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What Is Acai?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

What is Acai?

The Acai berry is a popular and hot item in today’s Market. Acai berries have been around for many years but are just now becoming very popular in the United States area. These berries are not only know for their great taste but they are also known for their health benefits and for their contribution to healthy weight loss

The berries are one of the members of the Euterpe genus in tropical parts of Suriname, Brazil, and South and Central America. These trees grow very fast and are mainly cultivated for their fruit. These little berries resemble that of red grapes but have less pulp in it than grapes. Each branch can yield about 700-1000 berries. When the berried reach a purple color then you know that they are ready to be picked and sold.

As mentioned earlier the acai provide many health benefits to those that eat them. The health benefits of eating the fruit is that they will provide you with vitamins A, B, and E, electrolytes that your body need, amino acids, proteins, antioxidants, fats, omega, and many more things. That is almost all the nutrition you need in a whole day minus your breads, water, and dairy foods.

These berries are very beneficial to the body because they give the body a lot of vitamins and minerals that we need in order for our body to function properly. Acai helps with many health problems too such as insomnia, skin and digestive problems, and will improve sexual dysfunction. When you eat these berries they will also maintain your body, help your hair and nails to grow and to be stronger, help promote healthier skin, increases your energy level, kills pain, keeps you rejuvenated, help you sleep better, acts as a anti-inflammatory, any much more.

You can add these berries into your everyday diet by just eating the berries raw, or including them in some of your foods. Acai is used in so many ways, so you will be able to incorporate it in all three of your meals a day. For breakfast you can add some berries to your oatmeal or on top of your waffles. For lunchtime you can have you a smoothie with the berries in it with your regular lunch. Lastly for dinner, you can top your dishes off with the berry paste or use it to marinate your meat in overnight. The most common use of the berries is to blend it up with other fruits to make smoothies or just use it as a topping on your meal. Acai is also used to give flavor to meats. All you have to do is browse the internet for “Acai Berry Recipes” and you can learn ways to cook with it.

Only after a few days of adding this berry in your everyday lifestyle you will already feel much better as far as your energy and just your overall state of being. Not to mention there is not any negative side affects to eating these berries, only positive. The average dosage for acai is anywhere from 200-100mg every day. You can eat the fruit as is, take capsules, liquid, and even make berry tea. So after hearing all of this about this wonderful berry, why wouldn’t it be a good idea to get you some Acai Today.

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