai supplements every day.

An orthopedic specialist Dr. Kurt Chambless got his license to practic medicine in 1987. After a gratifying 16 year career, however, he started developing severe muscle cramps that progressively increased until they eventually impinged on his ability to perform surgery so much that he was forced to resign. His worst nightmare had just come true.

But help was on the way. After regretfully retiring and moving to Florida where he began to be seized by depression, a friend ultimately recommended he try acai berry supplements, for their antioxidant concentration. On that recommendation, he started taking acai berry supplements and noticed that, indeed, gradually his condition began to improve. He now claims that he attributes his recovery, at least in part, to the antioxidants in acai berry.

It took 5 years from the time he retired to get rid of the pain and get his life back, but it happened. Dr. Chambless is now fully recuperated and back happily back to work practicing medicine again–only now with a renewed sense of vigor and appreciation for life that shines like a ray of hope on his patients.