Acai Berry Australia – The Facts

Unless you have been living under a rock, I ma sure you have heard all about the remarkable powers of the acai berry. Oprah, CNN and The New York Times have reported about it incredible weight loss properties, however the native Amazonian have been using it to prevent disease, increase libido, and general well being.

We live in a world where our bodies are exposed to a lot of contaminant's and pollutants; these cause free radicals to process in your body. Free radicals attack the body at a cellular level stealing other molecules electrons. Free radicals have been linked to causing many cancers and aging.

The enemies of free radicals are antioxidants. Acai Berries have very high levels of anti oxidants and has the highest level ORAC rating of any other food known to man. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity.

Acai Berries however do much more than just provide high levels of antioxidants; they also contain many minerals and vitamins that make sure your body functions how it is meant to. Many studies have also shown the benefits of Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9 which is also delivered to the body from the Acai berry.

To transport acai around the world it has to be dries and prseved as it only latest around 24 hours after it is harvested. The two most common methods is to use spray or freeze dried. Only purchase freeze dried acai as when it is spray dried it tends to lose most of the nutritional powers.