Case Closed: Acai Berry is Over-Rated

You should watch this video, too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiU0rmrFLyE

Originally, this was a post on a blog I run
http://orionsyndicate910.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/health-food-scam-acai-berries/
I finally decided to make a video about it.
Acai Berry does not have "more Vitamin C than any other fruit"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakadu_plum

'Superfood' Acai May Not Be Worth Price
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/Story?id=6434350&page=1

Comparative Study of Acai and ten other fruits
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-847820060004...

How they rated
1. acerola
2. mango
3. strawberry
4. grapes
5. açaí
6. guava
7. mulberry
8. graviola
9. passion fruit
10. cupuaçu
11. pineapple

POM Wondrful Study
original page deleted, but cited here
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/pw-abo022808.php

Total oxidant scavenging capacities of Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Açaí) fruits.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16019315
a white species displayed no antioxidant activity against different oxygen radicals, whereas the purple variety most often used commercially was excellent against peroxyl radicals, good against peroxynitrite and poor against hydroxyl radicals. Freeze-dried açaí powder was found to have high antioxidant activity against superoxide (your body produces this to fight invading germs, but levels that are too high can be lethal) and peroxyl radicals and milder activity for peroxynitrite (can damage a wide array of molecules in cells, including DNA and proteins) and hydroxyl radicals (can damage virtually all types of macromolecules: amino acids, carbohydrates, as well as mutate nucleic acids, and also peroxidize lipids). The powder was reported to inhibit hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidation in white blood cells, and to have a slight stimulatory effect on nitric oxide production, which helps your body function better. Extracts of açaí seeds were reported
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16756342
to have antioxidant capacity against peroxyl radicals, similar to the capacity of the pulp, with higher antioxidant capacity against peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radicals."

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[AlbertLloydy]

What if we genetically cross all the superfruits with cannabis?? I wonder if it will taste good..?

[zdislavaapple]

its advertised for its antioxidents, not vitamin C

[MagneticSeer]

Thank you very much for the information

it seems people just really want to believe that there are some exotic secret fruit that have super healing power's before even trying to research about the fruit

[thisis3d]

@OrionSyndicate910 from what i heard one way tom "slow the aging process" is to eat just less then what you need in a day everyday because eventually your body will slow your metabolism so your cells age slower, but that can have the problem of slowing cell repairs so not too sure how well it really works

[OrionSyndicate910]

@rphamning be my guest