L '(pronounced ah-SAH-ee) Acai Berry is the latest super antioxidant food overwhelms the world. The round fruit is produced by the Acai Palm which is native to Central and South America floodplains and swamps. The fruit is rich in anthocyanin / anthocyanidin phytonutrients which are members of the class of flavonoids, antioxidants. The dark purple berry, which tastes something like a mix of berries and chocolate, supposedly contains 10 to 30 times the flavonoids contained in redWine. The pulp is also rich in B vitamins, minerals, protein, vitamin E, caffeine, fiber and essential fatty acids (Omega 3, Omega-6 and omega-9). This wonder food is said to be cancer, control cholesterol, improve energy efficiency to combat the growing, your sex life and help you lose weight. The University of Florida is studying its cancer fighting properties and Dr. Nicholas Perricone has recommended as one of his top 10 superfoods for anti-aging beauty "on Oprah Winfrey's talk show, and aThe magazine article on "Oprah" and in his book "The Perricone Promise". This little berry has been touted as one of the most nutritious and healthy foods in the world.
Studies will be conducted at the University of Florida found that the Brazilian berry destroys cultured leukemia cancer cells. This study was not designed to show whether acai berries could prevent leukemia in people, as it was just a cell culture model. This is not a unique effect of other fruits such asThe grape, mango and guava products contain antioxidant that also destroyed the cancer cells in culture. Many claims are made, but research has just begun the acai berry. Another study is underway, the effects of antioxidants acai to study in humans.
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The acai berry is a small dark blue fruit, similar in size to a blueberry or small grape but with less pulp, that grows in clusters or panicles of approximately 800 berries on Acai palm trees. The tribes of the Amazonknew the healing power of this fruit for centuries and traditionally pulped to make wine. The berries contain a thin layer of edible pulp surrounding a large seed. These palms are very common in the floodplain of the Amazon and are easy to replace trees in areas where the rain forest were destroyed to cultivate. Slender palm trees grow 40 to 80 feet tall and has leaves up to 10 meters. Each palm can produce more than 50 pounds of berries a year.The collection of this powerful antioxidant-rich is a major industry in Brazil and employs up to 30,000 people a day to collect and produce. Unfortunately the fruit deteriorates rapidly after harvesting (active properties can disappear after 24 hours) and is therefore limited in the region growing eaten or processed and shipped as juice or frozen pulp. This industry has become an economic and ecological alternative tounsustainable harvesting of hearts of palm, logging and the conversion of rain forest for agriculture or livestock breeding. During the last decade in Brazil, acai has to consume a Brazilian fashion and food, the frozen pulp alone or in yogurt, ice cream, smoothies, drinks, fruit or cereal as a condiment. The frozen pulp tastes like a blueberry sorbet or ice cream with a hint of chocolate.
Acai can be difficult to find outside of South America, although the frozen pulp and juices begin toImports in the United States and Canada. Your best chance of the goods or in health food stores or health food section of supermarkets. Make sure that the acai berries collected and frozen rapidly to its maximum nutritional value. In U.S. Acai is sold as an ingredient in a number of drinks and frozen fruit that can be added to smoothies and home stores in extracts of natural products and supplements.
Acai Palm Berry: Super Food
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