Archive for September, 2008

How Can So Many Nutrients be Packed into One Little Acai Berry?

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Are you looking for a way to up your game? Are you looking for more fuel for your athletic fire?  Would you also like a product that provides you with the nutrients and antioxidants you need to recover more quickly and have the stamina to last in your sport longer and harder?

Would you like to have the rainforest with your purchase? And what if you could do all of this with a product so delicious, so refreshing, and so energizing that caffeine seems like a drug of the past? What if this product could taste rich and chocolaty with hints of fresh ripe berries?

What ever can this be?  Before revealing all, we would like to tell you a little more about it.  People with an active lifestyle often require increased stamina and strength.  Sometimes those who lead a busy career life need a little extra energy to enable them to enjoy exercise and sports.  For both of these groups this super food may be just what is needed.

As a freeze dried powder containing in the region of 500 calories, 8 grams of protein, 32 grams of total fat, 44 grams of fibre, and 52 carbohydrates per 100 gram portion recent studies have shown this miracle food gives you all the fibre an adult needs in twenty four hours as well as the sufficient nutrients of a full meal.

Surprisingly, this deliciously chocolaty super food is rich in 6 fatty acids including one that inhibits the absorption of dietary cholesterol.  Not only that, it contains high levels of vitamin A and 19 essential amino acids.

In this super foods dark purple skin where found antioxidants ten times higher than wild blueberries or cranberries. The flavonoid levels were similar to blueberries and the total antioxidant strength of the super food was tested to have an ORAC value of 1027 micromol TE per gram.

So would you like to know what this food with its optimizing and healing secrets is?  Well, it’s the acai berry, pronounced a-sigh-ee, with its deliciously fruity and chocolaty taste.

This fruit is native to Brazil and can be found growing on the Euterpe palm tree family. The natives use it for a super charge of energy and its medicinal properties are well known. The fruits and roots of this palm tree are used for treating gastrointestinal problems and illnesses and the heart is often served in salads.

This palm tree grows rather quickly and produces three or more crops per year. The fruit grows in large clusters of 70 to 80 one-inch fruits. The locals use it to flavor their sodas, ice creams, and other favorite foods.

When you make your purchase of this freeze dried fruit pulp, not only will you be super charging your body with high amounts of nutrients and antioxidants but you will be giving work to the locals.  This means the rain forest will not be cut down by the Brazilians in order to earn a living because ever time you buy this product you add to this rich commerce.

Since the aai berry is native to the area, farmland will not need to be cut down to make way for it. Nor will the deforestation occur since spent palm trees can be utilized for higher quality sources of fire wood and fuel.

Additionally, the palm leaves can be used for making hats, bags, and even roof thatch. The wood is pest resistant and serves as excellent sources of building material. All of which also contribute greatly to the local commerce.

So, are you ready to do your bit towards saving the rain forest whilst supercharging your body?  Has reading about this made you want to try the acai berry?  Are you ready to fuel your body with the best antioxidants and the most nutritious benefits known to man?  If you answered yes to these questions then it is time you tried the acai berry.

If you want to get some of this delicious berry anywhere in Australia, try the new Amazon Power Acai Powder by clicking here.

Research discovers a possible Leukemia Cure in the Acai Berry

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

A recent University of Florida study has demonstrated the cancer fighting benefits of an extract from the acai berry. This extract has proven effective on cancer cells which have been unaffected by other therapies. This is only the first of many planned studies on the effects of acai berries on cancer.

In this test, leukemia cells were exposed to acai berry extract, with the surprising result that 86% of the cancer cells self-destructed. Acai berries were already known as one of the best sources of antioxidant compounds, but this study’s findings are truly extraordinary. An assistant professor at the University of Florida (in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Services) was able to confirm for us that this figure of 86% was indeed the case.

There are other fruits that have antioxidants that may be able to kill leukemia cells. However, all research is preliminary because there have to be other influences factored in the process. Still the percentages are quite impressive.

Australia has jumped on board, promoting a diet that is derived from exotic fruits, namely acai, noni, goji, and mangosteen. Promotions here are running high for various juices made with all natural fruits. Antioxidant properties have been found in many of these native fruits.

A study from March of this year in Brisbane, Australia focused on the differences between the antioxidants sourced from olive leaves and those occurring in these tropical fruits and juices. This study showed some antioxidant properties to be present in olive leaves, but those done on acai berries have been more conclusive in their results.

One study in particular that is yielding very interesting results is on these fruits and cancer. Just as the United States is working very hard to find a cure for cancer, leukemia in particular, Australia is doing so as well. The hard, cold facts are that leukemia is the number one killer of children under the age of 20 the world over. Studies have not been conducted yet on the effects of preventing leukemia or any other cancer.

So far, all of the research is still preliminary and there is much more to be learned about the anti cancer properties of these fruits. The acai berry, for example, contains nearly 75 chemical compounds and the exact properties of many of these are as yet unknown. The acai berry is a difficult fruit to study due to its extremely short shelf life.

Roughly the same size as a blueberry, the acai berry ripens to a dark purple and contains a seed. These berries if not used or frozen quickly after picking begin to decompose. The Acai berry is from the Amazon basin, so freezing or using it immediately is not always an easy thing to accomplish.

To be imported all the way to Australia, acai powder works best. This is produced from acai berries by dehydrating and then freeze-drying acai pulp. Far easier and cheaper to export than the ripe berries, this powder can then be used in all sorts of nutritional supplements and foods. The powder contains all of the same nutritional and health benefits of the fresh berries.

Although studies are only preliminary for now, the hope that one day leukemia and other cancers will be cured is still alive. The sad fact is that leukemia strikes more children than adults. For the children who suffer from this disease, the day that such a cure is found will be a great day indeed.

Remember, if you want to get your hands on this 100% Acai Powder, no imitations, concentrated (not watered down like some of the brands out there…) click here to learn more…