The Acai berry

The Acai berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee), a powerful antioxidant, known as the globes most beneficial superfood, has recently been taking the world by storm with its amazing health benefits, including: weight management, improvements in energy, improvements with digestion, helping detoxification, improving skin appearance, improving heart health, reducing the signs of aging, and the reduction of cholesterol levels.

Acai has been featured on many world famous TV networks and Talk back shows, and is generating huge excitment in the scientific world bexcause of its extraordinary health benifits, including anti cancer properties.

The Acai Berry is the berry from the Açaí palm or aqai (Euterpe oleracea), an extremely common, slender, yet very tall palm and grows 15 to 25 m in height, which grows in various parts of Central and South America. It’s packed full of everything that is good for you including vitamins, minerals, and cancer fighting anti-oxidants that bring much power and results to your body.

Anti ageing
The specific nutritional composition of acai berries helps to protect the body from free radicals and inflammation, the two main causes of degenerative diseases and ageing. The antioxidant in acai helps prevent ageing of the body and the skin by eliminating free radicals and removing wrinkles. Free radicals are unstable molecules that are missing an electron. Our bodies continue to produce free radicals as byproducts of normal metabolic processes and in response to environmental elements, such as radiation and pollution. Left alone these free radicals can take electrons away from healthy cells and damage DNA, increasing the risk of heart disease, cancer and other degenerative diseases.

Weight management
Acai is rich in antioxidants, fatty acids, fiber and other plant compounds that can increase your health, improve energy and help you lose weight. When your body is healthy and well-balanced, it will be easier to reach your perfect size, and this is why Acai has become one of the most popular supplements to assist with weight management. Acai is reputed to be extremely high on the ORAC scale and provides levels multiple times that of many anthocyanin-rich fruits and vegetables, such as cherries, cranberries and mulberries.

Cholesterol lowering
The berry is rich in Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9 which are the fatty acids that thve been scientifically proven to fight cholesterol. These fatty acids are polyunsaturated essential fatty acids that decrease low density lipoproteins (LDL) in blood and increase the HDL or high density lipoprotein in blood. LDL is also known as the bad cholesterol while HDL is the good cholesterol which is needed by the body and is healthy as well. The LDL is actually the cholesterol which clots in the cardiovascular regions leading to myocardial infraction or a heart attack.

FAT AND CAROTENOID

Bright and vividly coloured vegetables are rich in carotenoids, powerful plant pigments that reduce your risk of cancer, heartdisease and cataract. But here is a little-know secret to fully benefit from these disease fighting compounds, you need to eat them with fat. In fact, Ohio State University researchers found that people who ate a salad topped half an avocado absorbed five to ten times more beta-carotene and lutein than those who had salads sans the fatty fruit. And eating avocado wiht salsa boosted the absorption of lycopene by almost five times. "fatty acids are needed to help carotenoids disolve in the intes times" says Dr. Steve Scwartz. " These lipids are also an essential part of creatinglipoproteins, which transport the carotenoids in the blood stream."
Any time you eat colourful vegetables have some fat too.And it doesn't have to be an avocado, 30 gr of chese, two tablespoon of caesar salad dressing will have the same effect.

CAFFEINE OVERDOSE

Mostof us take energy drink to be wide awake a long night drive or to stay late night for fun. They promote their products saying it provides increased strength and ability to stay up all night by using the products. They are not closing the potential consequences of the caffeine overdose taht can lead up to death.
Do not use energy with alcohol. Researches at Wake Forest University of Medicine found the combination of caffeine and alcohol sends mixed signals to the nervous system, causing the effect of a "wide awake drunk". 400 miligrams a day is the upper limit for caffeine intake to avoid overdose. Trck your intake of caffeine and energy drink. Having energy beverage while exercising can lead to severe dehydration.