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All About Acai Berries

April 20, 2009
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All About Acai Berries

If you’ve been anywhere near a news station or site these days, you’ve heard of what many are referring to as a magic fruit, the Acai Berry. So, what is it and what do you need to know about the Acai Berry?

The Acai Berry is a berry grown on the Acai palm plant and is grown in Central and South Americas. The berry grows in bunches-beginning as a green color and maturing to the purple color that most people recognize it for. The Acai pulp-which makes up only about 20% of the Acai Berry-is the aspect that has been reported to have the health benefits most referred to-as far as antioxidant, cancer-fighting minerals and nutrients. So far-because the pulp of the berry makes up such a small percent of the fruit and also that this pulp is extremely delicate-the Acai Berry has only been offered in fruit juice and supplement form. Moreover, you can get Acai Berry in an alcohol form-called Veey, which is the berry juice distilled.

As far as nutritional value, though the verdict is still out on whether or not it is the super food magic fruit that many have called it, it has shown to have the same properties of essential nutrients and minerals that many antioxidant-producing berries contain, but times three!-which helps in the overall health of those who consume it as a part of their healthy diet. Perhaps it is magic, after all.

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Acai Berries: Super Food or Not?

April 11, 2009
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Acai Berries: Super Food or Not?

With all the recent talk about Acai Berries-acai berries in supplements, juices, smoothies, and raw-you may be wondering if it can-in fact-live up to all the healthy hype it has been linked to. Touted as a super food fruit that can help fight cancer and related chronic conditions, Acai Berries are healthy but not proven to be more so than any other antioxidant-rich berry fruit.

Magic Qualities in Acai Berries

With the beginning hype offered from the media, top paid celebrities and physicians have been quick to jump on the bandwagon to promote the magic qualities of Acai Berries. This said-though there have not been enough conclusive studies done on the fruit, scientists on one study done concurred that the Acai Berry did increase antioxidants in the human bodies tested: “Texas A&M University found significant increases in antioxidant activity in the blood after consumption of the acai pulp and juice."

Essential Nutrients and Minerals

It is important to view this study as not only one of many in determining the health benefits of Acai Berries, but also that-as many physicians state-Acai Berry is a fruit that at its very least offers essential nutrients and minerals, that are necessary for a complete healthy diet.

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