Archive for March, 2009

The health benefits of Acai Berry Functional Fusions

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With so many acai berry research blogs and articles and editorials on the roll, people are gradually being edified on the benefits and goodness of a petite yet potent fruit the acai berry. But unfortunately, most countries cannot get fresh acai berry; it is in these territories wherein the natives greatly looks forward on extracting the benefits of acai berry, courtesy the acai berry juice, acai tea, acai pills and other acai berry products, and targeting this group of populace the acai berry functional fusions came up as a grand boon.

Extricating the fleshy tissue of the berries off the core seed and chopping into a mash is the preliminary tread post harvesting. As a mash, the resulting Puree preserves almost all the dietetic benefits of the entire berry. Heating the acai puree for a short while, and then “hot bottling” the same, helps in retaining most of the antioxidants and nearly all of the valuable fiber.

With the acai puree in hand, blending the same with some of the functional foods works like magic. Be it the energized health drinks or the beauty and anti-aging squash or even the diet and weight loss supplementary, all are the end results of acai berry functional fusions, thus coalescing the multifunctional nutritional extracts of both the Brazilian berries and also the functional foods – an improved approach of targeting a few specific benefits of Acai Berry such as stress management, enhanced energy, blood glucose support, weight loss, anti-aging and cardiovascular health.

Acai Berry Side Effects: Will It Affect Breast Feeding?

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I am a new mother. The question of whether there are any acai berry side effects that will affect my ability to breast feed my newly born baby was a very important one to me. There was absolutely no way I was going to try acai if it was going to harm or endanger my baby in any way. I’m sure there are lots of mothers out there in the same position. The many benefits that acai brings are for nothing, really, if popping the capsules into my mouth twice a day is going to expose me to some acai berry side effects.

I did some research into the matter. There are surprisingly few sources of information for acai berry side effects, and finding one that was reliable was a little bit difficult. Anyway, I did, and I am happy to report that there is a good chance that there are no acai berry side effects at all.

How can I be so sure of the safety of acai berry? Well because, as my source noted, the only ingredient in acai berry supplements and purees is acai. This is, of course, assuming that you buy the 100% stuff; the other variations could really have anything in!

Consider your Acai Berry Carefully

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Before you dive straight into buying cheap Acai berry juice from the high street stores you should be conscious that not all Acai berry juice is good for you. Many companies that have witnessed the sudden attention that Acai berry juice is getting these days, have jumped on the bandwagon and are selling inferior products that actually do little to nothing for you or your health.

Firstly make sure you investigate where the Acai berry comes from. If it’s made in China or anywhere else outside of the Amazon, don’t buy it! Secondly, the way in which the Acai berry has been processed is vital to ensuring you are receiving a high quality product. Companies that process the Acai berry with soy fillers, spray drying, sweeteners, preservatives and other additions are not producing a beneficial product. Make sure you are getting only the purest Acai Berry juice with no preservatives, processed in under 24 hours and shipped frozen or freeze dried.

This is the only beneficial method of processing Acai Berry juice and ensuring you are getting the purest and healthiest option. If you can’t find out more information about the process behind the Acai Berry juice you want to purchase, that probably means the company is hiding something, an honest company does not hide how they make 100% pure Acai berry juice.