Is the acai berry safe during pregnancy in any form?

Answer 1

Listen, A babies life is very important. The first thing that you need to do is take your Acai product that your thinking about taking and bring it right to your physician. I would not trust any one but a medical professional for answering a question like this. Yeah Acai is good for you and mothers in the Amazon rain forest actually consume large amounts of Acai after child birth, typically around 40% of their diet. But it's not worth the risk to find out the information on the internet, I would contact your physician, he will have the answer.

And if he says you can take Acai, don't just take any Acai, take a quality product. Make sure its freeze dried Acai, that it's pure, and make sure it doesn't have any fillers if it's a pill capsule.(most of them do)

There is one brand I have found that I personally take is great, it's called "Perfect Acai", I suggest it to anyone who wants to take Acai.

Answer 2

acai is fruit..can you not have fruit when you are pregnant?? I'm very confused..

If you take it as a fruit it should be ok. If you take it in form of capsules or pills, you should discuss it with your doctor - just to make sure the added chemicals that are added to hold the pill together do not harm your baby.

Answer 3

Whenever you are breastfeeding a lot of the same conditions apply as when your pregnant. Some of these include not drinking alcohol, taking certain medicinal or any illicit drugs, smoking, avoiding environmental contaminants, and consuming caffeine, etc. I do not know much about acai berry although I have heard that some products containing acai berry do contain caffeine. So in this case I would check the label of whatever acai berry product you are interested in taking. As caffeine enters breast milk it may cause an infant to become irritable and wakeful. Mild consumption of caffeine may not be harmful but more than 1-2 cups of coffee a day may interfere with your baby's iron status, or other serious complications.

Additionally, to my knowledge acai berry is generally consumed to help one lose weight. As with all diets one should make sure that they are still getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals in their diet, but just as when you are pregnant while you are lactating you also need adequate nutrients. Generally, not obtaining enough nutrients reduces the amount not quality of breast milk.

Please keep in mind that this is just some general information about breastfeeding practices. There is much more information that your doctor can give you on this topic. But I suggest not consuming any acai berry at least until you are done breastfeeding; as there are always the possibility of unknown side effects.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your baby!