Acai Related Information
I gave Zola Acai + Pineapple a try today and was fairly impressed. $3.99 for 330ml isn't impressive, in fact it's 5x the cost of my usual lunch-time drink, but halfway through the drink I had forgotten I was critiquing the taste and was genuinely enjoying it.
This spring the makers of V8 Juices are rolling out a new 100% juice blend featuring one of today's hottest flavors - you guessed it, the Acai berry!
Reuters reported today that "Tropicana unit is launching a new high-end line of juices on Monday...the company is also selling Indian River grapefruit, pomegranate/blueberry, peach/papaya/mango and raspberry/acai juice as part of the new line.
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Antioxidants are good because they have the potential to give away an electron. Substances with unpaired electrons can be dangerous to the human body, damaging cells in the nearby area. That potentially harmful substance in need of one more electron is called a free radical.
VeeV, the maker of an Acai-Blueberry vodka, has been certified carbon neutral by Climate Clean LLC. This makes VeeV the first U.S. alcohol company to be completely carbon neutral.
On January 23rd Detour released it's newest protein bar, called the Detour Yoga Bar. This new bar comes in two flavours, Blueberry Acai and Peach Mango.
Is the distance the acai berry has to travel acceptable? How much pollution is it generating? And do the benefits outweigh the drawbacks? Carbon emissions versus personal health?
The acai berry is growing in popularity and, as a result, demand is increasing. Here to answer the call is Sambazon with a brand new acai manufacturing factory.
BrainReady has a great article from start to finish about acai, where it comes from, what it is, why it's good for you and where to get it. Below is an excerpt from their website, but the underlying message of the post is that acai is good for you, but be careful where you get it.
A study conducted at the University of Florida was published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry on January 17th. After introducing the antioxidant rich acai berry to cancer cells in a culture, the majority of cancer cells were actually destroyed!
With so much focus on the health benefits of Acai there is often a serious tone surrounding the acai berry topic. How does acai help a person and how much does it cost? Where can I get acai berry, and finally, the rarely asked question, how can I ingest the acai berry in creative, tasty ways? Here's one of many answers to that question!
Here's a quick little read that can shed some light on what anthocyanins are. The acai berry has been identified as an excellent anti-inflammatory due to the amount of anthocyanins it contains. Anti-aging is another claim, but this one is a little more difficult to prove.
So a clinical scientist and an ER doctor sit down at the table. What do they talk about? The Acai Berry of course!
ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) is a measure of how well antioxidants absorb free radicals. To achieve optimum health, the USDA recommends an intake of 5,000 ORAC units per day. Daily food consumption for an average person attains only about 20% to 30% of this recommendation.
The acai berry made it's way into chocolate! Hershey-owned Dagoba developed a Superfruit chocolate bar with 68% acai, goji and currants.
MonaVie contains a number of fruits, which looks to have been a gout curing combination.
During a trip to Brazil, Ryan Black and friend Ed Nichols amazed by the natural energy and nutritional benefits of Acai fruit decided to import Acai berry to the US and formed Sambazon in 2000.
There are thousands of claims revolving around the health benefits of Acai, and there are endless reports and articles that both support and debunk these claims. Why don't we skip the debate and look at Acai in the world around us today.
This is a quick, informative video about the acai berry developed by AcaiResearch.org.
TriUnity is offering a new product dubbed "Feed My Brain". The claim is that the product is clinically proven to increase inate IQ. The product was developed from a study done in a US school system where a specific diet was administered. The student on the diet showed a tremendous improvement, so Feed My Brain was born.
Nature's Gate has released a line of USDA certified organic lotions. USDA certification means that the products not only have to have 100% organic ingredients, but that the manufacturing process must also comply with standards as well.
So this piece of news is a little old , but interesting none the less. Sumner Redstone (media mogul - Viacom, CBS) is a Mona Vie fan. Mona Vie is composed of a mixture of berries, including Acai, that is taking North America by storm. Here's a quote from Fortune Magazine,
"Redstone first heard of the juice from Viacom exec Bill Roedy on a trip to Germany in January. After learning that his butler's sister-in-law was a devotee too, Redstone ordered some up and started drinking four ounces a day. "Since I've been on MonaVie I haven't taken a sleeping pill..." he says."
It's no surprise that Hawaii knows how to serve up a great, healthy drink bar. Lanikai Juice offers a few different drinks containing the Acai Berry. The regular Acai Smoothie has acai, strawberries, blueberries, bananas and apple juice. They also have Acai Bowls, which are topped with sliced banana and organic granola crumbs.
Brad Wuorinen of tasteforlife.com put together an objective article on the Acai Berry. Pulling from various sources, Mr Wuorinen creates a convincing case for 'super food'. As he states, "Even Oprah has taken notice [of the acai berry] and put it atop her Top Ten Super Foods list. With the resources available to Oprah, you just know someone has done their due diligence about this super berry.
More and more sources are agreeing, the Acai Berry is the leading health fruit. The question is, how long until acai becomes mainstream?
The Acai Berry with it's healthy fats is being dubbed the perfect compliment to a healthy smoothie.
The Acai Berry contains higher vitamin C content than blueberries and strawberries, making it one of the strongest anti-aging berries around.
Van Gogh Vodka is making ripples in the spirit industry as one of the fastest growing brands. Van Gogh has 17 flavours, one of the newest being Acai-Blueberry.
One of the latest drinks to use the acai fruit from Brazil is Veev, a newly launched liquor. Veev is a 60-proof white spirit that along with acai also contains other antioxidant-containing fruits such as acerola cherry and prickly pear.
The term "superfood" has no governmental mandates, but is loosely defined as a natural food product that is "power packed" - meaning it is dense in nutrients, is loaded with antioxidants and has a higher level of associated health benefits. Current top superfoods are pomegranate, blueberries, citrus, acai, goji berry, noni, flaxseed, dark chocolate and red tea.
Robert Rothchild Farms, producers of sacues, dips, mixes, etc. offer a new product called Cherry Acai Preserves.