Weight loss is now an accepted term of today’s society. No matter how rich or poor a country may be, there will almost always be a significant part of the population where the people are either severely overweight or even morbidly obese. Therefore, it is not surprising why weight loss products have “boomed” since the late ‘80s; due to the glut of processed and “fast” food, almost anybody can now have the unenviable “chance” of gaining weight unhealthily.
Coincidentally, two of the most popular products have defined the whole weight loss industry in these recent years: the acai berry and the African mango. It’s also funny how these two products have seem to come after each other by a generation’s gap—in these more attention-deficient times, that means “five years”. Thus, it is no surprise that several “debates” have popped up that questions the merits of both these products. Since the African mango has been the “newer” product between the two, the burden of proof, if it can indeed be called it as that, has fallen on this relatively new “young comer”.
Globalization has created a new problem in which it had been practically non-existent some, say, sixty years ago: the obesity epidemic. Because of this dilemma, some corporations are now fighting over who can have the greater shares of the “overweight” market. But that does not mean to say that both the acai berry and the African mango does not have its benefits, on the contrary, these products are as much needed as it had been five years ago. Thus, the modern consumer’s quandary had also been created because of this market “rift”: which among the two should you choose? Let us “list” the ways, shall we?
The acai berry has the “advantage” of being more recognized as a brand in contrast against its competitor. The acai berry reportedly contains some natural antioxidants that greatly increase the rate of your metabolism. It supposedly provides your body with the needed energy that can enable you to complete your daily activities or chores at a much faster pace. The acai berry can also decrease your appetite, which means that you can eat lesser than you usually are wont to. It also helps in “detoxifying” your body, which can help it rid of its “impurities” that your body may have acquired due to smoking or drinking.
The African mango, on the other hand, has gained much publicity due to it receiving some “unsolicited” endorsement from a relatively popular American daytime TV talk show. Though it counts as a “recent” discovery in Western countries, some members of the peacekeeping unit of the United Nations are already familiar with this fruit, since it is a staple of the Western and Central African diet for centuries.
So what does the African mango exactly do? Much like the acai berry, it can also stifle one’s overwhelming appetite as much as burning fat at an astounding speed (approximately 6% of the total body fat can be lost in a month’s use). It is also used by some African hunter-gatherers as a “stimulant” of sorts to help them keep up on their toes when stalking a potential animal prey.
Obviously, both of these products almost functions exactly the same that it can be quite easy mistaking one for the other. But just to be sure, though, please consult your doctor or dietician if you feel the need to take a supplement with either an acai berry or an African mango.
