Supplementation with Açaí (Euterpe Oleracea Martius) for the Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus

Can anyone explain the results of this study? Thanks.

Results: There was a reduction in the discomfort of tinnitus for the açaí group verified through THI (p = 0.006). Significant were found in the score of common symptoms for anxiety disorders in the placebo group (p = 0.016), however, the same was not observed for oxidative metabolism biomarkers, although there was a decrease in post-treatment values for all groups.

Supplementation with açaí (Euterpe Oleracea Martius) for the treatment of chronic tinnitus: effects on perception, anxiety levels and oxidative metabolism biomarkers​

 

Not sure if the results are significant.

I mean, even the placebo group got almost significant THI reduction, around 8 points. Whereas, the intervention group got 10 points of THI reduction.

I am not sure if this is significant, the reduction is almost placebo like...

 

One more 100% worthless supplement study in a long list of worthless supplement studies. If a damn açaí berry worked to alleviate tinnitus, we'd ALL KNOW ABOUT IT!

@DocTors_94 is right, it's good as placebo.

 

I saw this study and was curious about it too. I'm not familiar with THI or what constitutes a low score.I'm assuming that's what the last comments were indicating, that the reduction recorded was tiny and that the placebo group also received almost the same reduction amount?

 

I see Acai berries contain anthocyanins, which cross the blood-brain barrier, and have an inhibitory effect on neuroinflammation via NLRP3 inflammasome modulation.

I wouldn't ride this off just yet.

 

Interesting.

So my current job which I was recently hired for offers free lunch and it just so happens that Açaí bowls are served in the dining room everyday(as far as I know). I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to give this a try. I’ll be eating it for two weeks and evaluate its effects on tinnitus if there is any. Another powerful antioxidant to test out... will report back.

 

But could you imagine if simply eating a berry, fruit or even bark was the answer LOL.

I'd put every so called tinnitus scientist in a headlock and wouldn't let go

 

So yeah... About that açaí bowl I’ve been eating for 2 weeks straight.

It tastes delicious... That’s about it.

 

As of today, I will take an Acai supplement twice a day (together with NAC and Magnesium bisglycinate). If I have any improvement, I will come back to this thread.

Context: I have bilateral noise-induced moderate tinnitus. Left is louder than right.

 

No supplement on their own will make a significant difference.

 

That’s most probably true, I just wanted to try

 

Interesting. I've often noticed that there are some things that make your tinnitus spike (aspirin, basil, rosemary, noise, infection etc.), but very few that help it to calm down (maybe vitamin B complex, Magnesium...)

So this direction of finding something to alleviate tinnitus is something in the right direction and maybe it's the closest our generation will get to a cure. Roll on Susan Shore's device, and ummm, what else? XEN1101 and the Bionics Institute breakthrough of objectively measuring tinnitus.