What is Acai

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Aai is a member of Euterpe Genus (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) extensively distributed in Northern South America. It is most abundant in the floodplains of the Brazilian Amazons. Acai (pronounced ah-SAH'-ee) is a lanky, multi-stemmed, monoecious palm that can grow to over 30 meters height. The most important aspect of this palm tree is the acai palm berries. The acai berry fruit grows in 7 species of palm through central and South America found along the basins, rivers and swamps. The acai berry fruits are mainly harvested from July to December. Each palm tree can produce from 3 to 4 clusters of fruits, each cluster can weigh 3 to 6 kilograms, and it contains about 700 to 900 individual grape sized berries. The globular shaped fruits change their color from green to dark purple during the process of ripening and their size range from 1.0 to 1.5 cm in diameter. The majority (about 90%) of the fruit is the large seed in the middle; the edible layer of the fruit is very small and covered by a slim fibrous layer. That is one of the reasons why acai is not that cheap. The edible layer is prepared as pulp and then made into a thick juice. The pulp has roughly 2.4% of protein and 5.9% of lipid. The juice has been prepared for human consumption. The taste is a combination of berries and chocolate. A lot of historical and biochemical evidence indicate that it is the healthiest fruit we have found so far.

It is commonly blended or combined with other fruits, juices, and made into energetic snacks, liqueur, jelly, ice cream and the freeze dried powder, which actually has higher potency than the liquid form due to the higher concentration of the nutrients. The powder has been used to make pills. It has been found that this magical fruit is a natural metabolism booster, hence a great healthy answer to a lot of dieters. It is unlike some other natural weight loss remedies such as hoodia, it does not suppress your appetite, and it instead burns more calories when you lead your life in your normal activities. This property of acai is also used by athletes to get a better performance boost since their heightened metabolism also releases more energy (a good energy booster).

As we noted before, we do not just consume acai alone, we use acai in combination with other beneficial products to gain the most benefits form acai. Because of this marvelous acai benefit, a lot of companies have created products to aid weight loss. However, not all products are made equal. Some of the products have artificial ingredients in them, some of them use lower quality ingredients and some of them simply do not have the right combination of ingredients...

Therefore it is very important to be informed about a particular acai product before your actually start buying acai products.