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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

What Makes the Acai Berry So Special?

By Eric Hardaway

If you are looking for something healthy to eat, then the acai berry may have something wonderful to interest you. Over the past years, the acai berry has gone from pretty much unknown to very popular within a very short period of time. People are already taking vitamins and food supplements and they welcome a natural alternative that may do the job as well or even better.

Nowadays, most people are aware of antioxidants and why it is important to fight free radicals. The acai berry is one of the fruits with the highest amount of potent antioxidants known. There may be other fruits that have even more antioxidants than the acai berry but the jury is still out of which fruit has the highest amount of antioxidants.

There are many types of antioxidants in the acai berry such as anthocyanins. The main anthocyanins in the acai berry are called cyanidin-3-glucoside or C-3-G and cyanidin-3-rutioside. There are many more antioxidants in the acai berry such as polyphenols which are found largely in the pulp of the acai berry. These antioxidants are effective in fighting free radicals.

A diet is not complete without essential fatty acids and the acai berry has plenty of fatty acids that your body needs to be healthy. In fact, the little acai berry contains more fat in it than other things. By measuring the dry weight of the acai berry, you will find that 50 percent of more of the berry weight is fat, mostly monounsaturated fats but there are some polyunsaturated fats. The fatty acids in the acai berry is similar to that of olive oil.

Protein is very important in your diet. Unlike other fruits, the acai berry is high in protein. The acai berry's protein profile is similar to an egg. But, bear in mind that the protein content can vary from an acai berry to another. Some acai palm trees bear acai fruits that have higher protein content than others depending on the condition which the trees grow in.

When talking about the nutritional profile of the acai berry, you cannot forget that the acai berry has a lot of vitamins in it. There are many vitamins including vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E. The acai berry pulp is where most of the vitamins are. This is why, when choosing an acai juice, you should look for one with the acai pulp in it, not a pulp free one. When drinking the acai juice, you will have most of the vitamins that your body needs.

With all of the vitamins and minerals in the acai berry, anyone eating the acai berry or drinking good brands of acai berry juices find themselves full of energy and healthy. There are many other nutrients that have not been mentioned such as fiber in the acai berry. Also the acai berry is very low in sugar making it good for anyone on a low sugar diet. - 17273

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