This small round fruit with dark-purple drupe about 1 inch diameter has expand rapidly of global demand in recent year.
This palm tree growing mainly in swamps and floodplains.
When ripe, the berries are dark purple and about the size of a blueberry.
They contain a thin layer of edible surrounding a large seed.

Acai Berry Benefits

Publishes by Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed, extract from this berry triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukimia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott – assistant professor of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

This study was an important step toward learning what people may gain from using beverages, dietary supplements or other products made with berries.

Stephe Talcott said, “Acai berries are already considered one of the richest sources of antioxidants.”
In that study he was not intended to show whether compounds found in acai berries could prevent leukemia in people.
He said, “We are encouraged by the findings, however. Compounds that show good activity against cancer cells in a model system are most likely to have beneficial effects in our bodies”.

This berries contains a high level of anthocyanins.
Anthocyanins act as powerful antioxidants by protecting cells from high-light damage.
It works by absorbing blue-green and UV light, thereby protecting the tissues from photoinhibition.
Based on this work, antocyanins will conserve the level of antioxidants in food when eaten.

Another symposium results on health benefits from anthocyanins based on laboratory evidence, anthocyanins has potential health effect against:

- cancer
- aging and neurological disease
- inflammation
- diabetes
- bacterial infections

Additionally they show a vary effects on blood vessels, platelets and lipoproteins that able to reduce the risk of coronary heart diseases. This thing caused acai berries also contain three different plant sterols; sitosterol, campesterol and sigmasterol. These sterol plant help to keep a heart healthy, as well as assist proper digestive functions.

High amino acids and protein contained in acai berry also may help the growth, repair, and maintenance of body tissues. As our body can only supply 11 of these, the rest have to come from our diet.

Another benefits from acai berry are also particularly rich in omega fats, giving a healthy dose of unsaturated fats including Omega-3, Omega-6, and Omega-9.

As comparison, while red wine is recognized as containing a high level of anthocyanins, then acai berry provides 10 to 30 times more !!

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