What is Acai Berry?
The Acai Berry is a small, round, black-purple fruit of the Acai Palm, similar in appearance but smaller than a grape but with less pulp. It is produced in branched panicles of 500 to 900 fruits. Two crops of fruit are produced each year.


What are the Acai Berry Health Benefits?
Recently, the Acai Berry has been marketed as a dietary supplement. Companies sell Acai Berry products in the form of tablets, juice, smoothies, instant drink powders, and whole fruit.

Marketers of these products make claims that Acai Berry provides increased energy levels, improved sexual performance, improved digestion, detoxification, high fiber content, improved skin appearance, improved heart health, improved sleep, and reduction of cholesterol levels. Quackwatch noted that "Acai Berry Juice has only middling levels of antioxidants—less than that of Concord grape, blueberry, and black cherry juices, but more than cranberry, orange, and apple juices."

Furthermore, the extent to which polyphenols as dietary antioxidants may promote health is doubtful. No credible evidence indicates any antioxidant role for polyphenols in vivo, but rather in minute concentrations, they may affect cell-to-cell signaling, receptor sensitivity, inflammatory enzyme activity or gene regulation. Specifically, there is no scientific evidence that Acai Berry consumption affects body weight or could promote weight loss.

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