The Acai Berry is one of the most nutritional food sources known to man, and while small in size, packs a nutritional punch greater than any other food in the world.
This berry is about the size of a grape, and is about 90% seed. The nutritional component of acai is in the pulp, and it has been found that if this fruit is processed within 18 hours of harvesting, virtually all of its nutritional benefits can be maintained.
All foods have an ORAC value, being the capacity of a food to mop up free radicals within the body (oxygen radical absorbance
capacity). It just so happens that this little berry has an ORAC
value greater than any other food on the planet!
capacity). It just so happens that this little berry has an ORAC
value greater than any other food on the planet!
Socrates once said "Let food be your medicine & medicine be your food". In a time where we tend to be overfed and undernourished, many of us are beginning to realize that we need to supplement our diets with quality products to maintain a greater level of health and wellbeing.
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