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Everything we can tell you about the Acai Berry
The Acai berry is a naturally occurring super food that is grown and harvested in the Brazilian rainforest.
Acai has been used for thousands of years by the natives of Brazil and who believe it has
amazing healing and nutritional properties. The Acai berry contains B1, B2, B3, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Phosphorus, Calcium, Potassium, and Fiber Proteins and is also one of the very few fruits which contains EFA's (Essential fatty acids ) Omega 6, Omega 9 and many more.
The Acai berry also contains as much as 6 times the antioxidant power of mangosteen or noni.
This antioxidant content is what really separates Acai from the rest of the pack. It contains the highest
level of of anti-oxidants on the market with studies showing up to 33 times the antioxidant content as red wine grapes.
Acai is a concentrated source of a specific class of flavonoids known as anthocyanins (red-blue phenols
with potent antioxidant properties). Anthocyanins are a group of phytochemicals in red wine beleived to
be a major contributing factor to the "French paradox", i, e. France has one of the lowest incidences of
heart disease of any westernized society despite a prevalence of smoking and a diet high in saturated
fat and cholesterol. Acai pulp contains 10-30 times the anthocyanins of red wine per equal volume.
The primary anthocyanin in Acai is cyanidin-3 glucoside, Cyanidin-3- glucoside has been found to be
3.5 times stronger than Trolox (vitamin E analogue) and the predominate anthocyanin found in red wine (nalvadin-3-glucoside) in an ORAC analysis (measure of antioxidant capacity).
The fatty acid ratio of Acai resembles that of olive oil, which is considered to be a contributing factor to the low incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean populations.
A little History
The acai (ah-sigh-ee) berry has been around for thousands of years and not until the 1990's was it introduced to the western world. The acai berry was found to possess tremendous health properties.
The acai berry was first used by the tribes of the Amazon jungle as a cure for various ailments.
It is estimated that the indigenous tribes people routinely use up to 2,000 of the 3,000 known rainforest fruits for medicinal purposes. The Amazon borders eight different countries and has the world's largest
river basin. Not only does the Amazon supply one fifth of the worlds freshwater, it has the highest
diversity of birds and freshwater fish. The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world where one third
of all animal and plant species live. The acai berry is just one of these fruits that has been discovered in
this vast region.
The Shuar tribes are one of these Amazonian tribes that have for centuries, through tradition, kept the use of plants (acai berry) for medicinal purposes.
Shuar medicine men or women are called uwishin (oo-wee-sheen') a healer that works with medicinal
plants, somebody who knows all the secrets of the rainforests. Uwishin, have a great deal of knowledge
of medicinal plants and their cures, they learn from others, and through experiments from the plants themselves. One plant removes snakes venom from the body. It is the work of the uwishin to research
and find solutions to illness.
The acai berry was discovered to have natural antioxidant properties, as well as being a natural
cholesterol controller. When eaten it helps reduce the bad cholesterol in our blood and increases the
good cholesterol. The tribes of the Amazon knew of these properties and found out that it helped build
the immune system, fight infection, protect the heart, and control prostate enlargement (nature's viagra).
It was a great energy food for the tribes-people. The acai berry, which is a palm fruit, was traditionally pulped to make wine that was rich in minerals. The acai berry was also discovered to fight schistosomosis, which is transmitted by snails. Schistosomosis affecting more than 10 million Brazilians.
The acaí berry
is also used to produce an antibiotic that helps to fight against
'Staphylococcus aureus,' a common
infection contracted mainly in hospitals. A berry so useful but only known to the traditional tribes men
and woman of the Amazon, a lost secret.
Now that the acai berry has been discovered as a highly sort after crop by the population of Brazil it
is mass produced, as it only has a 24 hour life span in which the properties of the juice are still active.
The acai berries must be loaded into baskets and onto boats soon after picking.
To get it to the markets
in Belem's they would have to transport the acai berries over night.
Each acai palm tree produces round about 20 kg of fruit per year and the wine produced by this fruit
has become the most important product in terms of finance after wood forest products.
Belem in Brazil
now employs over 30,000 people on a daily basis to keep up with its enormous demand.
So we know where it comes from, what about it's recent history? After being introduced into the western world it was realised by the modern beach going Brazilian surfer as a natural way to regain energy.
The acai berry was pulped and frozen to keep it fresh and became a natural additive to the smoothies drunk along the beaches of Brazil. It was known to help your prostate and was seen as a natural viagra
for the boys of the beach. It soon became a drink for the trendy, for the sand and surf brigade.
The researchers soon got hold of this magic acai berry and realized that it would be of great importance
in the well-being and health of the western world, our diets are often over filled with fat and fast food,
acai is naturally full with energy, it has a vibrant taste of berries with a hint of chocolate, is rich in
proteins, fibre, vitamin E, minerals and essential Omega oils to reduce our bad cholesterol caused by
our western diets.
The acai berry contains similar properties as red wine in controlling fats in the blood and is a fair
contributor to go up against the wine diets of the Mediterranean people.
Now known as the miracle fruit, acai berries also helps in preventing cancer due to it's antioxidant
properties that are five times more potent than gingko biloba, a commonly used herbal therapy product.
Acai berry juice has been introduced into other products like bars and health snacks to be sold at
gyms and health spars.
The Acai Berry's history is important as by studying the effects that the berry has had on the tribesmen in the Amazon we have discovered that it's traditional use as an energy booster for hunting
and good libido has lead to acai berry juice to being a very commercially viable product.
Recently it has been endorsed by several popular talk show hosts and researchers in the feilds of
longevity and nutrition.
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