God loves all mankind and provides all types of food to sustain all human beings in the whole universe. He provides the acai berry to grow in the tropical regions of Central and South America from Belize down to Brazil and Peru. 

God has been fair to all the nations in the world for He provides every nation with something worthwhile to the other nations which they lack and so those who lack what they have need to trade with each other for the product they desire and do not produce in their own country. Hence this is the beginning of commerce. Man has to learn to live peacefully with other men from various nations.

In recent years, the acai berry was in great demand because of its factor in the reduction of weight loss. It was greatly promoted and advertised by Oprah, a top talk show host. Because of Oprah's fame, many women flock to buy the much touted weight loss reducer and this has boosted the sale and product of the acai berry.

This article is concentrated on the very high possibility of the acai berry and its positive result on cancer.

The word "acai" is pronounced "ah-sah-ee".

The tall and slender acai palm trees grow mainly in swampy areas along the rivers to a height of 15-30 meters. The fruit is produced in irregular branched flower clusters of 700 to 900 fruits. Two crops of fruit are produced each year. The fruit has a single large seed which is 80 per cent of the fruit. The acai berry is a fruit with the size of a grape with a dark purple blue colour. In recent years, the acai berry has been in great demand due to its potential as weight loss ingredient and now primarily grown for export. There is also indication that the acai berry has very high antioxidants surpassing the blueberry, apple and banana by very big margins.

The acai berry deteriorates very quickly in less than a day and so harvesting and shipping must be done very fast.

"The popularity of the acai berry is growing every day. As a result, more and more nutritionists and scientists are researching its unique nutritional qualities and healing abilities. It was only a matter of time before someone ran experiments regarding the acai berry’s ability to fight cancer.

The exciting results of that experiment are below, but first let’s cover a few things that may help you understand the acai berry’s cancer fighting abilities a little better.

Free Radicals & Antioxidants

Free radicals are nasty little molecules that come from pollutants, pesticides, cigarette smoke, etc. They attack the cells in the body and can even damage DNA. Free radical damage within cells has been linked to a range of disorders including cancer, arthritis, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes. Your body, of course, has a way to fight back. It does so in the form of antioxidants, which strengthen cells and fight off free radicals.

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ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity.

ORAC measures the ability of just about any substance to subdue oxygen free radicals in the test tube. In short, ORAC is a lab assay that can measure the antioxidant activity of any substance and give it a number. The higher the ORAC number - the stronger the antioxidant properties of the substance.

National Institute on Aging developed the ORAC method and the US Department of Agriculture and Brunswick Labs have been instrumental in perfecting the ORAC assay procedure and testing various foods to determine ORAC levels.

While the exact science behind ORAC gets beyond the scope of this article, it is clear that if you want foods with greater antioxidant properties, you look for foods with high ORAC levels. The USDA recommends we consume 3,000 to 5,000 ORAC units daily. In truth, 80% of the population is consuming less than 1,000 ORAC units a day. The USDA recommended "5-a-day" fruit and vegetable servings will give you an ORAC score of about 1,750 units.

Fruits and vegetables tend to have the highest ORAC values. Per 100 grams - Apples score a 218, Bananas a 221, blueberries 2,400. And what about fresh Acai? Acai has an amazing 5,500 ORAC score. More amazing, freeze dried Sambazon Acai actually has an ORAC value of over 50,000 per 100 grams."

From the ORAC Score Antioxidant Comparison between the acai berry and blueberry, apple and banana, one would be completely amazed at the result with the acai berry (167) scoring such fantastic high score to the blueberry (32), apple (14), and lastly, the banana (5). Even a non scientific person can appreciate the difference in the scores.

Brazilian Acai Berry Antioxidants Absorbed By Human Body, Research Shows

ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2008) — A Brazilian palm berry sweeping the globe as a popular health food - though little research has been done on it – now may have its purported benefits better understood.

In the first research involving people, the acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry has proven its ability to be absorbed in the human body when consumed both as juice and pulp. That finding, by a team of Texas AgriLife Research scientists, was published in a recent issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Showing the berry’s absorption in humans is important because it is known to contain numerous antioxidants. The berry is heavily marketed in the U.S. as a health food.

The study involved 12 healthy volunteers who consumed a single serving of acai juice or pulp. Researchers believe the results point to the need for continued research on the berry which is commonly used in juices, beverages, smoothies, frozen treats and dietary supplements.

"Acai is naturally low in sugar, and the flavor is described as a mixture of red wine and chocolate,” said lead investigator Dr. Susanne Talcott, “so what more would you want from a fruit?”

Talcott, who also is assistant professor with the Texas A&M University’s nutrition and food science department, studies have shown the ability of the human body to absorb target antioxidants (from other psaid that previous roduce), but “no one had really tested to see if acai antioxidants are absorbed in humans."

2007-01-08 - Paul M. Gross, PhD

Table 1.  Macronutrients

Sales of acai products have increased dramatically in the U.S. where it has been touted as a metabolism booster, weight reducer and athletic enhancer. Advertisements use buzzwords such as health, wellness, energy, taste and organic.

CNN.com - "Acai may be the world's healthiest food. A berry grown in the Amazon CNN.com - "Acai may be the world's healthiest food. A berry grown in the Amazon forest, it has as much calcium as milk, more antioxidants than blueberries, and a coffee-like kick. Not to mention that it has more nutrients than a multivitamin..."

University of Florida - "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 Acai's purported benefits..."

The Acai Berry

The Racquet - ‎Apr 7, 2009‎ A new diet, the Açaí Berry Diet, pronounced (ah-sigh-ee), which has been endorsed by Oprah, NBC, ABC, and CBS has been getting a lot of speculation-could it ... April 23, 2009 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

MonaVie Declared Official Juice of the Boston Red Sox

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MonaVie (www.monavie.com), maker of the premier blend of the Brazilian acai berry, announces for the second year in a row its partnership with the Boston Red Sox (www.redsox.com), the 2007 World Champions, which makes MonaVie® an official juice of the Major League Baseball team. “A lot of claims are being made, but most of them haven’t been tested scientifically,” Talcott said. “We are just beginning to understand the complexity of the acai berry and its health-promoting effects.” In the current UF study, six different chemical extracts were made from acai fruit pulp, and each extract was prepared in seven concentrations. Four of the extracts were shown to kill significant numbers of leukemia cells when applied for 24 hours. Depending on the extract and concentration, anywhere from about 35 percent to 86 percent of the cells died.

Oprah on the Acai Berry

On Oprah in late 2004, world reknown anti-ageing expert 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".

According to Perricone, the 10 featured superfoods in his book were chosen because of their direct link to the Brain-Beauty Connection. These foods (listed here in alphabetical order) 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 this on Oprah.com!

God has done it again for about six thousand years ago that He prepared the wonderful acai berry to exist for man's benefit. The rest of the world did not know about the magical fruit would have made such an impact on the world, but the people of the rainforest in Central and South America knew. The secret has been kept for thousands of years and only revealed quite recently. Praise and thank God that the secrets of the acai berry are being revealed now to the world at large. Thank you Lord for your revelation.