The #1 Superfood on the Planet - The Açaí Berry

ELEVEN times the antioxidants of a blueberry.

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The Açaí Berry, found only in the Amazon Rainforest, has recently been declared #1 Superfood on the Planet by Dr. Nicholas Perricone on the Oprah Show. Eating Açaí daily can help prevent disease, aging, and the effects of pollution, toxins, and our increasingly poor diet.

Celebrities can't get enough of it!

The Premier Acai Blend was given away as a gift at the Oscars in 2007! Retailers can't keep it on the shelves!

Not all Açaí is created equal, however. Only the "Opti-Acai" patented process can boast antioxidant levels this high. Compared with an antioxidant score of 92 (Blueberries) or 94 (Cranberries), the patented Opti-Açaí comes in at a whopping 1,027. What is Opti-Acai? Read on.

Oh, and by the way - drinking Açaí also SAVES THE RAINFOREST. The company that makes the Premier Açaí Blend has saved 9,000 acres so far, and that's only ONE company! Açaí products are exploding everywhere - and retailers can't keep them on the shelves.

The Brazilian natives used to chop down the Açaí Palm trees to get the 'palmito' from the top of the tree. This would kill the tree - for a salad garnish virtually devoid of nutrition (hearts of palm).

Now the natives are paid many times more per month to CLIMB the trees, and pick the Açaí berries. Their standard of life has improved, and the trees are saved! Read more about how we're saving the rainforest, and helping the people of Brazil, at the M.O.R.E. Project.

Acai Berry Destroys Cancer Cells in Lab

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EXCERPT: 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 Acaí (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. Read all about it here:

Brazilian Berry Destroys Cancer Cells in Lab

Brazilian people consume up to *2 litres* of Acai per day!

Oprah.com declares: Superfood No. 1: Açaí

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On Oprah's website: The Ten Superfoods for Age-Defying Beauty: Superfood #1: ACAI!

It may seem odd to start this list of Superfoods with one you've likely never even heard of. But studies have shown that this little berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world!

Açaí (ah-sigh-ee) is the high-energy berry of a special Amazonian palm tree. Harvested in the rainforests of Brazil, Açaí tastes like a vibrant blend of berries and chocolate. Hidden within its royal purple pigment is the magic that makes it nature's perfect energy fruit. Açaí is packed full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids.

Although Açaí may not be available in your local supermarket, you can find it in juice form. There are quite a few juices that have recently appeared on the scene, but they are NOT created equally. This blog is designed to enlighten you as to the differences.

Learn all about this Acai Juice is made

What the heck is this dark purple berry?

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And where can I get some?

Brazilian folklore tells of the Acaí berry as a legendary treatment for numerous ailments and the natives often refer to it as the "Amazon Viagra" or "the Wine of the Amazon". But it is only in the last 3 - 5 years that the benefits of the Açaí have been discovered by the Brazilian elite and North Americans who eat the imported and highly perishable berry primarily as a frozen slush.

When properly freeze-dried, Açaí boasts an ORAC score of 1,027 per gram -- higher than that of any other fruit or vegetable tested to date. This is what we mean when we refer to the "Opti-Açaí" process. If Açaí is processed in other ways (spray-drying, air-drying), the antioxidant score can be as low as 180 (compared with 1,027).

All Açaí is not created equally. The berry is VERY sensitive, and must be harvested and processed within hours to achieve this whopping antioxidant (ORAC) score.

It's no wonder that for ages the indigenous cultures of the Amazon have revered Açaí as a source of health and vitality. Mothers give it to their infants along with milk. If you had to, you could literally live on Açaí for several months.

Some of the Açaí copycat juices you find in Costco, etc, have an ORAC score as low as 150. Not only that, they add water (first ingredient), sugar, caffeine, guarana, and other needless ingredients you can't pronounce. Only one Açaí juice can boast this amazing score, because they have a patent pending on their harvesting process, and that's why their Açaí is so amazing.

Where can I get this amazing juice - the one with the whopping antioxidant score of 1,027, you ask?

For more information, and to order juice, click here:

Learn more about the Premier Açaí Blend

The Premier Acai Blend contains these super fruits

What's an ORAC score?

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Not all Acai is created equal!!

Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) is a method of measuring antioxidant capacities of different foods. See wikipedia entry. This graph compares some of the popular superfood juices, such as MonaVie, Goji, Sambazon, Ningxia Red, BossaNova, Xango and Noni.

39 Reasons to Drink Acaí Juice Every Day

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1. Extend Your Life
2. Increase Your Energy and Strength
3. Look and Feel Younger
4. Maintain Healthy Blood Pressure
5. Prevent Cancer
6. Maintain Healthy Cholesterol Levels
7. Promote Normal Blood Sugar and Manage Diabetes
8. Enhance Sexual Function
9. Help You Lose Weight
10. Relieve Headaches and Dizziness
11. Improve Quality of Sleep
12. Improve Your Vision
13. Strengthen Your Heart
14. Inhibit Lipid Peroxidation
15. Improve Disease Resistance
16. Improve Immune Response
17. Manage and Fight Cancer
18. Protect Your Precious DNA
19. Inhibit Tumor Growth
20. Reduce the Toxic Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
21. Build Strong Blood
22. Help Chronic Dry Cough
23. Fight Inflammation and Arthritis
24. Improve Lymphocyte Count
25. Treat Menopausal Symptoms
26. Prevent Morning Sickness
27. Improve Fertility
28. Strengthen Your Muscles and Bones
29. Support Normal Kidney Function
30. Improve Your Memory
31. Support Healthy Liver Function
32. Alleviate Anxiety and Stress
33. Brighten Your Spirit
34. Improve Digestion
35. Maintain Healthy Gums
36. Fight Fibromyalgia
37. Prevent Allergies
38. Protect Children's Health
39. Promotes Overall Wellness

Research indicates that daily Acaí consumption may ALSO help: Neutralize free radicals, prevent heart disease, thwart cancer and live longer.

WOW!

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Today we are starving nutritionally, no matter how much we eat. Why?

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In 1953, a woman could eat 2 peaches and get her daily RDA of Vitamin A. Today, she would have to eat FIFTY-THREE PEACHES!!
Why? Because our soils are depleted. We fertilize the heck out of our fruit, but the soils have no minerals. So our fruit gets big, looks pretty, and is utterly devoid of nutrition.
To whit, see "Modern Miracle Men", relating to proper food mineral balances by Dr. Charles Northen, Reprinted from Cosmopolitan, June, 1936.
We pick fruit prematurely, then gas it to stop the aging process. We store it in huge warehouses, and when it's ready to ship to market, we gas it again, to give it color.
No matter of these nutrient-deficient fruits and vegetables we eat, we are are starving.
That is why Acai is SO important. It is grown in the most fertile soil in the world - the Amazon Rainforest.
Simple Solution?: drink 4 ounces of Acai juice per day!

Paul Zane Pilzer, Top Economist, Entrepreneur & Professor talks about the Wellness Revolution

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The Next Millionaires
Did you know that internet has barely gotten started and you can capitalize on that? Home-based business entrepreneurs will be among the richest in our new economy.
Over the next 10 years, as U.S. household wealth doubles to $100 trillion, at least $10 trillion of that new wealth will represent new entrepreneurs coming to the table.
That $10 trillion represents another 10 million new millionaires.
A great opportunity lies ahead, not for just a chosen few, but for literally millions of “ordinary people,” individual entrepreneurs who were not born into wealthy families, but who choose to apply themselves in the new and emerging industries where this new wealth is being created.
Two of the strongest emerging industries where this growth will occur are wellness and network marketing.
The wellness industry involves PROACTIVE health care. Treating people BEFORE they become sick. It's the trend of living a healthy lifestyle.
The sickness industry involves treating people AFTER they become sick. The pharmaceutical industry falls in this category.
The wellness industry represents an extraordinary economic opportunity, because as the baby boomers (people born from 1946 - 1964) age, they are looking for health and wellness solutions, not to mention wealth. These people are currently ranging in age from 40 to 60, and they have the money to invest in their health.
They have driven every economic trend since the 1950's, when they were born.
Pampers diapers. Tonka trucks. Barbies. Tinkertoys. Etch-a-Sketch. Ford Mustangs. Muscle cars. Starter homes. Real Estate. Stocks. Wellness.
All of these industries and products were created in response to the Baby Boomers. They represent a timeline in economic prosperity from 1950 - Today.
What do the baby boomers want today? HEALTH, BEAUTY AND WELLNESS. They range in age from 40 - 60, and they have the money to afford wellness products. 20 Years worth of baby boomers are coming down the economic pipeline - right now. How would you like to represent a product they need, in the #1 Wellness Industry?

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Links to cool videos about the Açaí Berry

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"The Acai Berry: World's #1 "Super Food for Age-Defying Beauty." When you purchase Acai berry products, you are also SAVING THE RAINFOREST! We need the trees so we can pick the berries! We've saved over 9,000 acres so far, just from ONE Acai juice company.

The Premier Açaí Blend: This short video introduces the premier Açaí Blend - and provides information about how none of us are getting proper nutrition these days - AND WHY.
Discovering MonaVie: This video provides more detailed information about The Premier Açaí Blend, MonaVie, and its nutritional and health benefits.
About the Açaí Berry: Check out Oprah's website for more information about this acclaimed Superfood, the Açaí berry.
The Power of You: Learn all about the Açaí Berry - as a business opportunity - and how you can save the Amazon Rainforest while you get healthy!
Try some juice!: Enroll as a member, and get some amazing Acai juice for wholesale pricing!
Frequently Asked Questions about Acai: A blog with all your burning questions about the Acai berry!
Sign up as a distributor: New Distributor Signup - Buy your Acai juice wholesale! Click on "Enroll"

You can literally live on Acai ~ for at least several months

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Acai is like having a SUPERHERO in your body!

Scientifically, the Açaí berry stands up to the praise and scrutiny. This little, dark purple berry that dangles in clusters from the 25 foot Açaí palm is nature's perfect food.

Why? It contains:

The protein profile of an egg
Essential fatty acids (omega 3,6 and 9) similar to olive oil
A low glycemic index
A leading source of anthocyanins, often reported as 30 times that of the protective potential of red wine. (One of the many attributes of anthocyanins is its anti-inflammatory qualities)
High in fiber
More than 16 phytonutrients and anti-oxidants
Copious amounts of trace (i.e. Co, Cr) and macro minerals (i.e. Ca, Fe)
Packed with vitamins, including natural vitamin E (mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols)
An excellent source of plant sterols, particularly Beta-Sitosterol which is associated with cholesterol lowering capabilities.

Recently, modern science has validated the remarkable health benefits of this fruit, and studies have shown Açaí to contain the following beneficial nutrients:

Anthocyanins (powerful antioxidants)
Phytonutrients
Essential fatty acids (Omega 3, 6, and 9)
Amino acids
Vitamins and minerals
Complex carbohydrates
Dietary fiber
Trace minerals

Studies have also shown that freeze-dried Açaí powder has an ORAC score that is 79 times higher than that of red grapes and an anthocyanin (purple colored antioxidants) level that is 20-30 times that of red wine. The final blend of MonaVie incorporates the flavors and benefits of the Açaí berry and other healthful and delicious fruits.

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Learn more about the Premier Açaí Blend

Sumner Redstone's anti-aging secret

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(Fortune Magazine) -- There may be some debate about future control of Viacom and CBS, but the media mogul doesn't plan to bequeath his empire anytime soon - thanks to a little purple elixir.

As the years tick by, Sumner Redstone just gets more optimistic. Earlier this year the 84-year-old said he planned to live another 50 years; two years ago he was predicting another 20.

His age has been in the spotlight lately because of the recent public spat with his daughter over his succession plans, but the controller of Viacom (Charts) and CBS (Charts, Fortune 500) has lately been getting a bit of help in the form of a little-known superjuice called MonaVie. "It's a miracle drug," he told Fortune. "I feel great."
Redstone attributes his good health to a Brazilian berry.

A dark-purple elixir with a cult-like following, MonaVie is an antioxidant-rich concoction whose main ingredient is the Brazilian açai berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee), long touted among health nuts for its anti-aging ingredients.

For more information, click here:

Fortune Magazine Article on Sumner Redstone, and his little secret

Frequently Asked Questions

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is açai?
Açai is a small, round, black-purple berry with amazing nutritional properties. Its appearance is similar to that of a grape, but it has a smaller amount of pulp and a single large seed. Scientific experts have referred to the açai berry as the most nutritious and powerful food in the world. When processed correctly, it contains ELEVEN TIMES the antioxidants of a blueberry.

Does açai have a high ORAC score?
Yes, with an ORAC score of 1,026, the açai used in MonaVie boasts the highest ORAC score of any fruit or vegetable tested to date. The açai fruit is the star among other well-known antioxidants, such as blueberries, grapes, red wine, green tea, cranberries, and pomegranates. By comparison, açai has more than 11 times the antioxidant power of blueberries. Obtaining a variety of antioxidants through diet or supplementation is essential to maintaining good health.

What does ORAC mean?
ORAC (oxygen radical absorption capacity) is a way to measure the antioxidant capacity of a food. Foods with high ORAC values are desirable for their ability to inhibit free radical activity.

What are free radicals?
Free radicals are organic molecules responsible for aging, tissue damage, and disease. These molecules are very unstable, therefore they look to bond with other molecules, destroying their vigor and perpetuating the detrimental process. Antioxidants, present in many foods, are molecules that prevent free radicals from harming healthy tissue.

What are phytonutrients?
Phytonutrients are powerful antioxidants and naturally occurring compounds that contribute to the flavor, color, and disease-resistance of plants (i.e., fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes). Maximum health benefits are derived from consuming a variety of phytonutrients with a full spectrum of colors and pigments, such as those found in MonaVie products.

What are polyphenols?
Polyphenols are a class of powerful antioxidants that are thought to be responsible for the French Paradox: the French have a diet relatively high in fat, yet have a decreased incidence of heart disease; this is attributed to the amount of polyphenols present in the grapes used to make French wines. MonaVie products contain a powerful variety of polyphenols, including anthocyanins. It is estimated that MonaVie products have 20-30 times the anthocyanins found in red wine.

What is glucosamine hydrochloride?
Glucosamine hydrochloride is a natural compound found in the body that is used to help make and form cartilage. Glucosamine has also been shown to help lubricate, cushion, protect, and rebuild joints.

For more information, click here.

Just the facts!

The Juice Facts: Tons of videos, news clips and documents about the Acai berry.

Saving the Rainforest can be fun (and delicious!)

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Reasons to Save the Rainforest

The Rainforest Contains Such A Plethora Of Life That Humans Have Been Unable To Classify And Name All Of It.

Rainforests cover less than two percent of the Earth's surface, yet they are home to some 40 to 50 percent of all life forms on our planet-as many as 30 million species of plants, animals and insects.
Courtesy of: Rainforest Action Network

20 - 50% Of Rainforest Plants Have Yet To Be Named.

More than 20% of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest.
Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

Brazil Has 1/3 Of The World's Remaining Rainforests. Yet, Humans Have Identified Only 10% Of the Plant Species That Occupy Them.

The Amazonian Rainforest covers over a billion acres, encompassing areas in Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia and the Eastern Andean region of Ecuador and Peru. If Amazonia were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world.
Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

One single tree in Peru was found to harbor forty-three different species of ants - a total that approximates the entire ant species in the British Isles.
Leslie Taylor, Herbal Secrets of the Rainforest / Courtesy of: Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

A single rainforest reserve in Peru is home to more species of birds than the entire United States. Leslie Taylor, Herbal Secrets of the Rainforest / Courtesy of: Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

A twenty-five acre plot of rainforest in Borneo may contain over seven hundred species of trees - a number equal to the total tree diversity of North America.
Leslie Taylor, Herbal Secrets of the Rainforest / Courtesy of: Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

The U.S. National Cancer Institute has identified 3000 plants that are active against cancer cells. 70% of these plants are found in the rainforest. Twenty-five percent of the active ingredients in today's cancer-fighting drugs come from organisms found only in the rainforest.
Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

Tropical Rainforests Provide Between 25 To 40% Of All Pharmaceutical Products.

Many Species Are Becoming Extinct Without Their Existence Ever Being Recorded.

Three Thousand Plants Have Anticancer Properties. Of these, 70% inhabit The Rainforests.

One-fifth of the world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin.
Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

Only 1% Of Tropical Plants Have Been Examined for Possible Medicinal Uses. But, Those That Have Yield ¼ Of all Prescription Drugs Sold In The United States.

Researchers Estimate that 328 Useful Drugs May Be Hidden Within Tropical Rainforests. Their Total Value May Exceed $147 Billion.

At least 3000 fruits are found in the rainforests; of these only 200 are now in use in the Western World. The Indians of the rainforest use over 2,000.
Raintree Nutrition Inc., "Rainforest Facts"

Save the Rainforest!

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The Author

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by FengShuiStyle

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