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Monday, June 15, 2009

Acai Berry Products Could Help You Drop Fat

By Sharon Robinson

The acai berry is a mighty nutritional superfood that is only grown in the rainforests of Brazil. If you have noticed any of the claims about this wonderful fruit you would see that is has been touted as a advantage for everything from weight loss to sickness prevention to anti-aging.

Yet, it is easy to remain unconvinced in the face of such extravagant claims. Is it in fact possible that one tiny fruit can be such a mighty ally for our healthiness? The answer is yes and the particulars about this tiny little berry are becoming more and more obvious with each scientific study.

The acai is loaded with an wealth of vigorous nutrients including an range of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, dietary fiber and phytosterols. It is truly one of the most robust superfoods found in the natural world.

However current study on one of the flavonoids found in the acai berry indicates that this berry may be valuable for weight loss and illness prevention. The acai berry is loaded with an exceptionally vigorous flavonoid called anthocyanins. This is the water-soluble, vacuolar pigment that is accountable for the deep blue, deep purple and deep red colors found on some of the healthiest foods in nature.

This is the pigment that makes red grapes that deep burgundy color, blueberries the deep blue almost iridescent black color and purple cabbage purple. This pigment is also copious in blackberries, eggplant, purple corn, red wine, cherries and strawberries. The acai berry has one of the highest anthocyanin contents found in nature.

Some of the latest controlled studies involving laboratory mice showed that anthocyanins prevented obesity when the mice were fed a high-fat diet. In the studies they gave the mice purified anthocyanins from blueberries and strawberries. The group that was given the anthocyanins gained a lesser amount of weight and had a lower body fat level than the control group.

An remarkable side note is that another group that were fed actual blueberries and strawberries did not have the same consequence and that group actually had more heaviness. It is of course, too soon to infer how these findings might affect humans but the fact of the matter is that anthocyanins are an very strong nutrient no matter what.

And while this is not complete proof and one must come to their own conclusions, it also may in part explain why there are so many folks who have had such notable victory with weight loss by using acai berry products. The acai berry is tremendously perishable and it must be rapidly freeze dried to safeguard the nutrients. Therefore many of these products do contain a more purified form of anthocyanins. - 17269

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