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Vice President Joe Biden announced this week that approximatley $100 million will be handed out by the Department of Health and Human Services to provide meals to thousands of low-income senior citizens.  The funding is expected to provide nearly 14 million meals nationwide. 

The federal stimulus program provides $65 million for nutrition services provided at senior centers and other community sites, $32 million for nutrition services delivered to seniors at home, and $3 million for Native American nutrition programs.

Recent reports indicate that claims that Acai berry products help with weight loss, strengthen your heart, slow aging, and aid in colon cleansing, as well as enhance sexual desire, are not backed by science.  Additionally,  thousands of consumers are now complaining that the “free trial” offers for these products are anything but free.  For example, consumers are told that a trial offer is free and that they will be charged $5.00 for shipping.  Instead they find that they have been charged significantly more - one consumer complained that he never received a free bottle.  Instead, his bank account was hit for four bottles of the Acai berry product, at $69.95 per bottle.  

It is important to exercise extreme caution when one is tempted to give out debit card, credit card, or bank account information for any reason, including televsion and internet offers.