Acai Berry Health Benefits
So what is up with the acai berry? I have heard of this fruit before but had not bothered to look it up until recently. Many people vouch for its health benefits, particularly the extra energy they experience. There are several other benefits which I will highlight below. The acai only grows in the Amazon and is highly perishable which means you will not find them at your local supermarket. However, the berries can be freeze dried and used to create acai supplements in capsule and liquid form.
Health Benefits of Acai
The acai berry is known as one of the world’s best super foods. They contain a very high level of antioxidants. Compared to other fruits the acai has twice the antioxidants of blueberries and ten times the amount in grapes. Besides that they are also high in fiber, rich in iron, and high in essential fatty acids & omegas 3 and 6.
Other health benefits include:
- Increased stamina
- Increased energy
- Improves digestion
- Improves sleep
- Lowers cholesterol levels
- Contains several vitamins (B1, B2, B3, Vitamin E, Vitamin C)
- Improves circulation
- Healthier skin
The acai berry sounds pretty solid to me. I’d definitely like to try out acai berry juice. What is your experience with it? Do you like it?
There is a wonderful wellness product that has been spreading like wildfire through the states, and has been featured on Oprah, Rachel Ray, several news sites (ABC, NBC, Fox), and publications like Success at Home magazine.
Drinking 4oz of it is like having 13 servings of fruits! But not just any fruit - 19 of the most health-beneficial fruits on the planet (according to science), including the amazing Acai.
What’s great about the product is THE BLEND. Not just Acai (it’s the ingredient getting all the attraction lately), but 18 OTHER fruits combined, that make it the most complete wellness beverage on the market today. They could have easily made it “just” an Acai juice, and made it cheaper.
MonaVie was created with the philosophy of “Balance-Variety-Moderation” in mind, and since then many cheaper knockoffs have been created, with inferior process, and inferior blends, using just the juice (virtually all of the juices leave out the pulp, the fats, and the skin, which is where most of the nutrients are found - MonaVie leaves them in). Competitors focus on Acai and the price, and not the blend
I am a huge fan of the frozen acaí purée (the most widely available being produced by the Sambazon company). It comes in packs of serving-size blocks of the frozen berry purée, and you can use them to make smoothies, etc. However, the best way to have acaí is undoubtedly the acaí power bowl, where the blocks are typically blended with banana, yogurt, and/or apple juice and the thick mixture is eaten topped with sliced banana and granola.
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i am from the united states but recently i have moved to brazil, where i have gotten to expirience the açaí berry, and i can tell you that it is absolutely amazing. i have more energy and i feel a lot healthier. i must also tell you that i am anemic so it covers my daily need for extra iron. the absolute best way to expirience açaí is to get it at one of the local shops all over brazil, where they put fresh bananas and condensed milk on, but another good way to eat it is to blend it in a smoothie. either way.. its probably the most amazing thing i have expirienced thus far!