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Acai Berry Superfood

February 8th, 2010

Acai Berry SuperfoodSuperfoods are foods that have marvelous health improvement effects, such as lower cholesterol and blood pressure. That is to say, they have several benefits to them that other foods don’t have. Acai Berry is one of those superfoods. It provides energy that helps you to lose weight faster, a high level of antioxidants, lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, and helps to prevent several serious diseases like heart attack. However, Acai Berry is not the only superfood, but is part of a family of superfoods. There are several that you can take advantage of.

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What is Acai Berry?

August 14th, 2009

What is Acai Berry?Found mostly in the Brazilian Amazon forest, acai berries have been used for centuries by many tribes for medicinal purposes. Easily recognizable for their dark purple colouring and grape like figure, acai berries consist of 90% seed and 10% pulp.

With such a minimal amount of flesh to use from each berry, it is easily understandable why this fruit has to be harvested carefully. Harvested too widely, and this nutritious fruit could be made extinct.

To eat this fruit though is said to be an enlightening experience, offering a mixture of flavorous resembling numerous fruits and a hint of chocolate.

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