Acai Berry is a “star” among the well-known antioxidants, such as blueberries, grapes, red wine, green tea, cranberry, blueberry and pomegranate. In comparison with cranberries, Acai has more than 10 times the antioxidant capacity.
Acai Berries (aka: Nat, Akai) – is another superfood that has received wide recognition of consumers. Attention to these sweet black berries, known as “Amazonian vine”, has attracted an American TV star Oprah Winfrey: the official website Acai berries (aka: Nat, Akai) as the number one superfood, “one of the most nutritious and powerful food in the world” . His admirers Acai berries (aka: Nat, Akai) admire the ability to lower blood cholesterol levels, which can not interest people who care about their health. Incidentally, the popularity of berries and place them affected growth – the Amazon River basin. Which of consumers will refuse to try such an exotic?
By the way, for all fruits, which in varying degrees, there are antioxidants and vitamins, coined a special term – superfrukty.
Along with Pomegranate and Acai berries (aka: Nat, Akai) to superpische include green tea and soy. No accident that in recent years they have become in great demand in the United States. For example, sales of green tea, according to Datamonitor, has grown from 119 million in 2001 to 160 million in 2006. However, it is not surprising: the properties of green tea have a positive impact on the health of cores with cancer and is well known.
Sales of soy also rose, primarily because its use helps reduce blood cholesterol levels. In the period from 2001 to 2006, sales of soybeans grown by an average of 13 percent per year.
The most surprising is that the status superpischi acquire even those products that were previously considered harmful, such as chocolate and alcohol. Employees of the Department of Food Science and Technology, Cornell University (Cornell University, USA) found that dark chocolate antioxidants almost twice as much as in red wine, and three times – in comparison with green tea. And after the publication of a scientific report, which stated that alcohol increases the “antioxidant capacity” Superfoods company – producer of vodka Luctor International has released a “fire water” taste berries Acai (aka: Nat, Acai) and blueberries. However, the negative impact on the health of vodka certainly nullify the beneficial properties supercomponent.
Chocolate Amazonian berries borodzho – an excellent example illustrating the “crossing” supercomponent and not the most useful food. The company has developed Phytobase sweets made of organic dark chocolate, the main target audience – women who, on the one hand, they like sweet, but on the other – take care of maintaining good shape. American researchers claim that the berries borodzho act as an aphrodisiac and attached forces. In 2004 appeared “ShokoLin” – a product reportedly helps control appetite. And then – bitter chocolate “Amoriss” with a high content of antioxidants. According to the description, it contains exotic superfrukty – Acai (aka: Nat, Acai), mango, Hodza, grenades, roziola, as well as extract of red wine.