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Friday, February 13, 2009

Are You Aware of the Power of Acai?

By Tim Cantrell

Most people have heard of the acai berry or acai juice of some sort. They may have heard it in the news, on YouTube, on Oprah, or even by reading books and magazines such as the best selling book by Dr. Nicholas Perricone. They might have seen ads on the web about products that are trying to capitalize on the benefits of the acai. There is certainly a lot of hype all around acai these days.

Most people already know that the acai is healthy but many do not know how healthy exactly or what it contains. Some people think that it is similar to blueberry or other berries which have high antioxidants. If they are more serious about healthy foods, they may learn about the ORAC value and find that the acai berry is supposed to have the highest ORAC value among fruits and berries.

When people mention the acai, they often refer to the berry. An acai fruit is a berry, not a vegetable or other types of fruits. Some people do not even know that the acai is natural. They think that since it is so good, it cannot be natural. Since they usually do not see the acai fruit in the supermarket, they think that it is not a fruit. The acai berry is found deep in the swamp areas of the rain forests hidden away and hard to reach.

The tree that the acai berries grow on is the acai palm tree. This type of tree is called Euterpe oleracea. The acai palm tree is large and very tall. If you are standing at the base of an acai palm tree, you will think that it is almost as tall as the sky with branches of acai berries flowing downwards. There are many acai berries on each branch of the acai palm tree.

Nowadays, people are aware of the importance of antioxidants which is why many people eat blueberries and other berries. The acai berries are supposed to have much more antioxidants than other fruits and vegetables. In fact, in 2005, there was a research finding published about the acai berry that says that it was excellent against peroxyl radicals, good against peroxynitrite and poor against hydroxyl radicals.

There are many more benefits of the acai berry such as the anticancer benefits. In 2006, the University of Florida published a research finding that shows that the acai berry may be part of a solution to cure cancer. In the lab, the acai berry extract actually destroyed some cancer cells. This is a great hope for scientists trying to find the cure for cancer.

Although, there is much to be done before people can truly benefit from the acai berry, it does not stop people from trying to get some acai juice and other products to try in hope that they will live a with better health today. Companies also profit by including the acai in their products hoping to capture the market share of the many acai lovers. - 17273

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