Acai – Acai Juice and Health Benefits

Acai is a dark purple fruit from the South American palm tree Acaizeiro. Berry is rich in antioxidants, some vitamins and minerals and has spread from the Amazon over the world. The high content of the fruit of so many beneficial nutrients makes acai a staple food in many poor areas and now also generates revenue by selling to cities and exports to the world.

Acai growing in the Amazon, South America, where lots of different palm trees there and at times they can completely dominate the terrain. Of the people of the Amazon palm trees provide wood for houses, tools, and weapons, etc. and food, juice and oil.

Acai juice is very rich in antioxidants and has a very high-called ORAC value. The acai has 17 so-called polyphenols described. The fruit is also rich in fat-soluble vitamins. One study showed a content of 45 mg of vitamin E and 1,000 IU of vitamin A per 100 grams of fruit. In fact, acai fruit contains 5 times as many antioxidants as blueberries. It has also been shown that acai provides 33 times more antioxidants than red currants. Antioxidants has been shown to have strong activity against superoxide radicals, peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radicals. Acai also contains other vitamins as vitamin C, minerals such as iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper, phosphorus and zinc, and fiber. Acai fruit, and especially the core, is remarkably rich in fatty acids as oleic acid and linoleic acid. In addition, there are also plant sterols beta-sitosterol.

Acai juice is also popular among tribes in the Amazon and therefore often grown around the villages. Even the palm heart is eaten. Palm heart nutrition is poor. Acai also provides an income now, since the fruit can be sold in the cities. In poor areas, acai can be a key part both of the daily diet and the potential for revenue.

Acai health benefits
Through its rich content of powerful antioxidants, there is support for Acai juice can have positive effects on cardiovascular disease. There is also support for improved blood circulation. Studies have shown that it may be an increase in blood flow-promoting nitric oxide, while the formation of inflammatory nitric oxide inhibition.

Some of the benefits of Acai:
Perhaps the most powerful anti-oxidant content of juice!
More antioxidants than blueberries, grapes and oranges
A spectrum of vitamins
Content tested by the laboratory oberonde
Unique content – only acai
Good mineral content
The quality is not anywhere else
Intakes of vitamins and minerals are good for your body
Acai fruit contains only
Acai is a multivitamin product
33 times more antioxidants than grapes
High levels of fiber
Contains bla Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium and Calcium
One of the most nutritious fruits from the Amazon
Has been used by Brazil’s indigenous peoples for centuries
Detoxifies and cleanses your body

Substances from the juice has been shown to inhibit the inflammatory enzyme COX-1 and COX-2. It may also be a stimulation of the body’s anvil cells, macrophages ( “glutton”).

The active polyphenols from Acai juice has been shown to inhibit the division of leukemia cancer cells and induces death of these through so-called programmed cell death.

In addition alleged that the juice has beneficial effects on mental acuity, providing an energy supplement, strengthens the immune system, are effective against allergies, lowers harmful blood cholesterol, relieves menopausal symptoms and prevents premature aging. However, there is still very little controlled research to support this.

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