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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The Honesty Regarding The Acai Berry Diet And Weight Loss

By Deborah P Walker

Everyone knows that regular exercise is one of the best ways to lose weight and if you have been researching diet and weight loss recently you have no doubt heard about the amazing acai berry and the acai berry diet plan. Claims are that you can lose a bunch of weight just by consuming this wholesome little berry that tastes like blueberries dipped in dark chocolate and is grown only in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Reading the claims you might think that you have stumbled upon a magical solution.

Everybody would like to know what the truth really is? Well an acai berry from the Brazilian rainforest will not help you lose weight any more than a blueberry from the state of Maine. It is not a magical bullet. It is not a mystical potion that instantly makes the pounds melt off.

Then again, the acai berry can be a help to weight loss and an aid to our bodies for the deterrence of diseases, the reduction of inflammation in our bodies and the slowdown of the aging process. It is not because this little berry is a magical fruit but rather because this berry is one of the healthiest and most nutritious foods ever found in nature.

The Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity or the ORAC score is the way the antioxidant capacity is measured in foods. The acai berry has one of the highest ORAC scores ever found in a food. It actually has more than 10 times the amount of antioxidants as red grapes and even twice as much as blueberries, which are another powerful fruit.

Acai berries are also very rich in healthy fats. Up to 50% of the edible pulp of this berry is composed of the essential fatty acids Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9. The fat found in the acai berry is also high in monounsaturated oleic acid, which is the same as olive oil, which is a recognized nutritional powerhouse.

The acai berry is also unusual in the fact that it contains 19 amino acids, which are the building blocks to protein. They also play host to vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E along with the minerals potassium, magnesium, copper, calcium and zinc.

The acai berry has only come into vogue in the past few years because it is extremely perishable. It cannot be shipped fresh for the reason that it must be processed within 24 hours of leaving the tree to retain its nutritional integrity. There are a range of processing methods but the best way has been proven to be a freeze-drying method.

No, the acai berry is not a magical fruit that will help you lose weight however it is an extremely healthy food that can assist your body in achieving optimal health and wellness and when you do that your body responds in a positive manner to diet and exercise and the weight can then more effortlessly come off. - 17274

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