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Friday, June 12, 2009

Acai Berry Products May Perhaps Help You Drop Body Fat

By Melvin Webb

The acai berry is a powerful nutritional superfood that is only grown in the rainforests of Brazil. If you have noticed any of the claims about this incredible fruit you would see that is has been touted as a help for everything from weight loss to illness prevention to anti-aging.

Nevertheless, is it really possible that this tiny, little berry can live up to all of those excessive claims? The answer is yes and the particulars are emerging more and more with every scientific study.

The acai berry contains a array of nutrients including an array of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, phytosterols and dietary fiber. It is actually one of the most nourishing foods ever found in nature.

However recent investigation on one of the flavonoids found in the acai berry indicates that this berry may be useful for weight loss and illness prevention. The acai berry is loaded with an enormously robust flavonoid called anthocyanins. This is the water-soluble, vacuolar pigment that is accountable for the deep blue, deep purple and deep red colors found on some of the healthiest foods in nature.

This pigment is responsible for making blueberries the deep blue-black color, for making red grapes that dark burgundy red, and purple cabbage purple. This pigment is also found in eggplant, blackberries, purple corn, red wine, cherries and strawberries. The tiny little acai berry has one of the uppermost anthocyanin contents of any other food.

Various recent studies have shown that anthocyanins prevent obesity in laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet. The mice also had some other beneficial changes concerning disease-related substances found in the blood. The studies used purified anthocyanins from blueberries and strawberries and the mice that were given the anthocyanins gained a lesser amount of weight and had lower body fat levels than a control group.

An remarkable footnote is that an additional group that was fed the actual strawberries and blueberries did not achieve the same outcome and that group of mice may have even had more heaviness. While it is unclear if the consequence of the anthocyanins found in these mice translates to humans the fact is that this strong flavonoid is exceedingly nutritious and healthful regardless.

This is by no means proof and every person must come to their own conclusions but the anthocyanins consequence may partially explain why so many people have had such great success with weight loss by using acai berry products. Since the acai berry is so perishable and it must be quickly processed to preserve the nutrients, many of these products will in fact contain a more purified form of anthocyanins. - 17268

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