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The Medical Professions Feedback on this magic berry
The hardest thing to do with such a unique berry is to make the world see its power. It is one thing for this site or any site for that matter to talk about how good this berry is. The fact is that the medical profession are doing nothing but speaking highly of this "magic berry" as we refer to it as. Lets see what the medical profession says about the Acai berry.
Dr.
Vazques :
I have
been a practicing cardiologist in Puerto Rico for the past 12 years. I am also
involved with clinical research and controlled trials for a number of
international pharmaceutical companies.
I have
become a staunch believer in natural therapies and antioxidants and in recent
years have relied heavily upon non-invasive care for my patients.
Acai
seemed instantly to be an elegant and delicious alternative to coaxing my
patients into taking big antioxidant pills. The strong, scientific data profile
of the Acai berry allowed me to proceed with much confidence.
I have
noticed that my patients are refilling their Acai prescriptions without
prompting. Among all age groups the results have been overwhelmingly positive.
Alexander
G. Schauss, Ph.D, FACN has studied nutrition and botanical medicine for over 30
years. He has taught at Oxford and lectured in more than 40 countries. Dr.
Schauss has published over 125 papers and 12 books. Currently, he serves as the
Director of Natural and Medicinal Products Research at the American Institute
for Biosocial and Medical Research.
Dr Julian
Whitaker :
Fruit
juice has never been high on my list of recommended foods. No matter how
natural it is, it contains too much concentrated sugar.
One type
of juice, however, merits a big thumbs-up: Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee). Juice
from the small, dark Acai berries of the Euterpe Oleracea palm has been used for
centuries in the Amazon rainforests to increase strength and stamina.
The Acai berry is
loaded with anthocyanins, known for their beneficial effects on the eyes, blood
vessels, connective tissues, and nervous system. In fact, the Acai berry contains more
antioxidant-rich anthocyanins than cranberries, red wine, and grapes. (Acai's
ORAC value is more than 6,000).
Unlike
most juices, most of Acai's calories come not from sugar but from healthful
omega-6 and omega-9 fats. It also contains hefty doses of fibre, potassium,
iron, vitamins C & E, and other nutrients.
From A
Special report from Dr. Julian Whitaker entitled The Insider's Guide to America
's Worst & Best Supplements. May 2005, page5.
Dr. Alex
Schauss :
The Acai
fruit is remarkably rich in a very large range of macronutrients,
micronutrients and trace elements. It has a broad range of essential amino
acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids and a complement of vitamins and minerals.
The Acai fruit has a very broad nutritional value to humans. It has
remarkably high antioxidant activity. Based on
new data about the antioxidant levels of American foods that was published in
early 2005 by US government, data shows that Acai has significantly greater
antioxidant activity on a gram to gram comparative basis than any of the common
fruits or vegetables Americans consume.
Thus, any
juice blend rich in Acai fruit would help people meet their daily antioxidant
requirements from food.
For
additional information, refer to the book Acai (Euterpe oleracea): The
Nutritional and Antioxidant-Rich Amazonian Palm Tree Fruit by Dr. Alex Schauss
.
Dr.
Nicholas Perricone, M.D.
Superfood
No. 1:
Acai Nature's Energy Fruit
It may seem odd to start this list of superfoods with one you've likely never
even heard of. But studies have shown that this little berry is one of the most
nutritious and powerful foods in the world! Acai (ah-sigh-ee) is the
high-energy berry of a special Amazon palm tree. Harvested in the rainforests
of Brazil , Acai tastes like a vibrant blend of berries and chocolate. Hidden
within its royal purple pigment is the magic that makes it nature's perfect
energy fruit. the Acai berry is packed full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential
fatty acids.
Although the Acai berry may not be available in your local supermarket, you
can find it in several health food and gourmet stores (often in juice form). A
new product featuring the unsweetened pulp is now also available, and I
highly
recommend that you choose this form of Acai.
Acai pulp contains:
A
remarkable concentration of antioxidants that help combat premature aging, with
10 times more antioxidants than red grapes and 10 to 30 times the anthocyanins
of red wine.
A synergy
of monounsaturated (healthy) fats, dietary fiber and phytosterols to help
promote cardiovascular and digestive health.
An almost
perfect essential amino acid complex in conjunction with valuable trace
minerals, vital to proper muscle contraction and regeneration.
The fatty
acid content in the Acai berry resembles that of olive oil, and is rich in
monounsaturated oleic acid. Oleic acid is important for a number of reasons. It
helps omega-3 fish oils penetrate the cell membrane; together they help make
cell membranes more supple. By keeping the cell membrane supple, all hormones,
neurotransmitter and insulin receptors function more efficiently. This is
particularly important because high insulin levels create an inflammatory
state, and we know, inflammation causes aging.
The
Perricone Promise, Nicholas Perricone, MD pages 62 - 63. Time Warner Books,
2004.
LEADING
RESEARCHER ON Acai berry – Dr Alex Schauss
I
research products that might explain why the incidence of certain diseases and
conditions is lower in some parts of the world than in the United States.
Nutrients in our diet can have an impact on social, psychological, and
physiological behavior, so this is a logical place to look for explanations for
differences in the incidence and prevalence of health disorder.
Hundreds
of years ago when the Europeans made contact with the New World, certain groups
of indigenous populations became extinct within a very short period of time
because of the lack of resistance to diseases brought over from Europe. Some
populations did survive, and for that reason, their tribes exist to this day.
Quite a number of these groups are found in and around the tributaries and
estuaries of the Amazon River. This is an area rich in a palm that bears a
fruit called the “Acai berry”.
The Acai
fruit grows biannually in only three species of palm trees. This fruit is
remarkably rich in a very large range of macronutrients, micronutrients, and
trace elements. It has a broad range of essential amino acids, carbohydrates,
fatty acids, and vitamins and minerals. So rich in nutrients is the Acai fruit
that it is possible someone could survive on it alone for quite a period of
time without showing signs of malnutrition.
A few
years ago I had the opportunity to go to Portugal and visit the anthropology
department of a prominent university. I wanted to find certain watercolors that
were drawn by naturalists and botanists who went to the Amazon in the 18th
century. The drawings were in impeccable condition and showed natives holding
small, berry-sized fruit in their hands and baskets against a backdrop of local
fauna, including the Acai palm tree. This provided hard evidence of its
traditional use as a food source by natives over 200 years ago.
Some
years ago I was the first scientist to determine the antioxidant activity of
Acai fruit using the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay. This
assay and others allowed me to discover that Acai had unusually high
antioxidant and scavenging activity in vitro against hydroxyl, peroxyl,
peroxynitrite, and superoxide anion free radicals, compared to all of the
common fruits and vegetables consumed in the United States.
The
results were so striking in comparison to other food sources of antioxidants
that we ultimately determined how to preserve this antioxidant activity so that
the fruit could be exported in a form that would retain its benefits.
Over the
next several months our research will be submitted to a number of peer review
scientific publications. In anticipation of this information reaching the
public, I am excited to learn that this preserved source of the Acai fruit has
been added as a major component of a juice blend.
The Acai
fruit has a very broad nutritional value to humans. It has remarkably high
antioxidant activity. Based on new data about the antioxidant levels of
American foods that was published in early 2005 by US government, data shows
that Acai has significantly greater antioxidant activity on a gram to gram
comparative basis than any of the common fruits or vegetables Americans
consume. Thus, any juice blend rich in Acai fruit would help people meet their
daily antioxidant requirements from food.
For additional information, refer to the book
Acai (Euterpe oleracea): The Nutritional and Antioxidant-Rich Amazonian Palm
Tree Fruit
