The Amazon Acai Fruit Story
For centuries, the Amazon rain forest has been believed to have a plethora of medicines within plants and herbs that could cure most ailments known today.
Scientific evidence has made this legend fact; Buried deep within the South American rain forest, a berry like no other has been revered as Amazonian treasure for hundreds of years. The Acai fruit offers an answer to the stories of old.
The Acai fruit is actually pronounced Ah-sigh-ee and has been cultivated by the local people of the Brazilian rain forest for hundreds of years. It has proven to be a cure for everything from the common mumps to diabetes. New discoveries even have shown evidence that this tiny berry is properties to curing cancer.
There is a legend among the locals of the Amazon region where the Acai fruit grows. Once upon a time, a tribe that had been prosperous for centuries faced extinction because of the threat of famine. The price became so great that the leader of the tribe, whose name was Itaki, made a decree that all firstborn children were to be sacrificed.
Unbeknown at the time to Itaki, declaration would even infiltrate his own family. He discovered that his own daughter, Laca, was about to give birth, so she to would have to sacrifice her firstborn child.
The starvation and thirst caused the tribal leaders daughter to imagine that she saw her child outside. with haste, she ran out side toward a palm tree that she imagined her child to be at
The next morning, the tribe descended to this palm tree and discovered the dead body of the tribal chiefs daughter. As they looked up at the palm tree, they noticed clumps of blue berries, which later became known as acai berries.
This single berry not only saved the tribe from hunger, but was instrumental in this tribe's economic growth. The people of Belem -- the state in Brazil where the Acai fruit is harvested -- are said to be the descendants of this same tribe.
This tiny Acai fruit is still proven to be one of the largest economic exports for this tiny city in Brazil. - 17273
Scientific evidence has made this legend fact; Buried deep within the South American rain forest, a berry like no other has been revered as Amazonian treasure for hundreds of years. The Acai fruit offers an answer to the stories of old.
The Acai fruit is actually pronounced Ah-sigh-ee and has been cultivated by the local people of the Brazilian rain forest for hundreds of years. It has proven to be a cure for everything from the common mumps to diabetes. New discoveries even have shown evidence that this tiny berry is properties to curing cancer.
There is a legend among the locals of the Amazon region where the Acai fruit grows. Once upon a time, a tribe that had been prosperous for centuries faced extinction because of the threat of famine. The price became so great that the leader of the tribe, whose name was Itaki, made a decree that all firstborn children were to be sacrificed.
Unbeknown at the time to Itaki, declaration would even infiltrate his own family. He discovered that his own daughter, Laca, was about to give birth, so she to would have to sacrifice her firstborn child.
The starvation and thirst caused the tribal leaders daughter to imagine that she saw her child outside. with haste, she ran out side toward a palm tree that she imagined her child to be at
The next morning, the tribe descended to this palm tree and discovered the dead body of the tribal chiefs daughter. As they looked up at the palm tree, they noticed clumps of blue berries, which later became known as acai berries.
This single berry not only saved the tribe from hunger, but was instrumental in this tribe's economic growth. The people of Belem -- the state in Brazil where the Acai fruit is harvested -- are said to be the descendants of this same tribe.
This tiny Acai fruit is still proven to be one of the largest economic exports for this tiny city in Brazil. - 17273
About the Author:
Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd has been researching the benefits of the acai fruit for the past three decades. He has an excellent review of acai fruit that he recommends on his informative website about everything that is the acai fruit
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