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AcaiBerry-Products.com Says For Antioxidants Blueberries Are Good …
PR Web (press release),?WA?- Oct 28, 2008 AcaiBerry-Products.com publishes acai berry information and news on its website and blog and operates an international online shopping store specializing in … |
read comments (0)Acai Berry Diet & Benefits
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The Acai Berry Diet was 1st seen on Oprah! Learn about the healthiest food you’ve never heard of - the acai berry. The benefits of acai berries make this fruit as a superfood. Our taste test proves which is the best tasting juice.
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Acai Berry Health Foods Heightens Consumer Awareness of the Purple …
PR Web (press release),?WA?- Nov 7, 2008 Acai Berry Health Foods foods is committed to bringing new acai health product reviews to the masses by providing accurate descriptions of new acai products … |
AcaiPlus, the fountain of youth?
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AcaiPlus is a powerful antioxidant product combining three of the most powerful antioxidant fruits: Acai, Mangosteen & Goji. Our bodies are constantly under attack by toxins and chemicals producing free radicals in our bodies, threatening to make us ill. In this day and age where we are pressed for time, our diets are poor, we are truly lacking in antioxidants to fight off nasty free radicals. Our bodies are rusting away but with AcaiPlus we can help fight this. AcaiPlus for me, IS the fountain of youth. Remember, having health is not waiting until we get sick and ill to try and do something about it. Having health is about being proactive. To be without health is to be without life
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Acai Berry Diet!!
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Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is the high-energy berry of a special Amazon palm tree. Its nutritional benefits are so powerful, Dr. Nicholas Perricone lists it as one of his top 10 Super Foods at Oprah’s Web site. Studies have shown that the Acai berry is one of the more nutritious and powerful foods on the planet. Harvested in the rainforests of Brazil, Acai tastes like a mix of berries and chocolate. Hidden within its purple pigment is what makes it the perfect energy fruit. Acai is packed full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids. You probably won’t find it in your local supermarket, but you may have better luck at health food stores, or from the many products springing up online. The benefits of Acai are purported to be good for detoxing and maintaining optimal health for balancing your pH level. Proper pH balance is vital to our immune health and for disease prevention and correction. Other benefits you’ll enjoy: Acai has a high concentration of antioxidants that combat premature aging. It has 10 times the antioxidants that red grapes have, and as much as 30 times the anthocyanins of red wine. Anthocyanins may have antioxidant effects, possibly fighting cancer, diabetes, and bacterial infections, to name a few. Healthy monounsaturated fats, dietary fiber and phytosterols together help promote cardiovascular and digestive health. An amino acid complex in conjunction with valuable trace minerals, help with muscular health. acai berry acaiberries pure berries diet lose weight extreme how to loose fast
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Research Finds The Brazilian Acai Absorbs Much Better Than Any …
PR Web (press release),?WA?- 12 hours ago Since being touted as a metabolism booster, weight reducer and athletic enhancer, sales of acai products have dramatically increased in the US These berries … |
Anthocyanin Antioxidants – Just The Faqs
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We’ve been reading a lot in magazines and newspapers about antioxidant plant foods, including berries like blueberries and cranberries, and we keep seeing the word anthocyanins.
What are anthocyanins?
Anthocyanins (Etymology: Greek. anthos = Flower, kyáneos = purple) are water-soluble pigments reflecting the red to blue range of the visible spectrum. The colour depends on the acidity of the surrounding medium.
Anthocyanins exist only in plants with bright colors in everything from flower petals to autumn leaves and edible fruits or vegetables. Chemical identification studies reveal that there are as many as 600 unique anthocyanins in nature.
How are anthocyanins synthesized in the plant?
Here’s a brief botany summary. Anthocyanins are formed from chemical raw materials in the plant, using the amino acid phenylalanine, or another chemical called malonyl coenzyme A. These two substrates join to form the base material for anthocyanins called “chalcones” that lead to the production of anthocyanins after a series of enzyme steps.
The parent material of anthocyanins is a group of similar structures named “anthocyanidins” or “proanthocyanidins” which contain no sugar molecules. When sugars become attached, an anthocyanin glycoside is formed, taking the characteristic shape of anthocyanins.
When first isolated by chemists, many anthocyanins were named after the colorful flowers from which they were extracted, such as petunidin (petunia), rosinidin (rose) and peonidin (peonies).
The large class of antioxidant cyanidins is also anthocyanins â all these compounds belong to the group of compounds called flavonoids within the super-family of antioxidants named phenolics or polyphenols.
What is the purpose of anthocyanins in a plant?
Anthocyanins exist mainly to preserve the regeneration of the plant. In flowers, the colorful anthocyanins of petals attract pollinators whereas in fruits, like brightly colored berries, they reside in the skin to attract animals that eat the fruit and later disperse the seeds in their droppings. This is nature’s efficient way of symbiosis between a plant and feeding animal.
Anthocyanins also serve a protective role much like a “sunscreen” by absorbing the ultraviolet light that plants face from constant sun exposure.
This “sunscreen” function is thought to be the reason why many deciduous plants turn red in autumn. When green chlorophylls break down, and as leaves begin to dehydrate and die, anthocyanins shield the remaining leaf tissues while the plant moves nutrients back into the stems and vascular system of the tree.
How do people benefit from anthocyanins and what plant foods contain them?
In berry research particularly, anthocyanins have been shown to possess strong antioxidant qualities that guard cells of the fruit pulp and seeds from reactive oxygen species (”free radicals”) formed during normal plant metabolism and exposure to ultraviolet light.
When people eat anthocyanin-rich foods, we obtain the benefit of these antioxidant qualities, giving us the same capacity for combating the damaging free radicals.
Among plant foods providing the richest sources of anthocyanins are blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, red currants and cherries (up to 400 mg in every 100 gram serving) and Concord grapes (as high as 750 mg/100 grams). Two of the richest sources of anthocyanins in berries are in the black raspberry and tropical palmberry (or acai).
A good rule of thumb is this: dark blue, purple or black fruits that easily stain your fingers (or thumb) during picking are great sources of anthocyanins.
Non-berry plant foods rich in anthocyanins include brightly colored (bluish) vegetables like the purple cabbage and eggplant. White plant foods like banana, pear and potato do not contain significant levels of anthocyanins.
Are there known health values of eating anthocyanin-rich foods?
Medical research has been examining potential health or anti-disease benefits of having anthocyanin-enriched plant foods like berries included in the regular human diet.
Although the work must be considered preliminary until thorough clinical trials are completed, the list of potential benefits are many and includes positive effects against:
⢠Cancer
⢠Diabetes
⢠Inflammation
⢠Heart and vascular disease
⢠Alzheimer’s disease
⢠Other types of neurodegeneration
⢠High blood cholesterol
⢠Stroke
⢠Bacterial infections
⢠Urinary tract infections
⢠Age-related eyesight deterioration
⢠Premature aging
Reading
Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, http://www.wikipedia.com
PubMed, online literature database of the US National Library of Medicine, http://pubmed.gov
Shahidi F, Naczk M. Phenolics in Food and Nutraceuticals, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003.
Only answer this if you know what Acai is.
I know alot about acai and I can tell you this: many acai juices are not very potent. They are watered down, sugar filled, and often contain additional fruits other than acai. Usually you can look on the nutrition label to see just how much of each vitamin and mineral you are ingesting with each serving. Typically I would say that one serving of juice probably gives you 50% or so of what you might need in a day.
I recommend investing in a 100% pure acai supplement rather than a juice. You can get a free trial of the #1 acai pill on the planet, Extreme Acai, at the source link below. This is the product I use, and honestly I feel better every day.
Now let me tell you why I recommend Extreme Acai over all other acai supplements…
Firstly, Extreme Acai is a 100% acai capsule (pill) type supplement. Capsules are superior to juices, cleansers, and detoxifiers. Juices are diluted and are filled with sugar, cleansers and detox supplements tend to promote abdominal discomfort, and they are all way overpriced. Most likely you will only find sugar filled acai juice supplements at your local GNC.
I attempted this past weekend to find a good acai supplement at GNC, Vitamin World, Hannafords, and Shaws, but I was unable to find something that was cheap, high quality, and not filled with sugar and other fillers. I am going to keep getting Extreme Acai for now.
Secondly, Extreme Acai ranks in the top 3, usually at #1, of all acai supplements in most acai product polls that I’ve found online.
Remember, just stick with a regular 100% acai supplement in capsule form like Extreme Acai. You can try the free trial at the source link below.
Acai Palm Berry – Just The Faqs
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One of the newly discovered berry “stars” of antioxidant plants is the acai (”ah-sigh-ee”) palm berry (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) that comes from the tropical regions of Central and South America.
The genus is named after the muse Euterpe of Greek mythology and the major plant family is Arecaceae. The vernacular name is sometimes called Assai Palm.
Acai is well-known in the exotic functional food industry as a rich tasting, darkly pigmented (deep blue-purple) fruit whose delicious juice is either consumed from bottles or combined with yogurt and other health foods to create smoothies.
Where do acai palms grow and what are the characteristics of the berries?
According to Wikipedia, acai is a genus of 25-30 palm species native to tropical Central and South America, from Belize to Brazil and Peru. It grows mainly along rivers, in floodplains and swamps. They are tall, slender, attractive palms that grow 15-30 m tall, with pinnate leaves up to 3 m long. The fruit is a small, round, black-purple berry similar in size to a grape. They are produced in branched clusters of 700-900 fruits that must be picked by hand. Though its appearance is similar to that of a grape, the acai has a smaller amount of pulp and a single large seed about 7â10 mm in diameter.
What is it about the acai that has caught the attention of consumers?
Besides its deep blue color and delectable taste (hinting of chocolate), the preliminary analysis of nutrient content shows acai as one of the tropic’s most nutritious fruits and certainly an exceptional source of antioxidant pigments.
What nutrients stand out in the acai berry?
Although the data has not been published or independently verified, the early research on acai shows it is rich in vitamins A, B and C, minerals (particularly iron and calcium), dietary fiber and proteins. It also contains an omega-3 fatty acid, a beta-sitosterol (a phytosterol that inhibits cholesterol formation in humans) and essential amino acids. Oleic acid, an omega-9 fatty acid found in virgin olive oil, is especially rich in the acai.
What about the antioxidant strength of acai?
A manufacturer of acai products states on its website that acai has three times the antioxidant strength of blueberries and eight times that of strawberries. The likely source of such unusual antioxidant power would come from the dark blue pigments found in acai berry skin â the large class of flavonoids called anthocyanins and particularly from two (cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-rutinoside), which are the main pigments isolated from acai.
What does medical research say about the health properties of acai?
As a relatively new discovery, acai has appeared in the online database of the US National Library of MedicineâPubMedâonly since 2004. Since then, just five reports are listed (June 2006).
Three studies analyzed the antioxidant properties of acai, showing its powerful effects against specific oxidizing agents like peroxyl radicals and peroxynitrite. One interesting finding was that the total antioxidant capacity of acai could be accounted in just 10% of the identified anthocyanins. This finding indicates that acai is loaded with other, yet unidentified, antioxidant phytochemicals.
In 2006, a study performed at the University of Florida showed that acai antioxidants could induce more rapid death (apoptosis) of leukemia cells in vitro. This preliminary research indicates a possible anti-cancer effect of anthocyanins and other pigments, as shown for North American dark berries like the blueberry and black raspberry.
With research beginning to show remarkable benefits of acai, why not introduce this tasty berry into your diet?
Reading
* US National Library of Medicine, PubMed, http://pubmed.gov
* Acai Products, Sambazon, http://www.sambazon.com/acai.asp?pg=13
* Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acai
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