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 fruit 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 acai berry is marketed in the U.S. as a wonder food with a recent niche in weight loss. The study involved 12 healthy volunteers who consumed a single serving of acai juice or pulp.
There have been other studies done to show that the human body is able to absorb antioxidants from other foods, but this is the first time that the acai berry has been tested to determine if acai's antioxidants are absorbed in humans. Acai has a taste that is described by many as a mixture of chocalate and red wine.
The acai berry has found a popular spot in the consumers heart by being marketed as a superfood where it can reduce your weight all the way to the professional ranks where its been marketed as an instant energy recovery food.
acai fruit berry is only grow in the Btrazilian rain forrest from a palm tree called the acai palm-these palms can grow as high as sixty feet. The only edible part of the acai berry is the outermost layer.
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.
Antioxidants can only be absorbed in smal quantities as is the case with vitamin c. - 16732
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 fruit 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 acai berry is marketed in the U.S. as a wonder food with a recent niche in weight loss. The study involved 12 healthy volunteers who consumed a single serving of acai juice or pulp.
There have been other studies done to show that the human body is able to absorb antioxidants from other foods, but this is the first time that the acai berry has been tested to determine if acai's antioxidants are absorbed in humans. Acai has a taste that is described by many as a mixture of chocalate and red wine.
The acai berry has found a popular spot in the consumers heart by being marketed as a superfood where it can reduce your weight all the way to the professional ranks where its been marketed as an instant energy recovery food.
acai fruit berry is only grow in the Btrazilian rain forrest from a palm tree called the acai palm-these palms can grow as high as sixty feet. The only edible part of the acai berry is the outermost layer.
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.
Antioxidants can only be absorbed in smal quantities as is the case with vitamin c. - 16732
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 maintainsa free acai berry review site that keeps you up to date on the most reputable acai berry products.
