I have heard that it cleans out your system, so if you have anything stuck in your colon or intestines then it will clean you out.

Anything high in fiber will help 'clean you out'. Fruits/berries are generally high in fiber.

I'm not sure they're generally talking about whole berries, more like supplements or maybe juice.

There's a huge market for the high antioxidant fruits. For a while pomegranate and blueberries and their juices were outrageously priced, because everyone wanted them. I love that the acai and goji berries became the new "in" fruit, because now pomegranates and blueberries and their juices are more affordable.

Pure juice is pretty high in calorie, no matter the fruit, so I don't buy juice very often, but when I do I mix it with water, seltzer water, or diet Sprite.

I was sick most of this month, and when I've got a respiratory infection I usually want juice. I think it's a comfort food thing, more than anything, because when we were sick as kids, my mother always pushed juice on us. But, even though I wasn't very hungry and not eating much, if I would have drunk pure juice, of any kind, I'm sure I would have made up the calorie difference and possibly then some.

I've read a couple of the "super foods" books, and it does influence my purchases, because I think it helps me get more value for my dollar. But, I don't think it makes any food a miracle food, especially when it's being marketed in a way that it was never normally used before.

I wish the prices of pomegranates would come down. My parents have a pomegranate tree and my mom offered to try to ship some. I told her I rather pay $3 for one than her trying to ship them.

I was thinking of using it, too, I may still...just as a supplement!

I actually know someone who sells acia berry juice. I drink 2oz of it a day. I probably is not going to help you lose weight. Like said before it is a great anti-oxidant. I havent had a cold since i started taking it. Also it seems to help a bit with sleeping at night and muscle cramps. Now all of this could be an illusion in my head. But as far as i can tell it will not help in the weight loss catagory. But it sure is tastey.

Its pretty pricey at $45 or so a bottle, but since you arent meant to drink more than 1-2oz a day it lasts a month or 2

It's a juice and it keeps that long??

Refrigerated, most juices will "keep," (stay drinkable) because juices tend to ferment rather than spoil. However, fermentations means some of the sugars are converting to alcohol (how strong, how quickly, I'm not sure).

Yeah, that isn't really what I consider "keeping", although others might be willing to drink it that way. I just know my juice never keeps that long.

I don't know how noticeable it is at first. I know the difference between soft and hard cider can sometimes be difficult to judge by taste alone (or so I've been told by older family members, with some funny family stories about kids getting into or being given the "wrong" cider. Personally, I've never liked cider or apple juice, even as a kid, so I don't know personally.)

I tend to think I'd know the difference by taste, but if the alcohol content is still pretty low, maybe not.

I've noticed it *many* a time with juices. Easy to tell. Either our palates are very different, juice never sits around long at your place, or for some reason your juice doesn't go bad and mine does. Who knows!

Juice never sits around at our place, because hubby is crazy for juice. Even when I buy a juice he claims he won't drink because he doesn't like it, If I don't finish it in about 10 days, he will. My folks keep juice alot longer, and haven't had any problems (however, my dad has absolutely no taste buds and will even drink sour milk).

Hey interesting read on acia berry, just to let you all know i tried the free trial and called and canceled the day it arrived and every month I have to call my credit card to have the charge removed. They are still charging me and they even gave me a cancelation code. Be sure and save the cancelation code for your credit card services.

Açai has a lot of sugar in it. I don't think it is a good idea to consume a lot for weight loss, but it does have tons of antioxidants. Most ads say that because açai is a trend righth now ( Açai smoothies, ice cream, etc).