You’ve seen the fake personal blogs pitching the “dynamic duo”, usually it includes an acai berry “free trial offer” and a colon cleanse “free trial offer.” Here are a couple headlines which are littered all over the advertising networks including google, yahoo and msn.

Nadia’s Weight Loss

I Lost 32lbs with these two amazing products!

Hi!  I’m Nadia Williams.  I’m a single, working, hockey, guitar and ballet (whew!) mom to two wonderful kids…

How I lost 35 pounds with 2 FREE Products!

Renees Diet Success

My weight loss blog.

My Name is Renee Mitchell. You’ve heard stories like mine hundreds of times, but this one has a happy ending….

These fake blogs are actually very well crafted and can be very convincing.  What many unsuspecting consumers don’t realize is that these “free trial offers” are not free. You are put on an auto-bill and auto-ship program so your credit card is being charged every month and this can easily add up to over $150 a month!

The Acai berry Google slap
Back in January the acai berry issue was beginning to be a big problem and the folks at google took noticed. There was a google acai berry “slap” in January. Suddenly over a weekend in January you could not find a fake blog on the google network. Google had taken all these fake acai berry blogs off the network . However, I have a feeling the folks over at the googleplex either gave up, or watched their ad revenue go down, or both.. because the acai berry fake blogs are back up and in full force on the Google network.

So what’s the bottom line?
You probably already suspected this was coming. Acai berries will not help you with weight loss. Think about it. When was the last time you ran into someone who actually lost a significant amount of weight on an Acai berry product. How about never?

The Miracle Fruit?
Even though acai berries are touted as the miracle fruits with the highest concentrations of antioxidants, think again. The antioxidant concentrations of acai berries in pulp form actually rank LOWER than mangos, strawberries, and grapes.  In juice form, acai berry antioxidant content ranked LOWER than pomegranate juice, grape juice, blueberry juice, and red wine.

But at the end of the day mangos, strawberries and grapes don’t have the appeal of a miracle berry from the Amazon rain forest.. so don’t expect all these fake blogs to be pitching mangos, strawberries and grapes as a miracle weight loss food. The great irony here is that these fruits are great for weight loss. In fact all fruits are great for weight loss. However, these acai berry products are processed and calorie dense so if anything they will cause weight gain!