A Brazilian palm berry sweeping the globe as a popular health food - though little research has been done on it " now may have its purported benefits better understood. In the first research involving people, the acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry has proven its ability to be absorbed in the human body when consumed both as juice and pulp.
This finding was recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry by a group of scientist from Texas AgriLife. The absorption in the human body by the acai fruit berry is an important finding as the acai berry is known to contain high amounts of antioxidants that are thought to fight and prevent damaging free radicals to the body.
The scientist performed this research by taking 12 healthy people by providing them one daily serving of either acai juice or the acai berry pulp. The acai berry is a popular food in the U.S. that is being touted as a miracle food.
Acai is low in sugar, and the flavor is described as a mixture of red wine and chocolate. Previous studies have shown the ability of the human body to absorb target antioxidants (from other produce), but no studies have been done to see if acai antioxidants are absorbed in humans.
The acai berry has found a popular spot in the consumers heart by being marketed as a super food where it can reduce your weight all the way to the professional ranks where its been marketed as an instant energy recovery food.
Brazilian rain forests are the only known place acai berries grow and come from acai palms that can reach heights in excess of 60 feet. The acai berry is about the size of a large blueberry yet only the outermost layers of the fruit, the pulp surrounding a large internal seed, are edible.
One of the pioneers of the study of acai berry is the Talcotts who first began studying the fruit in 2001. Their initial studies dealt primarily with the high concentrations of antioxidants found in the pulp and juice-these were also the first known studies that were ever published in English happening in 2004.
The Talcotts were initially intrigued with the acai berry from other studies that it had positive effects in fighting cancer. From that information, they then decided to find out how the fruit is actually absorbed in the body.
Antioxidants should only be take i small quantities like vitamin c.
This finding was recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry by a group of scientist from Texas AgriLife. The absorption in the human body by the acai fruit berry is an important finding as the acai berry is known to contain high amounts of antioxidants that are thought to fight and prevent damaging free radicals to the body.
The scientist performed this research by taking 12 healthy people by providing them one daily serving of either acai juice or the acai berry pulp. The acai berry is a popular food in the U.S. that is being touted as a miracle food.
Acai is low in sugar, and the flavor is described as a mixture of red wine and chocolate. Previous studies have shown the ability of the human body to absorb target antioxidants (from other produce), but no studies have been done to see if acai antioxidants are absorbed in humans.
The acai berry has found a popular spot in the consumers heart by being marketed as a super food where it can reduce your weight all the way to the professional ranks where its been marketed as an instant energy recovery food.
Brazilian rain forests are the only known place acai berries grow and come from acai palms that can reach heights in excess of 60 feet. The acai berry is about the size of a large blueberry yet only the outermost layers of the fruit, the pulp surrounding a large internal seed, are edible.
One of the pioneers of the study of acai berry is the Talcotts who first began studying the fruit in 2001. Their initial studies dealt primarily with the high concentrations of antioxidants found in the pulp and juice-these were also the first known studies that were ever published in English happening in 2004.
The Talcotts were initially intrigued with the acai berry from other studies that it had positive effects in fighting cancer. From that information, they then decided to find out how the fruit is actually absorbed in the body.
Antioxidants should only be take i small quantities like vitamin c.
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