subject: Acai Berry As Anti Aging Supplement [print this page] Acai berry is often considered as a super food. It is believed to have many health benefits and is therefore gaining quick prominence worldwide. While it"s now that the world is learning about the health benefits of the acai berry, the indigenous people of South and Central America have been benefitting from it since ages.
There is a story about how acai was discovered. Once, deep in the Amazon rainforest, there was a tribal chief, who passed a rule that newborns should be killed so that there was enough food for everyone in the tribe to sustain. Even when her daughter was pregnant, he showed no favoritism or grace. Mourning for several days over the loss of her daughter,one day, she heard the sound of a crying child . As she sought the child, she collapsed under a palm tree full of blackish purple berry, where she died. When the chief of the tribe found her daughter and the palm, he revoked the terrible law as he found the new fruit that was growing abundantly in the forest for everyone to eat. He named the fruit after his daughter, IACA rearranging the letters of the name. It was also known as "the crying fruit".
Acai berry has been acclaimed as one of the strongest antioxidant supplements in the world and is now found in a full range of health, detox, and weight loss formulas.It is a super antioxidant and can be absorbed very well by the human body. Over the years, research has shown that this fruit can do a lot for human body. It contains antioxidants like anthocyanins, and flavonoid-like compounds such as orientin, homoorientin, scoparin, deoxyhexose, taxifolin, and isovitexin. All these compounds are known for their excellent antioxidant capabilities.
Its All about Antioxidants vs Free Radicals
In simple terms, free radicals may be defined as atoms, molecules or ions which take part in chemical reactions. We humans live in a toxic world. Our bodies are storehouses of harmful substances known as toxins and free radicals. These free radicals are used in many biological processes but in the course of that they also bring about the degradation of cells through the chemical process of oxidation. Antioxidants are the agents which are able to hamper oxidative reactions caused by free radicals (hence the name "antioxidant"). In theory, antioxidants can prevent cellular damage and slow or prevent aging.
It is important that action of free radicals in the body is checked and that precisely what antioxidants do. Without antioxidants, the action of free radicals can go unchecked. Consequently, the human body is likely to age faster. Diseases are also more likely to strike the human body in such a scenario. The acai berry is something much more than just a fruit. It is a storeroom of antioxidants and this is what makes it the "wonder fruit". Acai can be instrumental in improving the overall health of the body.
