Açaí and blood sugar & lipids
What 5 graded rows on açaí agree on for blood sugar & lipids, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
Consensus finder Rows from the Açaí page, reviewed Oct 21, 2026 How it decides
What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Açaí page, with its PubMed record.
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Açaí and blood sugar & lipids
5 rows · 557 peopleSplit. 1 row found an improvement, 3 found no difference and 1 had mixed results.
- CGrade C× 1
- DGrade D× 4
- Rows
- 5
- Trials
- 12
- People
- 557
- Pooled reviews may count some twice
Where they differ
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade C, is a meta-analysis of 411 people (2025) and found no difference.
The 3 rows that found no difference were larger: a median of 69 people, against 10 people for the row that found an improvement.
Only the 3 rows that found no difference include pooled reviews of several trials (1 of 3); the row that found an improvement is a single study.
The 3 rows that found no difference are newer (2018 to 2025) than the row that found an improvement (2011).
The best grade is C among the rows that found no difference, and D among the row that found an improvement.
1 row with mixed results is left out of this comparison.
The rows
1 improved · 3 no difference · 1 mixed- CGrade CCholesterol and triglycerides · No difference
Meta-analysis, 8 studies · n 411 · 2025 · Adults in 8 randomised and non-randomised trials
Varied across trials · Varied across trials
No significant effect on LDL (+6.06 mg/dL, 95% CI −0.03 to 12.48), HDL, total cholesterol or triglycerides. Certainty of evidence was low to very low.
- DGrade DBlood lipids and glucose during a calorie-reduced diet (açaí pulp) · No difference
RCT · n 69 · 2020 · Overweight adults with dyslipidemia
200 g/day added to a calorie-reduced diet · 60 days (after a 30-day diet run-in)
Lipid profile and blood glucose did not change in either group. Plasma 8-isoprostane fell more than with placebo (P=0.037); IL-6 fell within the açaí group only.
- DGrade DGlucose and lipid markers in metabolic syndrome (açaí beverage) · No difference
RCT · n 37 · 2018 · Adults with metabolic syndrome (mean BMI 33.5)
325 mL twice daily · 12 weeks
No significant change in lipid or glucose markers versus placebo. Two inflammation and oxidative-stress markers (plasma interferon-gamma, urinary 8-isoprostane) fell versus placebo.
- DGrade DFasting glucose, insulin and cholesterol in overweight adults (açaí pulp) · Improved
Open-label trial · n 10 · 2011 · Overweight adults (BMI 25–30, USA)
100 g twice daily · 1 month
Fasting glucose, insulin and total cholesterol fell from baseline (P<0.05); blood pressure, hs-CRP and exhaled nitric oxide did not change.
- DGrade DHDL cholesterol in healthy adults (açaí juice) · Mixed
Crossover RCT · n 30 · 2020 · Healthy adults
200 mL/day · 4 weeks per juice, 4-week washout
HDL rose 7.7% from baseline with açaí juice, and antioxidant enzyme activity rose, but there were no significant differences between the açaí and juçara periods.