Welcome to the first post of the Acai Benefits blog.

If you are new to the incredible world of Acai (which is how English speakers type the Brazilian word “Açaí “) then allow us to be your guide to learning the most profoundly important thing you’ll ever learn in this lifetime.

If you are a long-time Acai consumer, then hold on tight, it’s just about to START getting intersting!

Sure, you probably thought you knew it all about Acai, about how it has the highest ORAC value of any fruit or vegetable, how it has Omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids that our bodies can’t produce, how some call it the “Viagra of the Amazon,” and even how Dr. Perricone went on Oprah and dubbed it the #1 Superfood…

-Well, that stuff is the very baseline, beginner-level triva!

This blog is going to share with you the IMPORTANT stuff. Acai berries are so much more than a novelty item that we should treat like the multivitamin of the day… Acai quite literally is the perfect food source for the human body, having everything we need and incredibly small amounts of things we don’t need, all in one single berry.

The word “Superfood” doesn’t do it justice.

Just to wet your appetite, here are some facts about Acai that Dr. Schauss, the worlds #1 researcher of Acai berries himself recently said:

• Acai has EVERY SINGLE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT required for humans… Unusual!
• Acai contains every essential and non-essential Amino Acid that humans require, also very rare in a single food source.
• Acai contains an extremely low level of heavy metals, many times lower than in most normal foods.
• Acai contains a considerable amount of complex carbohydrates, rather than simple carbohydrates.
• Acai is also ultra-low in Sodium & cholesterol.

Dr. Perricone, a much more famous Doctor and speaker in his New York Times #1 bestselling book “Perricone Promise” stated that Acai has:

• The protein profile of an egg.
• Essential fatty acids (omega 3, 6 and 9) similar to olive oil. (which we can’t make ourselves)
• A low glycemic index. (Great for diabetics)
• A leading source of anthocyanins, often reported as 30 times that of the protective potential of red wine. (Of the many attributes of anthocyanins is its anti-inflammatory qualities)
• High fiber content!
• More than 16 different phytonutrients and antioxidants.
• Copious amounts of trace (i.e. Co, Cr, Cu, Mo) and macro minerals. (i.e. Ca, Fe)
• Packed with vitamins, including natural vitamins C & E. (mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols)
• An excellent source of plant sterols, particularly Beta-Sitosterol which is associated with cholesterol lowering capabilities.

We could go on all day quoting Doctors and researchers… It’s simply incredible.

It really is as if a loving god created the perfect, perfect food source for us that would allow our bodies to be healthy forever, and then couldn’t resist hiding it down in the rainforest to give us a challenge…

Did you know that there are tribes who eat NOTHING, and I mean absolutely nothing at all but Acai berries? Studies are just starting to find all the fascinating things about Acai from those people, but it’s slow going because they are so difficult to communicate with.

These tribesman also have no idea how old they themselves are, so Dr. Schauss is having a hard time figuring out their age! (They could be 500 years old for all he knows right now.)

Much more is known about the health effects of Acai from local, civilized peoples of Brazil like those who live in the city of Belem. -Where the majority of the Acai we eat up here is grown.

Belemians (Yes, I just made that word up) all eat acai with every single meal, but they add things like meats to their diet too. The skin of a 60 year old Belemian, despite living on the equator where UV A & B rays would completely obliterate the typical american’s skin, has _NO_ wrinkles, soft as a baby’s bottom. Everyone there looks quite young in fact, and I for one can’t wait to hear how old the eldest person there is.

The bottom line here folks, is that Acai is truly an Earth-shattering, once in a millenia, world-changing occurrence that is simply not being taken seriously enough. It will one day of course, when all the tests have been run and the scientists can hold up a chart showing exactly how to live to 200 just by eating nothing but Acai pulp… But that’s really only the smallest part of the picture we are trying to draw with this Blog…

Acai is going to change EVERYTHING. Just watch… The stock market, the Medical feild, philosophy, religion, personal health and hygiene, diet & excersize habits, parental values, and quite certainly the iron grip that the pharmaceutical industry has on your wallet.

It is a VERY exciting time to be alive, and we don’t mean the technological advances, for once.

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