Since the discovery of Acai (ah-sigh-EE) Berry as an energy booster, weight reducer and athletic enhancer, sales of acai berry products have significantly multiplied in the U.S. market. The Acai Berry food products uses an exotic plants that is harvested deep in the heart of Brazilian rain forest. The berry comes from acai palms that may reach heights in excess of 60 feet - one of the same palms used to harvest edible hearts of palm.

Although we only found very little publication of Acai Berry research the benefits on weight loss program are varies widely. The first of its research conducted by the Texas AgriLife Research scientists have found out that the acai berry has the ability to be absorbed in the human body when consumed both as juice and pulp. This finding was recently published in an issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

The research states that the Brazilian acai berry absorbed much better than any other fruit or food because of its high content of antioxidants. Because of this one super benefit, the berry is heavily marketed in the U.S. as a health food and has even entered the Dr. Perricone’s list of super foods. The research conducted involved 12 healthy volunteers who consumed a single serving of acai juice or pulp.

Talcott and her co-researcher and husband Dr. Steve Talcott began studying the palm- berry in 2001. His first scientific report on acai, apparently the first such study in English, was published in 2004. Initial research done on the acai was done to examine the antioxidant and nutritional values of the pulp and juice, with later studies focused on the benefits of the berry in fighting cancer. Since the benefits of fighting cancer was found, the researchers then decided to find out whether those elements were actually being absorbed into the human body or being eliminated unused as waste. Says Steve Talcott, “Like vitamin C, the body can only absorb so much at a time.”

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