Antioxidant Sources of Acai Berry
July 26th, 2009

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Have you heard about the Acai berry? It is one of the naturally occurring fruit which is rich in nutrients then any other supplements man have ever come up with. This little berry is packed with nature’s goodness all around, ranging from energy supplying fuels to heart helping materials. The most important of them is antioxidants. It’s very astonishing to find out that the berry is rich with antioxidants to such an extent that it beats that of grapes by 30 times, and of red wine by about 10 times. Apart from that, like I already said, it’s loaded with minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and fatty acids. This altogether makes it one of the most balanced fruits ever to be found in this World.
So today’s question is, have you ever heard about antioxidant sources of acai berry? Well for that, we have to look into why are antioxidants important for us? Well, there are many researches as far as that question is concerned, and the results are truly important for us. Antioxidants, according to the National Cancer Institute have very influential and positive impact on the growth of cancer cells, i.e. it helps a lot in prohibiting the growth of such cells. This is truly good news for those poor cancer patients, for whom each added day to their life is very important. Also, antioxidants prevent damage to our cells inflicted by substances called “free radicals”. These free radicals are the ones mainly responsible for the growth of cancer in our cells.
Now when it is known, that why are antioxidants required, we need to ponder on the question asked earlier, that is, is Acai berry the most important source of antioxidants? Well here we have to go into some complicated scientific terms. Acai berries have a special kind of antioxidant compound, known as “anthocyanin”. This antioxidant is known to be amongst the most powerful ones in the category. The core of anthocyanin in Acai berry is 10 times more powerful then that of red wine. This is really reassuring, considering the miracle cure antioxidants are for cancer patients.
So if we conclude based on the facts just shared, it can be stated without resentment that Acai berry are in fact one of the most important source of antioxidants occurring naturally in the world.