Acai Berry And It’s Cancer Fighting Properties

Hi

The acai berry is becoming well known as a super-food for its fantastic anti-oxidant properties and great nutritional benefits, and now research is being carried out on its ability to fight cancer.

The acai berry – pronounced ah-sigh-ee, is a small berry not dissimilar to the blueberry, that grows abundantly at the top of the palm tree Euterpe Oleracea, across the flood plains of the Amazon.

Although the Acai berry has been consumed for years in Brazil, it has not been picked up quickly by other markets because the berry is only available for a short time after harvest, it also has a very short shelf life making it fairly expensive to stock.

A study at a University in Florida found that at least 86% of cultured human leukemia cancer cells were killed by the anti-oxidants found in the Acai berry, but as the berry is relatively new to the medical world many more tests are needed to study its actual ability in the body.

Antioxidants are well known to be the best thing at fighting cancer cells and acai berry has more antioxidant compounds than anything else known on the planet today, so it seems common sense that the effects of Acai berry should at least help lead to a cure.

The local tribes people that live in the areas where the Acai berry grows have long known the amazing good health benefits of Acai, and have used it to treat many illnesses for centuries.

Anti-oxidants play important roles in our body and work hard at eradicating free radicals, the unstable molecules that left to their own devices can cause damage in our bodies.

If your body does not have enough anti-oxidants, free radicals are able to invade healthy tissues and attack healthy cells which leads to ill health. A high concentrate of anti-oxidants as found in acai berry are regularly needed by the body to keep free radicals in check.

Free radicals can build up when the body becomes run down and the immune system is low, especially when it is subjected to pollutants such as smoking and alcohol etc.

So by adding Acai berry that contain the highest amount of anti-oxidants known to your diet can only help with this, along with a varied diet of nutritious good food for good health and regular gentle exercise to keep your immune system fighting fit, enabling it to ward off all the viruses and illnesses we encounter daily.

Acai comes in several forms,berry, juice, capsules, tablets, pulp and of course acai freeze dried. They are all excellent forms that can be purchased from all good health stores and chemists. Always ensure that you buy 100% juice form without additives and preservatives.

Try and remember your five a day portions of fruit and vegetables to ensure your body gets all the nutrients and vitamins that good food provides, enabling good health for you of body and mind alike to enhance your whole wellbeing.

Don’t forget to take your acai berry.

Sandra & Ted

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