Understanding Acai’s Antioxidants

October 11th, 2007 by admin

Here’s a quote I hear a lot from new Acai fans: “Acai has the richest Antioxidant of any food in the world.”
Yes, you can truthfully say that, it is a quote by Dr. Strauss, who was the first person to run an ORAC evaluation on Acai berries. However, do people really understand what this means?
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Acai’s Antioxidants are Fibrous, Unlike a Pill

October 10th, 2007 by admin

Do you remember Beta Carotene? In the 1980’s, no one but doctors and nutritionists had ever heard that beta carotene even existed, until one day when some technician found that the high BC content in carrots does a lot of good for heart patients.
So in 1992 a major study (18,000 people) was done on the [...]

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