The acai berry has been a popular health food though not a lot of scientific research-until now. In a first time study that involves people, the acai berry has proven that it has the ability to be absorbed in the human body when it is drank as a juice or when the pulp is eaten.
This finding was published recently in the Journal of Agriculture and Food chemistry from a team of scientist located in texas for a company named Texas AgriLife. The finding that the acai berry absorbs in the body is important because the fruit is packed full of antioxidants which help prevent free radicals which cause cell damage.
The research was done by taking 12 prople and haveing them consume one serving of either ther acai berry jusic or the acai pulp daily. The berry is a popular in the United states because its been touted as a health 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 risen to popularity in America by being labeled and touted as a superfood that assist in healthy weight loss all the way to expediating recovery in top athletes.
Brazilian rainforests 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. Thier intial studies dealt primarily with the high cocentrations 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 became interested in how the fruit is absobed in the human body because of the postve results in the acai fighting cancer. More recent studies had shown this cancer actvity potential.
Antixidants should only be take i small quantities like vitamin c. - 16752
This finding was published recently in the Journal of Agriculture and Food chemistry from a team of scientist located in texas for a company named Texas AgriLife. The finding that the acai berry absorbs in the body is important because the fruit is packed full of antioxidants which help prevent free radicals which cause cell damage.
The research was done by taking 12 prople and haveing them consume one serving of either ther acai berry jusic or the acai pulp daily. The berry is a popular in the United states because its been touted as a health 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 risen to popularity in America by being labeled and touted as a superfood that assist in healthy weight loss all the way to expediating recovery in top athletes.
Brazilian rainforests 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. Thier intial studies dealt primarily with the high cocentrations 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 became interested in how the fruit is absobed in the human body because of the postve results in the acai fighting cancer. More recent studies had shown this cancer actvity potential.
Antixidants should only be take i small quantities like vitamin c. - 16752
About the Author:
Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd has spent 3 deacades researching antioxidants and the tremendous benefits the coumpounds offer to the human body. He has an acai berryblog that give daily information on one of the most antioxdant packed foods known to science. He also has a free acai berry review site that keeps you up to date on the most reputable acai berry products.
