Ever since the acai and acai berry reached the United States from it's native land in the Amazon Rain Forest, acai berries have been sought after for providing exceptional health benefits and potent acai berry plant antioxidants.
Pronounced as 'ah-sigh-ee', the acai berry is a tiny purple-colored fruit that grows in Brazil in the Amazon Rain Forest. The natives of that region have been harvesting and incorporating the berries into their diet for hundreds of years. Acai berries are a bountiful source for antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and Omega 3 fatty acids.
ANTIOXIDANTS – NATURE’S BOUNTY
The agents of health – fruits and vegetables.
For the most part, those vegetables and fruits that are colorful are the most generous source of antioxidants. It is somewhat interesting (but true) that the color of the fruit or vegetable is the most important factor when measuring antioxidant power of that fruit or vegetable. If you scale them based on color, you will get a pretty accurate picture of which ones are best as antioxidant sources. It has also been found that fruits perform better than vegetables in the superfood categories in terms of health benefits. Again, the darker the fruit, the greater the antioxidant power.
The Acai berry has been found to have a remarkable concentration of antioxidants including twice as many antioxidants as blueberries, ten times as many antioxidants as red grapes, and 10 to 30 times the antioxidants of red wine. Remarkable.
A LONG HISTORY OF HEALTH BENEFITS
For some fifty years, researchers have come to realize that there are countless agents found in both vegetables and fruits that have the potential to fight disease and provide health benefits.
Clearly, there have been some major health benefits being reported in the clinical studies. Without a doubt those studies will continue. The more official, peer-reviewed studies should lend even more authority to the growing body of health evidence that has been adduced thus far.
As with most other clinical studies of efficacy, some studies involved humans and other involved animals. It should be noted that this list is not all inclusive as clinical studies of both Acai and Pomegranate continue.
Rather than identifying each study by the nature of the superfruit (as the abstracts do), the major studies have focused on:
1.Anti-aging
2.Anti-inflammatory capabilities
3.Anti-malarial & anti-microbial capacities
4.Alzheimer’s disease
5.Artherogenesis (Plaque in the coronary arteries)
6.Artherosclerosis
7.Blood pressure lowering capacities
8.Cancer-fighting capabilities – chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic properties•Prostate Cancer•Breast Cancer•Colon Cancer•Lung Cancer
9.Cardiac issues (existing)
10.Cartilage protection (osteoarthritis) (prevention of degradation)
11.Cholesterol-lowering capabilities
12.Dental: Anti-plaque (Anti-viral) (Anti-bacterial)
13.Diabetes
14.Diarrhea treatment
15.DNA (damage)
16.Enhancing the use of antibiotics
17.ED
18.HIV
19.Mediation of UV exposure (sun)
20.Menopause – both depressive state and bone loss
21.Obesity
22.Staphylococcus infection protection (as anti-bacterial agents)
23.Vascular complications-coronary heart disease
24.Wound-healing capabilities
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