acai berry hazards

There are not many fitness hazards associated with the acai berry.

There have been discoveries, however, of the Chagas illness which was caused by consuming berries contaminated by feces from Brazilian parasites.

To date, Chagas illness has only been diagnosed in Latin America. The parasite the it comes from uses small animals as hosts.

Symptoms of the illness include fever, nausea, muscle pains, and sometimes swelling.