Archive for December, 2009
Add Açai Berry To Your Healthy Eating
Happy New Year!
The holidays are always great reasons to get together with families and friends. With laughter and joy of reunions and the reason for the holidays, scrumptious feast follows right behind. Turkey dinners, with cranberry sauce, potatoes, yams, brussels sprouts, cheesecakes, puddings, ice cream, and lots of happy alcoholic beverages.
During the holidays, were you being active and eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables?
If you were like me, my being active was raising the glass, seesawing my dinner with my knife, and major walking activity in the malls. After all, I had to use those elbows to fend off my lutes.
Being active is vitally important in our daily routine. It keeps our body moving, joints flexible, and mind active.
Eating healthy with less saturated fat is also vitally essential in keeping nutrient rich balance in our bodies.
Research suggests that up to 35 percent of cancers are related to poor diet. By modifying what you eat and being active, you can reduce your risk of cancer and other health problems
High fiber diets are clearly beneficial. Foods with high phytonutrients, like those found in plant foods, help fight diseases.
The Açai berry, found only in the Amazon jungle, is high in fiber, omega fats, and exceptionally high in antioxidant properties. These berries deteriorate within 24 hours of being harvested. Therefore bringing them outside of the country is impossible. It is found that the Açai berry skin has the high nutrient values in fiber, omega fats and antioxidant properties and these can be preserved when freeze-dried. They could then packaged in freeze dried capsules and be available around the globe.
So keep up with your daily recommended nutrient intake and try some freeze dried Açai berry supplements.
Antioxidants & Free Radicals
In the 1990s the thousand-year-old acai berry was finally introduced to the western world. The berry possesses countless health benefits and was first used by the tribes in the Amazon to treat various illnesses. One of the berry’s most prolific benefits is its antioxidant qualities. The berry also helps reduce the bad cholesterol in the blood.
Many Americans have been inundated with information about the benefits of an acai berry diet. This type of diet is an effective way to get the body freed of its free radicals. The acai berry contains nearly 300 percent more antioxidants than fruits like strawberries or blueberries. Free radicals are what causes our bodies to age, and antioxidants fight against free radicals, so an acai berry cleanse is a great way to make sure your body stays young looking.
Benefits of Acai
For many generations, natives of Brazil have utilized Acai to make use of its many health benefits. The Acai berry is small, round, and blackish purple. It looks similar to a grape or a blueberry, only smaller and darker. This fruit has a large seed and a small amount of pulp. Now, the acai berry is broadly used and marketed in many forms, such as acai berry capsules, ice cream, and even energy bars with granola.
Acai has been found to be a good antioxidant. Some of its many benefits include:
~Boosting of energy levels
~Improvement of digestive function as well as mental clarity/focus
~Promotion of sound sleep and healthy, younger-looking skin
~Cleaning and detoxification of the body because it provides important vitamins and important minerals
~Fighting of cancerous cells and strengthening of the immune system
~Slowing down the aging process, normalizing and regulating cholesterol levels, and relieving arthritis pain
~Supporting weight loss and improving overall physical strength