For hundreds and thousands of years, the Açai Berry has been honored and appreciated for its powerful properties: particularly the properties of promoting health, increasing energy levels and promoting long lasting health and life. Appreciated for its sweet tasting properties as a fruit and equally delectable as a wine, Açai berries have long been loved for their fine flavor, in addition to the amazing health advantages offered by the berries. As recently as the year 1990, the entire world began to appreciate the powerful nutritional values packed in Açai berries: berries that naturally form, grow, and are harvested in regions of the Amazon. Various peoples living in the Amazons, for centuries, have relied on the Açai berry to treat a whole host of ailments, and present day researchers have studied and continue to study the amazing nutrients and antioxidants that the Açai Berry delivers. From lowering cholesterol levels, to improving blood pressure, from improving human immune system functioning to fending off baneful infections, the Açai berry proves promising to those individuals that have an opportunity to consume the sweet tasting fruit. Açai is also known to have certain advantages associated with heart health, the management of prostate health, and has been previously used to create powerful antibiotics. Açai berries are becoming understood as a fruit with a near limitless amount of benefits in terms of health augmentation and enhancement. It is no surprise that the berries have been discovered in the Amazon rain forests; an area of the world that is believed to be an untapped resource of yet to be discovered remedies!
Açai Berries have been found to naturally improve and increase an individual’s level of energy, and by some people, is referred to as a miracle fruit. Possessing stronger effects than other immune enhance herbs, and fruits, scientists are revealing a bright future in terms of the use of Açai Berries. Possessing an ORAC scale which is far higher than that of other natural forming berries like wild blueberries, raspberries and elderberries, Açai berries are the most potent antioxidant berry known today.
Acai contains several substances called anthocyanins and flavonoids. The word anthocyanin comes from two Greek words meaning “plant” and “blue.” Anthocyanins are responsible for the red, purple, and blue hues in many fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Foods that are richest in anthocyanins -- such as blueberries, red grapes, red wine, and acai -- are very strongly colored, ranging from deep purple to black. Anthocyanins and flavonoids are powerful antioxidants that help defend the body against life's stressors. They also play a role in the body's cell protection system. Free radicals are harmful byproducts produced by the body. Eating a diet rich in antioxidants may interfere with aging and the disease process by neutralizing free radicals. By lessening the destructive power of free radicals, antioxidants may help reduce the risk of some diseases, such as heart disease and cancer.
