One berry has taken over the world. Just kidding, but the acai berry has indeed been gaining a lot of popularity in the USA. Many media outfits, publications have featured its health benefits. It has been published in the Wall Street Journal. Washington Post, and Sports Illustrated. And its best media showing – it was featured in the Oprah Show and it has been called a really powerful fruit.

The acai can be found in the rainforests of Brazil. It can be found growing on palm trees in the Amazon region. Over centuries ago, the locals of the region have been eating and drinking acai products and they have been the first people to take advantage of the benefits that acai berry have. It has been part of their staple diet since the first discovery.

Acai fruit is not one of those fruits or diets that have had over-exposure. It actually has lots of nutrients to boast about such as essential fatty acids like Omega 6, Omega 3, and Omega 9. It has a large amount of anti-oxidants. And it has the highest level of ORAC (oxygen radical absorption capacity) in all berries on earth. ORAC levels measure the amount of anthocyanins present in a fruit or food. Anti-oxidants are helpdul in fighting free radicals and keeping the immune system strong.

Acai berries also have big amounts of fiber and are helpful to help the digestive system. It helps the body flush out bad toxins of the body. Other health advantages that acai fruit provide are good vision, good source of energy, increase and help the blood flow, maintains the proper level of good cholesterol and it helps to give optimal neurological functions.

Aside from the said benefits, acai berry fruit also has amounts of carbohydrates, lipids, Vitamin B3, iron, protein, calcium, Vitamin B1, Vitamin C and other such nutrient. Because of its many nutritional values, it is called a wonder fruit or one fop the most potent fruits ever.

One downside of the acai berry is that it easily spoils and thus loses its nutritional benefits. Because of this quality, the acai berry is made into puree or juice. It serves as a drink for energy. This is possible because the acai has Niacin content which is avital in the production of energy or ATP.

Aside from its nutritional benefits, you also have another good reason to consume acai fruits. Before acai became popular in the Western world, locals in the Amazon use to cut down acai palms to get the heart of the acai and therefore killing trees. This is now prevented because acai manufacturing and export has been a great sustainable source of income fro the natives. Fruit Vida International has taken this heart. For every purchase of the acai juice, part of the revenue will go to the protection programs of the area where acai is grown.

Many have discovered that the acai is a great source of anti-oxidants. It actually has more amounts of polyphenol than red wine. In this way, you don’t need to intake alcohol to get the benefits of red wine. You can just drink acai juice instead.

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Doctors and other health experts have been declaring acai fruit as one of the most powerful fruits in the world. It is not a big fruit, nor is it extremely tasty, but it is packed with nutrients, vitamins and minerals that keep its consumers healthy.

Located in the rainforests of Brazil, in the Amazon, the acai berry grows on palm trees and in appearance is similar to the purple grape. It is known for its tropical flavours – something like a mixture of chocolate and berries. The fruit is mostly comprised of pits and the pulp makes up only about ten percent of the fruit. The acai berry requires strict harvesting process because its benefits deteriorate shortly after ripening. This is why acai berry is dry frozen so that it can be imported outside Brazil. Outside its home country, the acai berry can only be made into fruit juice.

As we know, what a fruits looks and taste like is only secondary to the benefits that it can provide to the human body. The acai berry has a lot of nutrients, amino acids, essential fatty acids, and anti-oxidants. Because of its components it can ward off aging, help increase cardiovascular strength, regenerate muscles, and decrease inflammation.

The acai berry also regulates the balance of water content in the body, maintain acidity and blood pressure because it had lots of potassium. Essential fatty acids are also present in the fruit of the acai berry such as Linoleic acid also known as Omega 6 ad Oleic acid also known as Omega 9. Due to its fatty acid content, acai berry can help reduce the levels of bad cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein and at the same time, maintain the content level of good cholesterol or high-density lipoprotein.

For those with problems with their digestion, the acai berry is perfect because it containes lots of fiber which can help with better digestion. It also has Vitamin B3 which is called Niacin. Niacin is an essential compound in the production of ATP or adesonine triposphate which is made into our body’s energy. This is why the acai berry can give energy. Niacin is also helpful in neuro-cellular functions and it can minimize nerological dysfunction.

The acai fruit also contains a high level concentration content of anti-oxidant – even higher than that of the red grapes. In fact, it has 10 times more anti-oxidants concentration. Specific anti-oxidants such as anthocyanins help in the strengthening of the eyesight and also help in the maintenance of levels of cholesterol. You can know that a fruit has a lot of anthocyanins if you can eat its skin. Prime examples of such fruits are grapes and berries. Aside from those benefits, anti-oxidants also act on the free radicals that the body has accumulated. Free radicals can cause disease and illness and it can make the immune system vulnerable. Eating acai berry can help prevent this.

If you still have doubts about this wonderful fruit, you should know that Amazon locals have been taking in the acai berry fruit for hundreds of years. That alone, should be good enough.

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