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What Is The Acai Berry?

Friday, December 5th, 2008

There have been many recent studies that are pointing to acai berry, acai berry pills, and acai berry fruit for offering many health and nutritional benefits. But what is the acai berry and what makes it so special?

The acai berry is found in the Amazon Rainforest, as well as in Northern Brazil. The berry grows in acai palm trees, has a purple color and round shape. The berry is made up of 10% pulp and 90% seed. The natives who live along the Amazon River have been using it for centuries as a healing agent and a nutritional substance for maintaining good health.

The acai berry has an extremely high level of antioxidants in it, which we use to prevent pre mature aging and to fight off the aging process. The acia fruit is high in fiber, fatty acids (the good kind), amino acids, calcium, protein, C, B, and E vitamins, and iron. The alternative medicine industry has been incorporating them in to the lives of all their patients, to promote good health and prevent bad health.

The acai berry extracts have been used for weight loss as the metabolism is boosted and the effects of the detoxification create a healthier and slimmer you. The berry has been found in sleeping agents, pain supplements, vitamins, and anti aging pills.

The acai berry is the most fascinating edible berry in the world, the flavorful pulp is tropical and pleasant, the healing agents amazing and the antioxidants an impressive tool for out battle against aging.

Acai Berry Boom

Monday, December 1st, 2008

A few years ago, the Superfood du jour was green tea, today it is the acai berry. In the wave of acai berry mania, many products have been introduced into the dietary supplement market, which contains the benefits of this Amazon rain forest berry into a compounded capsule form. One such product is Acai Berry Boom. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-EE) is a small berry with deep purple skin and tastes like a mix of chocolate and berries.

The acai berry has been praised as a Superfood because it packs a nutritional punch within its tiny size. Acai berry contains a host of disease-fighting antioxidants as well as essential fatty acids, amino acids, Vitamin, B, C & E, iron, fiber, and calcium. Because of its high fiber content, it can help rid your body of excess waste and it is often used as part of a cleanse or detoxification program. In addition, its fatty acid content is similar to that of olive oil as well as being rich in monounsaturated oleic acid, which has been praised for slowing down the aging process.

Acai Berry Boom does not make any claims per se. Rather, the product’s website contains many claims about the acai berry itself, such as fighting cancerous cells, slowing down the aging process, enhancing sexual desire and performance, promoting healthier and younger skin and containing. It is then inferred that Acai Berry Boom may carry the same health benefits.

Acai Berry Boom and Exercise

Acai Berry Boom, as any successful healthy lifestyle program has its results enhanced by including an eating plan that is comprised of fresh vegetables and fruits, lean proteins and whole grains as a consistent exercise program that combines both a cardiovascular and resistance training component.

Acai Berry 500 - Benefits of The Amazon Acai Berry.

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Acai Berry 500 comes from the Acai berry. This berry is found as a wild berry cluster located at the top of native palm trees in the Amazon jungle, pretty much like grapes on a grape vine. The Acai berries of the palm are being collected by South American farmers and turned into a drinkable fruit pulp or pills form.

The Acai berries must be quickly frozen. This Acai fruit pulp will then be able to withhold its fresh, nutritional value even while being shipped around the globe. Acai berries are famous for their rich dark black color that gives a purplish hue, as well as for being a deliciously tart tasting berry with a slightly chocolate flavor - a source of many powerful antioxidant nutrients too!

The Acai berry is a supplement to promote health in the human cardiovascular muscle. The Acai berry has proven overflowing source of compounds known as Anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are the same compounds thought to give red wine its reputation for being a healthy companion with dinner; however Acai berries contain even stronger levels of Anthocyanins than red wine. Eating Acai berries or drinking its juice will not intoxicated you as with red wine.

Acai berries also contain a great blend of protein and dietary fibers. In addition, Acai berries contain very high levels of omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids, acids which are linked to the health and well being of our heart. The fatty acids in the little Acai berry may also play a role in helping to lower the levels of bad cholesterol in the blood while boosting the good cholesterol.

Over and above these wonderful benefits, Acai berries have shown an important role in reducing the signs of the aging process. In nutritional circles, many feel this anti-aging property is a combination of elevated levels of Anthocyanins as well as the robust antioxidant vitamins found within the fruit. The Acai berry is recognized to contain 10 times the level of antioxidant vitamins as grapes and also 2 times the level of blueberries.