Acai Berry
Pure Acai is a Powerful Antioxident
Acai, or
Acai Berry is used to describe a berry that comes from the
acai palm.
It is native to both Central and South America, Brazil, Belize and Peru.
Acai has been a food source for the native people of these areas for 1000's of years. It is a very dense food source, high in fiber, and is made into many drinks, juices, acai berry teas and added to recipes where a berry is called for.
Of course we are most interested in the teas that are blended using acai berries.
The acai palm is now mostly grown for the production of the fruit or berries. Acai berries are similar in size to a 'grape' but they have much less pulp.
700-900 acai fruits or berries form a pinnacle on the palm, and are all connected by stems. They are purple in color when ripe, but start out green in color, and are just small hard clusters.
They are used fresh and dried - typically in tea blends, the tea is infused with dried acai berries. Because of the rich purple color of the berry, when rehydrated into the tea, your tea will be a purple color - but of course will vary depending on the base tea used.
Acai Pulp or Juice
The berries are harvested and and used to make juice, smoothies, dried and the pulp used in recipes.
Acai is high in antioxidants and some claim it has 30x more than red wine, however I have found conflicting data on this. Make sure you do not fall for everything you read, 30x more is quite an extreme amount.
Acai and Weight Loss
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Acai Capsules
Acai is readily available as capsules, powder, dried berries and as a pure juice. Acai capsules are a really easy way to introduce acai and all its powerful antioxidant into the body. Like any herbal or botanical, acai reacts different with everybody, so you may need to experiment a little. Read more about Acai Capsules and Supplements by following the links below.
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Acai Herbal Tea
Fruit teas and infusions are becoming very popular and acai is an excellent berry to blend with different teas. Green and white tea work well with Acai, it is a very delicious tea. To read more about Acai Tea, visit our Acai Tea section. There are some great acai tea blends to buy too.
More Acai Information
We have put together some excellent acai berry information for you on our site. Remember pure acai is an excellent addition to herbal tea, iced tea or any other type of tea.
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