Opposition to Initial Acai Berry Research
You've likely read much about this superfruit already. There have been countless diets advertised, celebrities and billionaire media moguls have sworn how great it works, and there are of course ads upon ads trying to convince you that acai is the best thing since moms apple pie. But the clinical facts from the acai berry research paint their own picture, free from hype. To begin with, we know that the acai berry comes from a palm tree that grows mainly in South America. Brazil is the primary country where the acai berry is grown and processed.
You can read all the reports you want to on this berry, and all of them will have something different to say about the actual antioxidant potency. Most of these reports claim that the antioxidant value of the acai berry is very high, while others claim it is intermediate, and still others say it is just above that of orange juice. In comparison to several of the fruits and juices that are already very high in antioxidants, there is little concrete evidence as to how the acai berry matches up.
Fruits are always healthier, with many more nutrients in them, when eaten fresh. However, since the acai berry grows very far away and in climates that are not present in the United States, getting it in this form is impossible for Americans. So the Brasilian producers have found ways to freeze-dry it and powder it, but the people who are manufacturing it this way are destroying some of the nutritional value by adding to it. They are trying to give it a longer shelf life by adding ingredients to preserve it. They are trying to stretch it for bigger profits by adding ingredients to bulk it up.
The United States' FDA is at this time neither approving nor denying the acai berry's nutritional value. They are not researching it at this time, since it doesn't grow anywhere under their jurisdiction. That means there will be no forthcoming FDA official reports about it. They figure since it will not be a crop that is ever grown in the United States, they don't need to worry about researching it. Brazil is the main area that grows this product, and the exportation rules are governed by their government.
A professor at the University of Florida has recently done a study on the effects of acai on leukemia. His results show that it caused 81% of the leukemia cells to self destruct in his test tubes. Some researchers are even claiming that their studies are showing that acai may very well be a super drug that will cure almost any ailment or disease... Repeating their results in other labs is the hard part, of course.
Recently there was release made by the FDA authorizing all product manufactures to report and market that the plant sterols in their product are effective in the prevention of heart disease. Many laboratories claim that in their acai berry research, they clearly see that acai is very high in plant sterols, and to date, no one has disagreed with this finding. - 17273
You can read all the reports you want to on this berry, and all of them will have something different to say about the actual antioxidant potency. Most of these reports claim that the antioxidant value of the acai berry is very high, while others claim it is intermediate, and still others say it is just above that of orange juice. In comparison to several of the fruits and juices that are already very high in antioxidants, there is little concrete evidence as to how the acai berry matches up.
Fruits are always healthier, with many more nutrients in them, when eaten fresh. However, since the acai berry grows very far away and in climates that are not present in the United States, getting it in this form is impossible for Americans. So the Brasilian producers have found ways to freeze-dry it and powder it, but the people who are manufacturing it this way are destroying some of the nutritional value by adding to it. They are trying to give it a longer shelf life by adding ingredients to preserve it. They are trying to stretch it for bigger profits by adding ingredients to bulk it up.
The United States' FDA is at this time neither approving nor denying the acai berry's nutritional value. They are not researching it at this time, since it doesn't grow anywhere under their jurisdiction. That means there will be no forthcoming FDA official reports about it. They figure since it will not be a crop that is ever grown in the United States, they don't need to worry about researching it. Brazil is the main area that grows this product, and the exportation rules are governed by their government.
A professor at the University of Florida has recently done a study on the effects of acai on leukemia. His results show that it caused 81% of the leukemia cells to self destruct in his test tubes. Some researchers are even claiming that their studies are showing that acai may very well be a super drug that will cure almost any ailment or disease... Repeating their results in other labs is the hard part, of course.
Recently there was release made by the FDA authorizing all product manufactures to report and market that the plant sterols in their product are effective in the prevention of heart disease. Many laboratories claim that in their acai berry research, they clearly see that acai is very high in plant sterols, and to date, no one has disagreed with this finding. - 17273
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