The Maqui Berry Gives The Acai Berry A Run For Its Money

Up until recently, the Acai Berry has been the buzz word in the world of superfoods and supplements

. Ever since Oprah Winfrey featured the impressive benefits of this humble berry hailing from the Amazon rainforest on her show about the top 10 superfoods, the Acai Berry has been flying off the shelves. However, in recent years a purple coloured berry from a plant growing in Patagonia, Chile has been steadily growing in reputation and popularity. Thanks to its massive antioxidant properties, the Maqui Berry is beginning to give the Acai Berry a run for its money in the superfood stakes. Here, leading supplier of top quality superfoods and natural food supplements Rainforest Foods (http://www.rainforestfoods.co.uk) takes a look at the various properties of both berries.

One of the secrets behind the success of the Amazons Acai Berry (Euterpe Oleracea) and the reason why it has become as much of a staple health food supplement as the perennially popular wheatgrass, is its significant nutritional profile and antioxidant properties. The Acai Berry is a phytochemical, a chemical that the plant that grows the berries produces to protect itself, and it is the phytochemical anthocyanins which produces the antioxidant activity. Antioxidants are powerful in the bodys defence against free radicals, helping to reduce the risk of cancer and improve cardiovascular health. While the health benefits of the Acai Berry make for impressive reading (from boosting energy levels and sexual function to improving skin tone and fighting against premature ageing) it is the huge levels of antioxidants that the Maqui Berry contains that are seeing it race up alongside the Acai as the super berry of choice.

The Maqui Berry contains a significantly higher amount of ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) than the Acai Berry - somewhere between 4 and 10 times as much. When taken as a supplement, therefore, the Maqui Berry packs a serious punch in the fight against free radicals, outstripping the Acai Berry in this regard. In addition to this far-reaching health benefit, the Maqui Berry can increase strength and stamina, improve the immune system, eliminate toxins which can lead to weight loss and help in the treatment of diabetes, ulcers and fever. While the Acai Berry continues to be a popular choice of super supplement, its clear that it no longer holds the title of uncontested top super berry. In fact, both the Acai and the Maqui Berry can be considered as super berries that can significantly increase your overall health.

You can find out more about both of these berries on the Rainforest Foods website at http://www.rainforestfoods.co.uk, where youll also find details on the benefits of other wholefoods and supplements, from barley grass and wheat grass to Maca and Spirulina.

Editors Note: Contact Rainforest Foods via its website at http://www.rainforestfoods.co.uk

by: RainforestFoods

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