The Acai Super Fruit - Finally Available in the West
by Marcus C. Evans
The South American acai berry is a small, round fruit, not
so unlike our purple grapes. They grow deep in the Amazon
rain forests and natives climb the tall trees to harvest
these delicate berries by hand.
The taste of the berries is a luscious combination of mixed
berries and dark chocolate. The acai berry is only about one
inch in size, but has relatively little pulp because the
seed of the fruit take up almost all of the interior space.
For years the Caboclo peoples who live in the Brazilian
Amazon have harvested the berries as food and enjoyed
various health benefits as a result.
This amazing fruit makes up fifty percent of the native food
intake. The acai berry is given the title of a "miniature
super fruit." It's a fact that this fruit has the ability to
provide people with great levels of energy and promotes
overall health and strength. Many believe that it has the
ability to control weight and native people consider these
super berries to give users strong hearts, clear minds and
long lives.
The acai berry juice has been used in a variety of different
juices and drinks found in Peru and Brazil and more recently
it has become available in Western countries. In Brazil the
fruit is eaten fresh, mixed with tapioca, sugar and honey or
mixed with granola and added to ice cream as part of a
dessert. Numerous reports, confirmed by peers in the field,
are available across South America documenting the wonderful
properties of the acai fruits. These include its ability to
deliver superior energy to people those who consume it.
The acai berries contain healthy fats and as a result of
this they are a very perishable food item. Western countries
enjoy yogurts, juices and energy drinks containing acai. It
can be found in frozen fruit pulp or even as a freeze-dried
powder when consumed far from where the berries are
harvested.
The fruit contains anthocyanins and resveratrol and studies
have shown it to have several benefits to the human body.
One of these benefits is that antioxidant levels in the
bloodstream increase significantly within 2 hours of
drinking a product containing acai pulp or juice. This
increase of antioxidants in the bloodstream heightens the
body's ability to fight free radicals that attack cells.
There are also ongoing studies that suggest that this fruit
is good for the heart and blood circulation. Other studies
are showing great promise that active ingredients in the
berry may even be useful for fighting certain cancers.
For Australians and others throughout the world who live
fast paced lives, acai fruit not only provides a reservoir
of energy but a whole host of other health benefits for
them.
Increased energy along with endurance is what consumers are
finding so great about juice drinks containing acai. Those
with athletic lifestyles such as runners, swimmers and other
sporting men and women find this juice gives an energy boost
they need to fully enjoy their healthy, active lives. -
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Author: Marcus C. Evans provides facts about the
(http://www.amazonpower.com.au/) acai berry on his site
where you can also find further details on the advantages
that come from eating the amazing
(http://www.amazonpower.com.au/) acai fruit.
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