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Did You Know You Can Actually Lose Weight With The Acai Berry Diet

December 27th, 2009

When one is over weight, he or she may be drawn to many diet programs which promise yhe world and anybody who is researching diet plans and weight loss programs recently has no doubt heard about the amazing acai berry diet plan. The claims are that you can just consume this yummy little berry that is purported to taste like blueberries dipped in dark chocolate and the weight will drop off your body. You would assume that the acai berry is a supernatural solution to weight loss.

Everybody would like to know what the truth really is? Well an acai berry from the Brazilian rainforest will not help you lose weight any more than a blueberry from the state of Maine. It is not a magical bullet. It is not a mystical potion that instantly makes the pounds melt off.

But the acai berry can be valuable to your weight loss efforts and it can be of help when it comes to the prevention of diseases, the slowdown of the aging course of action and the reduction of inflammation in our bodies because this teeny little berry is one of the most nutritious foods ever found in nature.

The antioxidant qualities of a food are measured by an ORAC score or rather the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. The acai berry boasts one of the highest ORAC scores ever found in a food. The acai berry has 10 times the antioxidant capacity as red grapes and even twice as much as blueberries, which are one more powerful fruit.

The acai berry is also high in the essential fatty acids Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9. Up to 50% of the edible pulp is comprised of these fatty acids plus monounsaturated oleic acid, which is the same healthy fat that is found in olive oil.

It is also surprisingly unusual that this berry contains the 19 amino acids that are the building blocks of protein. Not only that but the acai berry also contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E and the minerals potassium, magnesium, copper, calcium and zinc.

It has only been recently that the acai berry has been available outside of Brazil. This is because the acai berry is extremely perishable and it must be processed or consumed within twenty four hours of removal from the tree in order to uphold the nutritional integrity of the fruit. There are different processing methods but the most effective way to process the acai berry is with a freeze-drying method.

No matter what anybody says the acai berry is not a mystical concoction that will help you lose weight but this modest berry is an extremely and highly nutritious food that can help you to gain optimal health and energy. When you give your body optimal nutrition it responds positively to diet and working out and the weight will come off.

You get all the information you want about weight loss eating and the easiest and most efficient manner to get healthy.

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