The Superfoods Guide

Even V8 loses its luster when placed side by side with an acai juice product. That such a powerful drink derives from a tiny berrylike fruit, smaller than a blueberry, darker than a grape, and absolutely more nutritious than both of them, nobody would even believe. When someone tells you this wonder berry fruit called acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) came all the way from the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, you might not believe it. For their traditional meals, it appears that the acai berry has been used by the native inhabitants of the Great Amazon’s northern population. It may not have made them immortal, but they had longer life spans and healthier lives than any of the other populace.

So what made this small berry that’s 90% seed pit and 10% pulp so popular? According to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, an anti-aging expert, in his book The Perricone Promise, acai is the world’s super food today primarily because of its high concentration of anti-oxidants. Being a good anti-oxidant means it flushes down fatal toxins from your system. Regenerating radical cells which hasten aging and may cause dreadful diseases like cancer — this is just a few things that acai juice does. Like renowned skin whitener glutathione, anti-oxidants will make your skin supple and more youthful. You owe it to acai for taking out all your body waste regularly and thoroughly. To acai, that’s not all there is.

Going back to beating other health drinks in the number 1 spot, acai has bagged the super food title for its strong energy boost. In amino acids that give physical endurance, muscle strength and formation and high energy level, it’s rich. That’s why acai berry juice and food supplement capsules are often seen around fitness bars and centers in Brazil and has started making itself known to its American counterparts too. Besides giving you an energy boost, acai has been found out by scientific experts to have key ingredients that help increase metabolism and control appetite, thus making itself a one-shot solution for health and diet problems.

Acai also has no worrisome elements that may cause side effects or what they call as secret killers, not only does it rid your system of deadly toxins. They don’t cause bad cholesterol build-up, unlike animal proteins. To regulate LDL or good cholesterol but dispenses HDL or bad cholesterol is what acai is known for, in fact.

Well don’t think, just try and enjoy its chocolaty-berry taste, for those who think that acai may have an icky taste looking at its very unusual shape.