The Acai berry is one of the most nutritious foods you can eat or drink. All wrapped up in the berry of the Acai palm tree, these berries are bursting with powerful antioxidants, amino acids, essential fatty acids, phytosterols, and much more. Acai trees grow wild in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. The berries are 90% nut and only 10% pulp. Commercial products made from Acai berries have only been available for about the past five years. Acai berries have a delicious tropical fruit flavor and you can enjoy their health benefits in products including juice, tea, whole berries, and pulp.
Recently the health benefits of Acai berries where featured in the Wall Street Journal, London Time report, Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC, and CBS. People all over the world are discovering how Acai berry products can keep you looking and feeling younger.
The primary health benefits include high levels of anti-oxidants, which can neutralize harmful free radicals throughout your body before they cause damage. Also, reduce cell inflammation and premature aging. Anthocyamins, an antioxidant found in the skin pigment of Acai berries, which support your body?s circulatory, immune, and cardiovascular systems. Essential fatty acids to improve digestive tract functioning and for better elimination. These fatty acids are particularly important because your body cannot produce them but must consume them. Amino acids are for better muscle activity and for more energy and endurance. Phytosterols may help maintain your body?s normal cholesterol levels. And, Ellagic acid which is a potent anti-carcinogen. There may be many other beneficial ingredients in Acai berries and in fact, there are 50 to 75 as-yet unidentified compounds.
How should you eat Acai berries? The best way is to eat or drink pure, natural juice or pulp products. Drinks made from powder or concentrate and then re-constituted with water have reduced overall quality and health benefits. Less expensive, but potent, juice blends containing a blend of Acai, Blueberry, Pomegranate and/or red Raspberry juices are available. Pure juice, juice blends, tea and pulp are available in most health food stores and gourmet stores.
