For the last 2 years we have written about various Acai Berry Scams. Look in our Acai Scams category and we have over 25 posts on the various acai scams on the market. Free Trial Offers, magic acai pills that let a 300 pound person lose 310 pounds overnight, fake news journalist like Julia Miller – we have covered it all.
What is the Point of Taking Acai Anyway?
At times it can seem like Acai is just an over hyped supplement that should be avoided. However, if you get beyond the ridiculous weight loss claims and free trial offers you start to get to the real benefits of the Acai Berry – it is one of the highest antioxidant fruits in the world. Great you say, but who are we to say what fruits have the highest antioxidants? Well, it is not us saying it – it is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)!
The USDA List of ORAC Values – New and Improved!
In May 2010 the USDA released the “USDA Database for the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) of Selected Foods, Release 2″. Pretty sexy title huh? Here is link to the whole report -
ORAC is a way to measure the antioxidant capacity of foods. If you want to learn more, you can read our ORAC Article, but what you really need to know is the higher the ORAC value the more antioxidants in the food. When the USDA first released this report in November of 2007 they did not test Acai, but now with Release 2 – Acai is finally included.
No, that Acai ORAC Value is Not a Typo…
Let’s take a look at some well known fruits and their ORAC value…
- A nice Golden Delicious Apple comes in at 2,670 ORAC/100 grams
- Blueberries – a summertime favorite is at 4,669 ORAC/100 grams
- Cranberries, that healthy treat tests out at an impressive 9,090 ORAC/100 grams
- Wild Blueberries get a wildly high score of 9,621 ORAC/100 grams
- Acai Berry Freeze Dried Powder – Astronomical score of 102,700 ORAC/100 grams
There is no typo or misplaced decimal point – Acai Berry Freeze Dried Powder really has over 10x more antioxidants that wild blueberries (previous considered one of the highest antioxidant fruits in the world)!
Shop Carefully and Acai Berry Really Can Be a Tremendous Addition to Your Diet
The acai that is shown in the USDA report is freeze dried Acai made from the skin and pulp of Acai Berries. If you want to enjoy the antioxidant benefits of Acai, you need to go with a supplement that only uses freeze dried Acai powder. Forget the “free trial” deals and “magic weight loss acai pills” – they all use spray dried Acai which has less antioxidants than an apple. You want to go with brands like the Perfect Acai, Sambazon and Amazon Thunder – all which state that they only use Organic Freeze Dried Acai Berry Powder.
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