Acai berry muffins all around

Written by Laura on Nov 5th, 2008 | Filed under: General


Everyone knows that super foods contain many of the anti-toxins and anti-oxidants that we need to stay healthy. Many people know that these ingredients can be found in a wonderful little berry called acai. Fewer people know that an acai diet can be a great way to get most of these nutrients into your system on a regular basis.

But what exactly does it mean to have these nice things floating around in your body? just how can they help you? This brief article will hopefully go some way to answering that question.

First things first: an acai diet helps to maintain and balance your internal pH level, which is important for our immune system and for disease prevention.

Next up is the antioxidants that help to prevent and combat premature ageing There are a lot of antioxidants in red grapes, but acai berries have up to 10 times more than that. This is just one of the reasons that acai juice is growing in popularity as an aid to an acai diet.

Another trump card that the acai diet and acai berries have over red grapes is the number of anthocyanins present. Acai berries have 30 times more than is found in red grapes! Anthocyanins are thought to help fight cancer and diabetes.



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