Acai

Acai Berry Acai Berry Provides Disease-Fighting Benefits

2008-02-18T10:39:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, sorry it's been a bit since I posted, been working on a talk I am giving at a local college. A few people have emailed me for the list of benefits from Acai Berry and if the Acai Berry Provides Disease-Fighting

Acai Berry Benefits:

The Acai Berry which is commonly pronounced a-sigh-ee, is a rather small, round, and black-looking purple. It resembles a grape or a blueberry, but is yet smaller and darker. This fruit has a large seed and minimum amount of pulp. The acai fruit berry is now broadly used in energy juices, ice cream, certain energy bars with granola.

Acai has been used for many generations by the natives of Brazil. Acai boasts 10 times the antioxidant benefits of grapes and twice that of blueberries. Here are some of the health benefits Boosts, more energy, improved digestion, promotes sound sleep, 100% of your daily vitamins, free radical fighter, loaded with Antioxidants, Strengthens your immune system, promotes younger looking skin.

These are just some of the benefits that have been reported. While some call it a miracle food, I just drink it to stay healthy. My opinion is that it has helped me, and know that it has also helped a lot of other people. I feel that more research is needed to flesh out these benefits for sure, but I'll drink my Monavie while we wait.

Have a great week! Email me your stories at acaiguymail@gmail.com

(as always before you start any new health program always consult a Doctor, these are opinions and based on personal stores of the Acai Berry)

Acai History

2008-02-10T10:38:00.000-08:00

Here is some info I found of the history of the Acai Berry. enjoy!

From mother nature deep in the forests of Brazil comes the the acai berry has been around for thousands of years and not until the 1990's was it introduced to the western world. The acai berry was found to possess tremendous health properties. The acai berry was first used by the tribes of the Amazon jungle as a cure for various ailments. It is estimated that the indigenous tribes people routinely use up to 2,000 of the 3,000 known rainforest fruits for medicinal purposes. The Amazon borders eight different countries and has the world's largest river basin. Not only does the Amazon supply one fifth of the worlds freshwater, it has the highest diversity of birds and freshwater fish. The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world where one third of all animal and plant species live. The acai berry is just one of these fruits that has been discovered in this vast region. The Shuar tribes are one of these Amazonian tribes that have for centuries, through tradition, kept the use of plants (acai berry) for medicinal purposes.

Medicine men or women are called uwishin (oo-wee-sheen') a healer that works with medicinal plants, somebody who knows all the secrets of the rainforests. Uwishin, have a great deal of knowledge of medicinal plants and their cures, they learn from others, and through experiments from the plants themselves. One plant removes snakes venom from the body. It is the work of the uwishin to research and find solutions to illness.

It was discovered to have natural antioxidant properties, as well as being a natural cholesterol controller. When eaten it helps reduce the bad cholesterol in our blood and increases the good cholesterol. The tribes of the Amazon knew of these properties and found out that it helped build the immune system, fight infection, protect the heart, and control prostate enlargement (nature's viagra). It was a great energy food for the tribes-people. The acai berry, which is a palm fruit, was traditionally pulped to make wine that was rich in minerals. The acai berry was also discovered to fight schistosomosis, which is transmitted by snails. Schistosomosis affecting more than 10 million Brazilians. The acaí berry is also used to produce an antibiotic that helps to fight against 'Staphylococcus aureus,' a common infection contracted mainly in hospitals. A berry so useful but only known to the traditional tribes men and woman of the Amazon, a lost secret.

The acaí berry comes from a palm that has a long thin trunk up to 25m high with a group of branches at the top from which hangs ribbon-like leaves. Acaí berries hang from these branches in clusters that look like groups of bluebottles. Traditionally the acai berries would be picked by hand and the tribe's men would shimmy up the tree and cut the branches from the top of the palm tree rich in acai berries. Now that the acai berry has been discovered as a highly sort after crop by the population of Brazil it is mass produced, as it only has a 24 hour life span in which the properties of the juice are still active. The acai berries must be loaded into baskets and onto boats soon after picking. To get it to the markets in Belem's they would have to transport the acai berries over night.

What is so interesting is that each acai palm tree produces round about 20 kg of fruit per year and the wine produced by this fruit has become the most important product in terms of finance after wood forest products. Belem in Brazil now employs over 30,000 people on a daily basis to keep up with its enormous demand.

What about it's recent history? After being introduced into the western world it was realised by the modern beach going Brazilian surfer as a natural way to regain energy. The acai berry was pulped and frozen to keep it fresh and became a natural additive to the smoothies drunk along the beaches of Brazil. It was known to help your prostate and was seen as a natural viagra for the boys of the beach. It soon became a drink for the trendy, for the sand and surf brigade.

Health gold mine. The researches soon got hold of this magic acai berry and realised that it would be of great importance in the well-being and health of the western world, our diets are often over filled with fat and fast food, acai is naturally full with energy, it has a vibrant taste of berries with a hint of chocolate, is rich in proteins, fibre, vitamin E, minerals and essential Omega oils to reduce our bad cholesterol caused by our western diets. The acai berries fatty acid ratio resembles that of olive oil this is thought to be a contributing factor to low incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean populations. The acai berry contains similar properties as red wine in controlling fats in the blood and is a fair contributor to go up against the wine diets of the Mediterranean people.

A miracle fruit, acai berries also helps in preventing cancer due to it's antioxidant properties that are five times more potent than gingko biloba, a commonly used herbal therapy product.

Acai berry juice has been introduced into other products like bars and health snacks to be sold at gyms and health spars. It's history is important as by studying the effects that the berry has had on the tribesmen in the Amazon we have discovered that it's traditional use as an energy booster for hunting and good libido has lead to acai berry juice to being a very commercially viable product.

It's most recent history is that it has been endorsed by such talk show hosts as Oprah Winfrey and has been seen as a feature on her show, a berry with star success. So lets say good buy to guranum and hello to the magic acai berry.

In it to win it - Monavie and the Marathon

2008-02-05T13:42:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, thanks for your kind notes. My ankle is all healed up and I am feeling much better.

I got this great email that I wanted to share with you. It's from a guy named Ken in Canada. (before trying to treat any injury goto a Doctor for advise before starting any of these remedies)

AcaiDOOD,

Saw your blog and your injury. Here are some things that I like to do to help me heal. I'll start with saying that I drink Monavie daily but that can only strengthen in my opinion. I'm 25 time marathon runner and have run most of the top city marathons (though I work in the health industry by day)

Here are some great tips to helping an ankle injury.

1. Sit down and elevate it.
2. Use some Tiger Balm on it.
3. Ice it
4. Stretch it
5. Acupuncture (2-3 days after)

Depending on the sprain should be back in 10-14 days.

Hope this helps. Keep running!

Monavie & Me

2008-01-30T15:29:00.001-08:00

Hi readers, I wanted to share a story from the weekend. I was running up in the hills, and twisted my ankle. Been on the sidelines for a few days.

I started drinking my Monavie Active 4 times a day (vs. my 2) and already feeling better. I might just stay on the 4 a days.

Here's a shot of the Monavie Active so you know which one I'm talking about.

Got an Acai Berry Story? Email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com Thanks!

Dr. Perricone and Acai berry

2008-01-28T09:47:00.000-08:00

Happy monday. Thank you thank you! The traffic to the site has been wonderful and I really appreciate the emails. This weekend was a rainy so I curled up with Dr. Pericone's new book called "ageless face ageless mind".

It's very interesting. I think for one he's a great author but two he has some basic ideas that just make for a better lifestyle. He's basically saying that the benefits from eating healthy are endless and some foods can be eaten to help you look and age better. At the top of the list is the acai fruit from the Amazon forest the berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world. It can often be found in juice form in health food and gourmet stores.

As we all know it's harvested from the Brazilian rainforest is now gaining recognition for its high levels of the cholesterol-fighting fatty acids, Omega 6 and Omega 9, and its strong concentration -- up to 33 times that found in red wine grapes -- of anthocyanin, a powerful anti-oxidant. Dr. Nicholas Perricone says this the anti oxident is the key and the acai berry is especially noteworthy for the antioxidant properties afforded by its concentration of anthocyanin -- which is also present in red wine. What this does is prevents oxidants from harming connective tissue while repairing damaged proteins in blood vessel walls. The French, who are noted wine drinkers, have one of the lowest incidences of heart disease of any westernized society despite a diet high in cholesterol and saturated fat.

Then I found some more info on how Monavie Inc., started with the Acai berry. Monavie was started in 2004, is gearing up for launch on January 8, 2005. The company was formed to market a wellness product, the Acai Amazon Berry, in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Australia. With 10 times the antioxidants of grapes and twice the antioxidants of blueberries, the Brazilian Acai berry is considered to have the best nutritional value of any fruit on earth.

The Acai Berry is taking the world by storm, and is becoming known as the most beneficial fruit in the world.

Got a Acai story to share? email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com thanks for reading!

Trish - Joint Pain and Monavie

2008-01-26T12:00:00.000-08:00

Here is a story via email from Trish. I'm assuming that your from illinois, correct me if I'm wrong ok....

( Oh and again please consult a Dr. before starting any treatments for anything these stories are all just individual stories and not a medical claim)

Acaiguy,

I'm Trish, and saw your

Açai berry blog on yahoo.com. Reading the posts brought me joy today. I normally don't do much email but thought a superabundance was in order. 5 months ago I was suffering from joint pain and my son researched some different vitamins but also came across a Monavie site. He ordered me a bottle, and I told him I'd give it a try. That bottle sat there for months. My son came with his wife and daughters for Thanksgiving and I was so embarrassed when he discovered the unopened bottle in a cabinet. I had told him I forget, old age. That weekend he opened it and I started drinking it. It's now been 2 months and 5 bottles later and I feel great. Some of my pain and tenderness has subsided and feel good. Hope it's the Monavie but know it's got something to do with my thirst for life. South_side Trish

Got a story? Email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com

Off topic

2008-01-25T10:51:00.000-08:00

So I've been really excited about the success of the site, in the past 10 days we've had 10,000! People. That is amazing that so many people are interested in learning about Acai Juice.

While I'm going through the mountain of email, a reader sent me this amazing site.

http://www.sleeveface.com/

So funny. The fonzie one and the Frampton are my favorites.

Acai Berry - Small Berry in Big Texas

2008-01-24T10:53:00.000-08:00

This is an email I got from the great state of Texas.

(again please consult a dr, before doing anything basically :) these are stories from individuals and their personal results from Acai berry drinks )

Acai Blogger,

Saw your site or blog or whatever you call it. I like it. Here is my story per your request. Last year I was put on oxygen, been smoking too many years I guess. I put out a call to some friends for any advise they had on prescriptions etc. I got a bunch of recommendations for inhalers and the like.....but one of my oldest friends said he'd been drinking some Acai juice from a health store. I thought it was a total crap, but he sent me a case and I drank it every day.

A month later I have to say I was more spunky, my skin was a better color and just felt good. I'm still on the o2, but the more I learn about Acai the more I'm thinking it helps.

Keep on bloging.

Steve in Texas.

Thanks Steve!! Have a story to share? Email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com

Pat's Story - Acai Berry to the rescue.

2008-01-22T18:14:00.000-08:00

I got this email from a reader and she was kind enough to let me repost it. Enjoy:

(note I'm not recomending this as a treatment, please see a doctor etc, just sharing a story with you)

AcaiGuy! Hello and greetings from Hawaii, I came across your blog from a friend how saw it on blogger.com. It's so nice to see someone who is so passionate about Monavie.....like me! Here's my story of how I discovered Acai. I was diagnosed with CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, most people just made fun of me and thought I was lazy and tired all the time. But, I was slowley melting away. I would get up in the morning and just not be myself, coffee used to me my PEP, but it was just not doing the trick. I went to the Dr. and he said "get more rest" I was appalled, the whole visit took 2 min and cost me $150! I went to an eastern medicine doctor downtown and he recommended some ginseng and herbs, then gave me a bottle of Monavie. I was delighted. Over the next few weeks I drank it, along with the herbs and was excited to feel more like myself again. It was really a great find. I've been drinking it for a year now and even sell it at a discount to my friends so they can enjoy the benefits too.

I'm 54, and feel 24! I'm loving and living life again. thanks for writing your blog and telling people about Monavie, I want you to know "WE"RE OUT HERE AND WE'RE LISTENING" love,pat

Acai "Superfood" Oprah and Dr. Perricone, some more info.

2008-01-21T09:42:00.000-08:00

Here is some more information I found on the internet about the powers of the Acai Berry. This stuff kinda blows my mind.........

The Acai berry is small and hard to believe that a small 2cm in diameter berry can be a #1 superfood in America as explained by Dr. Perricone on Oprah. When you look at the nutritional profile of Acai you can see why it may be one of the most perfect fruits in the world.

Everyone knows that Antioxidant and Anthocyanins Levels are important to better health.

What is in the Acai Berry? Simply put, Acai is one of the highest antioxidant fruits in the world. Acai has 10 times the antioxidant level of grapes and twice that of blueberries. Acai has 10 to 30 times the Anthocyanins of red wine The ORAC score for 100 grams of freeze dried from Acai Powder and is over 50,000 a big number when you consider most of the population consumers less than 1,000 ORAC units a day.

Healthy Fats

Get healthy because the Acai berry is rich in healthy Omega fats. Nearly 1/3 of the Acai berry is fat - with 74% of the fat coming from healthy unsaturated fats such as Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9.

Excellent Source of Fiber

Everyone needs more fiber, and Acai is an excellent source of fiber - an amazing 44.2 grams of fiber per 100 grams of Acai. This means a 68 gram serving of Acai would provide all the recommended daily dietary fiber for an adult (30 grams of fiber).

Rich in Amino Acids and Protein

Packed with 7.59% of the weight of the Acai pulp is from amino acids. 19 different amino acids have been identified in Acai. Since amino acids are the building blocks of protein, it is no surprise that you have over 8 grams of protein in a 100 gram serving of Acai.

Plant Sterols, are a good thing!

Plant sterols are broken out and explained in three plant sterols (or photosterols) have been identified in Acai - B-sitosterol, campesterol and sigmasterol. Photosterols have been shown to have numerous health benefits for maintaining healthy heart and digestive function.

Good source of Vitamins and Minerals

The Acai Berry is packed with Vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E are all present in Acai. In fact, Acai contain as much Vitamin C as blueberries and has over 1000 IU of Vitamin A for every 100 grams of Acai. In addition, potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper and zinc are all found in Acai.

Taste's Great

You would think anything this healthy must taste terrible - however, just the opposite is true. Acai has a berry and chocolate flavor that is truly unique and delicious. Acai is used in smoothies, deserts and can also be eaten by itself.

More Research

Continued research on the nutritional makeup of Acai is ongoing and there are many aspects of the fruit that have not been characterized yet. We know there must be undiscovered antioxidants in Acai, because even though it is high in Anthocyanins - they are not high enough to account for the incredible ORAC scores.

Party Time! Monavie Tasting Party

2008-01-20T18:29:00.000-08:00

This is really cool! One of the top distributers of Monavie read my blog and invited me to a tasting party! FUN.

It should be pretty fancy and is being hosted at a very nice home (note: rich people!) in Malibu next week. I'm honored! Thanks KIM!

On to other news my blog surpassed 4500 people in it's first week. Amazing! My wife thought I was crazy to do a blog on a berry LOL!

Anyway today we went for a beautiful hike in the Santa Monica mountains, and packed a lunch which we ate at a beautiful vista here is a photo.

Looking towards Santa Monica (I think I see my house LOL!)

Stay tuned I'll post a new article about the benefits of the Acai Berry later tonight, and I have got a couple of stories that were sent in, but waiting to hear back from them to make sure I have permission to share with you guys. (note: jake0211, and pacific_bluz email me back if it's cool for me to share)

Share an Acai story! email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com

2008-01-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I'm still trying to get back to everyone so bear with me. Here is a cool article I found on Acai Berries.

-AcaiGuyMail@gmail.com

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported benefits.

Published today in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the study showed extracts from acai (ah-SAH’-ee) berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott, an assistant professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

“Acai berries are already considered one of the richest fruit sources of antioxidants,” Talcott said. “This study was an important step toward learning what people may gain from using beverages, dietary supplements or other products made with the berries.”

He cautioned that the study, funded by UF sources, was not intended to show whether compounds found in acai berries could prevent leukemia in people.

“This was only a cell-culture model and we don’t want to give anyone false hope,” Talcott said. “We are encouraged by the findings, however. Compounds that show good activity against cancer cells in a model system are most likely to have beneficial effects in our bodies.”

http://news.ufl.edu/2006/01/12/berries/

Emails - WOW!

2008-01-17T11:14:00.000-08:00

Thanks everyone for all your emails!

I've gotten over 500 emails in the past few days, (yes some of them were about "enlargement" but many were from people who love Acai Juice and a ton from Monavie people who sell / distribute the product. Here are some highights (used with their permission)

Heidi - "Acai Guy, thanks much for making a blog about Acai, I thought I was the only one who loved it!"

Taber - "Greetings from Czech Republic! I am called Taber and read your blog, I would like to try this Juice. Can I buy in CZ? "

Kelly - "Acai Juice has really helped me with fatigue, I have 3 boys! I read the post about your wife and her pregnancy I'm glad it helped her too, I'm a rep for MonaVie let me know if you need anything! Here is a Monavie image I like to show people all the goodies that are in the juice."

Bens882Z - "Why are you doing a blog about a fruit? Don't you have better things to do with your time?"

Well, you can't please everyone. But I will continue to share stories if you keep emailing. I have emails back to some people who had some more emotional illnesses to see if they'd be ok with me sharing with all of you.

Please feel free to link to my blog and I'll add your link as well.

email me your stories at acaiGuymail@gmail.com

more posts coming......

2008-01-16T09:01:00.000-08:00

Here is some info that I found on some benefits of the acai berry.

A Quick Overview of the Health Benefits of Acai

Studies have shown that this little berry from Brazil is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world! Açaí pronounced (ah-sigh-ee) is a high-energy berry of an Amazon palm tree. The açaí tastes like a vibrant blend of berries and chocolate but hidden within its deep purple skin is the magic that makes many believe that it's nature's most perfect fruit. Açaí is packed full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids. You can find it in several health food and gourmet stores (often in juice form). A new product featuring Acai is also available from companies like MonaVie.

MonaVie contains:

A blend of 19 Body fruits but most importantly - Acai.

A remarkable concentration of antioxidants that help combat premature aging, with 10 times more antioxidants than red grapes and 10 to 30 times the anthocyanins of red wine.

A synergy of monounsaturated (healthy) fats, dietary fiber and phytosterols to help promote cardiovascular and digestive health.

An almost perfect essential amino acid complex in conjunction with valuable trace minerals, vital to proper muscle contraction and regeneration.

The fatty acid content in açaí resembles that of olive oil, and is rich in monounsaturated oleic acid. Oleic acid is important for a number of reasons. It helps omega-3 fish oils penetrate the cell membrane; together they help make cell membranes more supple. By keeping the cell membrane supple, all hormones, neurotransmitter and insulin receptors function more efficiently. This is particularly important because high insulin levels create an inflammatory state, and we know, inflammation causes aging.key. Email me your story at acaiguymail@gmail.com.

My Wife's story

2008-01-15T12:32:00.001-08:00

After my wife gave birth to our son she was exhausted. I now came out of hiding with my discovery about Acai Juice. Maybe it was the hormones but she was skeptical. It took a few weeks of me asking until she tried it. Well, it didn't take her six weeks to get a result with in the first week she was bouncing back. Her color in her face, her energy and she felt great.

As our child grew she began a regiment of drinking Acai Juice daily and has also felt the benefits of my family’s favorite berry.

Have a story? Email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com

My Story

2008-01-15T12:22:00.000-08:00

My Story:

I think a lot of people are searching for the miracle health drink, and gosh I have tried a lot of them. I'm a very active person and have played sports my whole life. When I got into my 30's I started getting injured. An ankle here, shoulder there. These injuries would make it difficult to work out. My weight went up, my energy went down. Yup Shame Spiral......I was at a friends house for an BBQ and he asked if I wanted something to drink and before I could answer he said, "Try This"

It was a some Acai Juice on ice. I thought it tasted great but to be honest I was thinking how I really just wanted a beer. LOL. Long story short he talked about how he had some serious health issues, making my strains and sprains seem like paper cuts. I won't go into his illness just to say that Western Medicine didn't help. He started drinking 2-3 glasses of the MonaVie

Within a year he was back to his old self. What really got me was that he WASN'T trying to sell it to me. I went online and saw that the MonaVie sales organization can only be described as aggressive. I went out on my own and bought some bottles and started to drink it (in private and I didn't tell anyone!) after the 1st month I'll be honest, I was not really feeling anything, I thought well it worked for my friend but maybe not for me. I had 2-3 bottles thought ok I'll drink these and after that stop. Then it happened. About 6 weeks in I started waking up at 6am, (note: my alarm is set for 7:30) and I wasn't tired. It was like I had just got up from a nap.

I tried to get back to sleep but to no avail. I was up. So I went for a run and felt great. Over the next week or so my energy level was up (note: I usually need 2-3 cups of coffee in the morning and a Diet Coke around 4pm) I stopped drinking the coffee (starbucks barista was sad) and got more Acai Juice. There are few different brands that I like, a health food store need me has some fresh squeezed that is amazing too.

So my experience with Acai is that my life is healthy, my weight is normal again, I'm working out (knock wood) no injuries in the past 2 years and I'm still (more openly note: website) drinking Acai Juice. Please know I'm not selling anything just talking about some benefits that have helped me.

Have a story to share? email me at acaiguymail@gmail.com

Welcome

2008-01-15T11:19:00.001-08:00

This is a personal website, I've put together to talk about how the Acai berry has made me and my family more healthy. I consider the Acai Berry a super food. There are many juice and drink products that contain the Acai Berry including brands like MonaVie, Acai Health, and more. Please feel to read though and hear our stories. Thanks for stopping by.