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Monday, December 28, 2009

Can You Genuinely Lose Weight With The Acai Berry Diet?

By Debra F Nelson

Everyone knows that regular exercise is one of the best ways to lose weight and if you have been researching diet and weight loss of late you have no doubt heard about the incredible acai berry and the acai berry diet plan. Claims are that you can lose a bunch of weight just by consuming this healthy little berry that tastes like blueberries dipped in dark chocolate and is grown only in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Reading the claims you might think that you have stumbled upon a perfect solution.

The acai berry is only found in the Brazilian rainforest and that might be part of the mystique but the reality is that the acai berry cannot help you lose weight any more than the blueberry that is grown in the state of Maine. When it comes to weight loss there truly are no magical potions or magic bullets.

But the acai berry can be an aid to weight loss and a benefit to our bodies for the prevention of diseases, the slowdown of the aging process and the reduction of swelling in our bodies. The reason why is not because this little berry is a magical fruit but rather because this berry is one of the healthiest foods ever found in nature.

The Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity or the ORAC score is the way the antioxidant capacity is measured in foods. The acai berry has one of the highest ORAC scores ever found in a food. It actually has more than 10 times the amount of antioxidants as red grapes and even twice as much as blueberries, which are an additional powerful fruit.

The acai berry is also high in the essential fatty acids Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9. Up to 50% of the edible pulp is comprised of these fatty acids plus monounsaturated oleic acid, which is the same healthy fat that is found in olive oil.

It is also surprisingly odd that this berry contains the 19 amino acids that are the building blocks of protein. Not only that but the acai berry in addition contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E and the minerals potassium, magnesium, copper, calcium and zinc.

Acai berries are particularly perishable and it has only been in very recent times that it has been available outside of Brazil at all. The berries ought to be processed within 24 hours of removal from the tree in order to uphold the nutritional integrity of the fruit. Different processing methods yield different results and the best way to process these berries is with a freeze-drying method.

No matter what anybody says the acai berry is not a mystical concoction that will help you lose weight but this modest berry is an exceptionally and highly nutritious food that can help you to achieve optimal health and energy. When you give your body optimal nutrition it responds positively to diet and working out and the weight will come off. - 17273

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