Acai berry - star of the newest health craze

NBC-2 WBBH, FL - Feb 26, 2008

Jessica Stillwell finds out what the hype is behind the acai fruit juice that's selling like crazy. It's star ingredient is the acai berry, plucked straight from the rain forests of Brazil. "It's the best the world has to offer in fruit" said Shelly Aristizabal, a top distributor...

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Dr. Oz Praises Acai on The Oprah Winfrey Show

On February 5, 2008, Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and spoke of the highly nutritious açai berry.

Listed on his "Ultimate Anti-Aging Checklist," Dr. Oz said he is ready to introduce the açai berry to his hall of fame of antioxidant-rich foods.

"It has twice the antioxidant content of a blueberry," Dr. Oz said. "It's just sort of breaking through"

Click Here to see a slideshow of Dr. Oz's Ultimate Anti-Aging Checklist from the Oprah web site.

Acai Study Ranks 2nd among Top 10 Medical Studies of 2006

[NPIcenter] — January 16, 2007 — After a review of more than 300 research reports on berries in 2006, The Berry Doctor ranked a study on the açai berry in its freeze-dried form 2nd among the Top 10 Medical Studies of 2006.

Here's an excerpt from the article: "açai fruit from the South American tropics has the strongest antioxidant properties yet observed and has high promise for entering first-world markets as a functional food ingredient...."

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Brazilian Berry Destroys Cancer Cells in Lab

University of Florida Acai Study Summary: 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. The study showed extracts from acai (ah-SAH’-ee) berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested. Read Full Article

Dr. Nicholas Perricone Discusses the Acai Berry on Oprah

In November of 2004 on the Oprah Show, Dr. Nicholas Perricone introduced his book, "The Perricone Promise" and named the Acai berry the #1 super food in the world for "age-defying beauty".

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According to Perricone, the 10 featured superfoods in his book were chosen because of their direct link to the Brain-Beauty Connection. These foods are rich in either the Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs), antioxidants or fiber, and as in the case of açaí-all three! In addition, we have included foods that have been proven to lower or help regulate blood sugar levels, an extremely important factor for all of those concerned with slowing the aging process and preventing diabetes, obesity, wrinkles and a host of degenerative diseases.

Read more about Superfood No. 1: Açaí on Oprah.com.