Health Benefits of Acai Berry Juice

What actually is Acai Berry?

Acai Berry

Acai Berry

Acai Berry is nothing but a fruit that is grown on the Acai Pal trees and can be found at the Amazon rain forest that is located at Brazil. The word Acai Berry is pronounced as “ah-sigh-ee”, as the pronunciation varies from people to people. This Acai Berry fruit is dark purple colored and it resembles the shape and size of the grape fruit.  Acai Berry, very rich in nutrients, is known to be the major dieting fruit for the citizens of Amazon region for more than a hundred of years.

To be approximate, about 90% of the Acai Berry fruit includes seed or pit while the remaining 10% is just the interior pulp and outer skin. From this proportion the maximum amount of nutrients come from the Acai Berry fruit’s pulp and skin and usually the seeds are omitted from eating. When you taste the Acai Berry fruit you can feel a mix of berries and chocolate. So for its taste and rich nutrient content this Acai Berry fruit is popular among the Amazon people.

Try this new-fangled Super Food, Acai Berry

In spite of its popularity among the people of Brazil, this Acai Berry fruit is not known by the people residing at other countries of the world. But recently, media coverage of this healthy and nutritious Acai Berry fruit was taken and was telecasted in Oprah Winfrey show, ABC, NBC and CBS news and also in many other famous shows. Being featured at many books, this Acai Berry fruit is called as the number one super book in the book “The Perricone Promise” written by Dr. Perricone. This Acai Berry is very rich in antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids and being 15 to 20 times higher in the antioxidants value than that of the red grapes, this Acai Berry is known to be the best source of antioxidants when compared with any other food. To know about the benefits of Acai Berry just look through the summary “Benefits of Acai Berry” that is stated below, coving the topics,

  • Encourage weight loss
  • Increase your energy and stamina
  • Fight against the diseases by increasing you Immune Capacity
  • Enjoy a Peaceful sleep
  • Stop being aged
  • Be away from heart disease
  • Increase a normal sexual drive

Dieting with Acai Berry Fruit

With its rich nutrient content, Acai Berry is considered to be the future weight loosing diet food. Companies being broad minded have started working out with these nutritious diet foods and have started to expose media campaigns and promotions on this Acai Berry fruit, as an aid for diet. Though these media exposures are somewhat overstated, there are scientific evidences that prove that Acai Berry fruit contain many nutritious ingredients that will curb appetite, increase metabolism and also helps to build muscle tone.

Products from Acai Berry

You can’t afford to get these Acai Berry fruits from your local supermarket unless you live in Brazil. Acai Berry fruits are perishable and so its life is just for 24 hours from the time of being harvested, but with careful processing the rich nutrient contents of Acai Berry can be preserved in supplements, frozen berries, juice drinks and preserves. Usually the supplements are cared by freeze drying the fruit and it can be regained to its original form by adding some water. There are also fake processing methods such as spray drying or drum drying that needs to be noticed carefully. Likewise you need to be aware that high heat when used for processing will destroy the nutrients present in Acai Berry and there are also products where Acai Berry is mixed with other ingredients.

Life History of Acai Berry

In Brazilian herbal medicine, the Acai Berry fruit is used for many treatments like diarrhea, jaundice, skin ulcers and also for fevers. These medicines are prepared by either using the oil of the fruit or a mixture of the root or a mixture of grated fruit rind or even the Acai Berry fruit’s seeds. In Peruvian Amazon they use a mixture of toasted and crushed Acai Berry seeds as a treatment for fever and a decoction of the root as a treatment for diabetes, hepatitis, hair loss, hemorrhages, jaundice, liver and kidney diseases, menstrual pain, malaria and muscle pain. These Acai Berry trees can be found at the Pacific coast line of Colombia and there you can find people having a soft drink made out of Acai Berry fruits.  The commonly used forms of Acai Berry are;

  • Beverages
  • Desert
  • Ice Cream
  • Cooking filling
  • Breakfast cereal
  • Aroma compound
  • Dairy product
  • Energy drink
  • Smoothies

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