Acai For Your Health

A group of medical workers carried out a research in Amazon rainforest and found that the natives show resistance to unbearable heat typical for this region. The natives who spent many time under the sun without cloths had no skin diseases (including cancer).

Besides this, they looked younger and kept energy and health till extreme old age. After analyzing their diet, scientists found that besides products common for this region, the natives consume little known berry called acai.

Scientists claim that berry Acai is most nutrimental and energy product in the world.

The secret of Acai was discovered only in 2004. The initiative of research belongs to Dr.Alex Schauss, who is director of natural and medicinal products research for the American Institute for Biosocial and Medical Research. The researches showed that today Acai occupies leading place among natural antioxidants. Thus, medical and biological research showed that Acai contains most antioxidants than any other edible fruit on the planet.

In fact, this amazon berry contains 33 times more antioxidants than red grapes, 18 times more than mangosteen, 4 times more than cranberries or wild bluberries which previously was considered a champion among antioxidants. Moreover, Acai contains 30 times more antioxidants and 10 – 20 times more anthocyanins than red wine.

Acai healthy properties
1. Acai contains same amount of proteins as cow milk, and with its energy values and fat content Acai even goes before it.
2. Acai contains vitamin A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (nicotinic acid), C (ascorbic acid), E (tocopherol), D, iron, potassium, phosphorus and calcium.
3. Acai contains fatty acids essential for human body such as Omega-6 and Omega-9 necessary for lowering of “bad” cholesterol in blood, and many other essential asids.
4. Acai contains cyanidine that prevents from development of obesity and diabetes. Latest studies show that Acai would play an important role in cancer treatment.

Why Nutrition Is Important

Vitamin A is most important vitamin which stimulates cells growth, participates in formation of leucocytes, helps to maintain epithelium and mucosa healthy. Vitamin A is first barrier on the way of deleterious invaders. Vitamin A is an antioxidant and this is an additional advantage. It is found in milk, dairy cream, butter, natural fish-oil, liver (beef, cod, chicken), salmon, eel, eggs.

In vegetables and fruits is found provitamin A (beta-carotene). Butter helps to transform beta-carotene into vitamin A. Carotene strenghtens immune system. Therefore it is recommended to get also “animal” vitamin A and “vegetative” beta-carotene, and generally all group of carotinoids. They are found in green and orange vegetables and fruits: carrot, pumpkin, paprika, spinach, mango, persimmon, parsley, broccoli and fennel. Daily norm is 15 – 30 mg (two big carrots).

Vitamin C is most popular vitamin when influenza epidemic occurs. It helps to interferon production in the body. It is also an antioxidant. Vitamin C prevents other vitamins from break-up. Do not wait the moment you get diseased. In winter when you are healthy drink tea with lemon, drink each morning fresh orange juice! Make it a rule eating every day one orange or kiwi, big pieces of spinach or cauliflower. The less time you spend on processing food the better vitamin C is kept because it is a cranky vitamin. Vitamin C is found in blacberries, green sweet pepper,, grapefruit.

Zinc, as vitamin C, is also recommended to take when do appear first signs of influenza. Sea foods and oysters are rich with zinc. Consume these products several times a week and this will help to maintain body defenses. Zinc may be found in liver and beef. Those who do not consume meat may find zinc in nuts, pea soup, wheat germs, buckwheat porridge, mushrooms, garlic.

Each clove of garlic contains several dozens of biologically active components such as phytoncids (volatile compounds who kill viruses and bacteria). Garlic activates production of immune cells and thus helps to protect the body. The decensies prevent us from eating garlic at any time in any place. However, there are many recepies that you may prepare with garlic.

Your immune system will be not only ready to meet viruses but to fight them if you consume these products:
- two big carrots or dish of spinach; one sweet pepper or two persimmons (daily carotine norm)
- bite of beef or pork liver or 100g Dutch cheese; 70g smoked eel or table-spoon of fish oil (daily norm of vitamin A);
- handful of blacberries, kiwi, orange, dish of cauliflower, 7 backed potatoes (daily norm of vitamin C);
- 110g wheat germs or 150g veal liver (daily zinc norm);