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Today we are bombarded with everyday foods now being labelled ‘superfoods’ which is excellent for our good health, but Acai berries are not on the tip of most people’s tongue and yet are classed as having the highest amount of anti-oxidant properties currently.

Not only this but the Acai berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is also claimed to be one of the most powerful and nutritious food in the world.

The Acai berry grows wild in the tropical forests in Central America and Brazilian Amazon, where it is abundantly found at the top of the native tree Euterpe Oleracea in the flood plains there.

The indigenous people of these areas have long known the many good health benefits of the Acai berry and as a good food have used it to treat and cure many ailments as well as using it as a good health enhancing food.

Acai berries are not found readily in your local supermarket although a few have stocked it, as the berries have a very short shelf life and harvest period, but can be purchased from reputable gourmet stores, chemists and good health food outlets in freeze dried, tablet, capsule, juice or fruit pulp form year round.

Obviously the best form of Acai is the fresh berry but this is very difficult to get hold of and expensive, the freeze dried is the next best thing but the pulp and juice is also excellent but be sure and only purchase 100% pure juice that contains no added sugar or artificial ingredients and preservatives.

By adding any form of Acai berry such as freeze dried Acai -  that is a good food for good health for you and your overall health, can only benefit your well being of body and mind alike with its fantastic amount of anti-oxidants that promote good health of your liver and immune system.

The flavour of the Acai berry is similar to the blueberry yet with a chocolate twist to it – that should suit many people although it can be quite bitter, so if you have a sweet tooth the capsule or tablet form may be better suited to you.

The Acai berry is also packed with fibre, in fact a total of 44% of the fruit mass is actually fibre, so not only does it have the highest anti-oxidant properties it also is one of the richest fruits in fibre as well, another good health benefit for you.

The high concentration of anti-oxidants in Acai berries are great for protecting cells from free radicals – these are then unstable molecules that cause damage in our bodies.

Being a by-product of normal bodily functions, free radicals are constantly being formed with antioxidants destroying them throughout our life span, a constant circle.

The problem with free radicals is that they can accumulate too much when our body’s are exposed to abnormal toxins such as smoking, pesticides, alcohol, pollution, radiation or just being low on anti-oxidants, greatly exceeding the ability the body has to fight then.

These free radicals then attack healthy cells and invade healthy tissues, our health then suffers as a result of this, so keeping a good diet rich in healthy anti-oxidants is key to good health, and the Acai berry is second to none for this.

Let’s hope that with more awareness of this super-food and its powerful properties, the little known Acai berry, whether it is freeze dried Acai or one of the other products forms, it will become a popular fruit to everyone, increasing the anti-oxidants in your every day diet.Take your acai berries today

Sandra & Ted

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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

http://www.goodfoodgoodhealth.com

http://www.goodfoodgoodhealthforyou.com

http://www.thetalkingbooksite.com