I am a middle aged doctor, fairly sensible in so many areas of life. It is true, though, that I buy salvia occasionally and enjoy using it to help me hallucinate and explore my spiritual side. This does not make me a bad person, though I have no doubt that in the eyes of many reporters and politicians it should do.

The fact is that anyone wanting to buy Salvia can do so and be completely on the right side of the law. Apart from a handful of US states, and Australia the act going to buy Salvia is legal throughout the world. There is a reason that it has remained legal for so long, and that is because it is harmless and not at all dangerous. It doesn’t turn those who buy salvia into raving madmen nor does it impair their ability to be a useful member of society.

The political and media raving about Salvia smells suspiciously like groups of bullies who have found an easy target on which to pick. Salvia is the kid at school who gets his head flushed in the pan, just because the older boys can. Why should I be alienated because I like to smoke Salvia? Beats me.

If you’ve every wanted to buy acai then you’re in good company: ever since Oprah Winfrey praised the acai berry on her internationally renowned TV show there has been a surge in people wanting to buy acai. Acai producers are ecstatic, of course, but then so are doctors and food specialists around the world. People wanting to buy acai to supplement their diets is generally recognized as A Good Thing.

And A Good Thing it is, too. Acai is packed with nutrition and goodness that not only helps you fight diseases and infections, but can also help to make you look younger, too. Acai can also help your diet. If these aren’t compelling reasons to make people rush out and buy acai then I don’t know what are.

Acai is a super food, you see, and it contains more nutrition per portion than other non-super foods. You’ve probably worked out that this means that, if you managed to take acai into your diet, you need less food to satisfy your body’s nutritional requirements.

Many people wonder where to buy acai. Simple. It’s all over the web, in health stores and now generally widespread. Finding acai is easy and I am absolutely convinced that it is something that everyone can benefit from.

Oprah Winfrey has a lot to answer for. Not only is she a leader of people and an icon for the world, she is responsible for introducing the majority of the world to the wonders of acai and the benefits of acai supplements. It was her feature on the book The Perricone Promise, written by Dr. Nicholas Perricone, that led to the world realizing acai for what it really was: the number one super food. Acai is not the only fruit mentioned in this wonderfully researched and excellently written book, but it does top the list in certain key areas of nutritional fulfillment.

Oprah’s expose of the book naturally led to a lot of interest in it and the fruits it covered. Acai products like juices, purees and particularly acai berry supplements enjoyed a fairly permanent — and deserved — boost in sales. NBC even covered acai and the benefits of acai supplements, telling us that it was able to deliver a massive amount of energy to anyone lucky enough to be able to enjoy it.

And in the past you would have to be lucky to enjoy it: acai cannot be transported outside the immediate area in which it is grown because of the speed with which it degrades. Lately products like acai berry supplements have made the dream of worldwide delivery of acai a reality.

I find salvia exciting, interesting and fascinating. It is also really exciting. I don’t just mean these things from the point of view of someone who uses salvia on a regular basis (I do, but that’s not really relevant) but someone that is genuinely interested in salvia, its effects on our minds and bodies, and its potential in the future for assisting scientific discovery.

Salvia has been around for many years and has always been used by the Mazatec Mexican shamans as a way to help them get in touch with their spiritual side (naturally there was no talk of banning Salvia until it became popular with the press over the last couple of years). Despite its apparent longevity, scientists know very little about the drug, the way it effects our brains, or its lasting effects.

There is an interest in Salvia because some scientists and medical researchers believe that its study could provide the keys to a much bigger problem: Alzheimer’s disease.

Banning Salvia is something that is seriously being considered and, in some States, this threat has been carried out. Worryingly, if Federal government continues this trend the idea of using Salvia for the common good will be long gone. And all because of the sad and pathetic attitude of the US Government.

The positive welcome that the acai berry has received has been wholehearted, to say the least. Commentators from all over the media spectrum have been telling us just how great the acai berry is, how effective it can be a as tool to dieting, and just how much of it we should be taking on board every day. Dr. Nicholas Perricone even named the acai berry as the number one super food in his acclaimed book ‘The Perricone Promise’.

Another social commentator — perhaps less erudite than Dr. Perricone but with even greater influence — that has strongly encouraged the acai berry is no other than Oprah Winfrey. Oprah featured Dr. Perricone’s book on her TV show and, consequently, gave it her endorsement. Both sales of acai berry products and ‘The Perricone Promise’ soared, and the world saw an unprecedented take up of acai diet plans.

The acai berry does contain a lot of nutrients and goodness essential to satisfy our body’s needs.  It really is no surprise that it has ascended in the way that it has: it just needed a helping hand to climb the ladder and get everyone’s attention. Oprah and Dr. Perricone — among others — have provided that assistance.

Many of the world’s top experts and commentators are lauding the benefits of acai juice as a health food and an aid to dieting. When Oprah tells us that something is good we know it must be true; she has spoken on the subject of acai juice.

And the current obsession with acai juice isn’t just a passing fad, this is a bona fide great food. It contains loads of anti-oxidants other goodness that help your body do the things it is supposed to do when it protects your body from invasion.

There are many ways to get hold of the acai goodness, but acai juice has to be the best by a country mile. Not only is it the most convenient way of taking acai on-board, but it is also the best way to retain the natural flavor and nutritional value of the acai in its initial fruit state. Compare the acai juice to acai powders and pills, and it quickly becomes apparent that the former wins by a big margin.

If food guru Nicholas Perricone has told us in his book that acai juice is a super food then, quite simply, he deserves to be listened to very carefully indeed.

If, like many people interested in fitness, diet and health, you have tried acai juice, then you will know just how good for you it can be. Unfortunately there are huge number  products on the market offering acai juice in vary forms and colored bottles. Fortunately the companies who manufacture these products have made our choice a lot easier: Amazon Thunder

Amazon Thunder leads the pack on quality and price. Their 100% pure organic Acai pulp contains nothing but mashed Acai berries. monavie shows the rest of the market just how business should not be conducted.

Ignoring the FDA investigations into Monavie’s parent company, let’s look at the acai juice itself.

Actually, calling monavie acai juice is a little misleading. More accurate is ‘fruit juice with added powdered acai’. That’s right, all the monavie products use a freeze-dried powder which they claim to have invented themselves. Invented or not, this is not fresh acai by any stretch of the imagination.

Other ingredients in the top of the range Monavie juice — Monavie Pulse juice — includes lots of fruits, including Concord grapes, pineapple, prickly pear, elderberry, bilberry, cherry and aronia all in a ‘reconstituted fruit blend’. All very tasty, I’m sure.

The problem with Monavie — apart from the fact that it is much more expensive than any other acai juice on the market — is that it is just trying to be something that it is not.

Experts all over the world are continuing to give the acai diet well deserved accolades. Not only is this little berry tasty and nutritious, but its use in the acai diet can lead to improved chances of success in your dieting.

Acai berries are reported to have 10 times the antioxidant power of red grapes, and twice as much as their nearest super food rival, blueberries. The New York Times has described the acai has being “Rich in antioxidants and amino acids”, and has given much praise to some of the new waves of Acai diets.

If it sounds like the acai diet and the acai berry are getting a lot of praise then that’s because it is. And in fact all of this praise is entirely warranted The acai diet will not stop wars solve hunger in the third world, but it will give your body a much needed boost.

I’ve seen a lot of acai powders and pills advertised lately, and I really cannot understand why people would use these products. Not only are they more expensive than the acai berries themselves, but most of the nutrition is lost. Plus, why choose a pill when you can have the real, juicy, natural berry itself? Odd.

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