Health, Diet And Fitness

It is good to know the history of acai berry if we are going to get beneficial effects of this miraculous fruit. Acai berry was known to the Brazilian natives as “ica-cai” which in their language means “fruit that cries”

Why it is called Acai: As per the legend there was an Amazonian girl Iaca whose father was the chief of the tribe living in those forests. As there was shortage of food, chief ordered all the children be sacrificed. When Iaca bore child, the order was applicable to her child as well. Her child was killed and she mourned her death for many days until the night when she heard a child crying.

She looked for the child and found her child next to a palm tree covered in dark purple fruit. Next morning people of the tribe found her dead body holding the tree. The chief ordered his men to harvest the fruit of that palm tree. They ate the fruit which satisfied their hunger and gave them new energy. Since then the fruit has been known as Acai which is Iaca spelled backwards.

Since then Acai berry has been known to Brazilian tribes as a life giving fruit. It was discovered by the western world in early nineties. The popularity of this fruit as we know is because of its weight loss properties. Recommendation of this fruit as no. 1 super food of the world has made this fruit a favorite of all especially a major percentage of obese population across the US.

TV shows like Oprah and coverage by other national channels about the miraculous properties of this fruit has created a kind of sensation in the health market. Every food manufacture is trying to produce something based on acai essence. With the advancement in storage techniques and freeze drying methods, the days is not far when we can have freshly harvested Acai fruit whenever we wish.

Acai berry is a grape like fruit of berry family mainly found in the rainforests of Amazon. Natives of Brazilian rainforests have been eating this fruit as a part of their regular meal. Acai berry has suddenly become a topic of discussion among the health freaks especially those willing to shed fat as quickly as possible because of its nutritional and amazing weight loss properties.

Acai berry is harvested twice a year from the Brazilian forests. Getting acai berry in fresh form is possible only if you are live in those forests. Acai berry’s shelf life is very short, just around 24 hours which means in order to retain its nutritional properties it needs to be packaged as soon as it is harvested. This is what is challenging to the food industry. The acai berry we find in the market is freeze dried and shipped to the processing plants for packaging. The more efficiently this part of processing is done the better finished product is sent to the market.

Ever since Acai berry has been called the no.1 super food of the world by anti aging experts Dr. Nicholas Perricone, it has become the favorite of a major chuck of population who want to remain young throughout their life. Acai berry definitely has anti aging and weight loss properties if you are fortunate enough to get real Acai berry which requires some hard work and research on your part.

Acai berry, apart from helping you lose weight, helps keep your immune system perfectly fine. It improves digestion and throws the waste undigested food out of your body. Known as super food of the world Acai berry is also known to fight cancer causing agents that develop in our internal digestion system. Though one must understand it is not a cure for cancer, it only fights the disease and slows down the further spread of cancerous cells.

Moreover Acai berry has also been found to effective in checking low blood pressure and increasing libido to a great extent. In the nutshell if we can eat Acai berry regularly as a supplement to our regular diets, most of the diseases can be avoided without any extra efforts.