Much of the research that has been done to date regarding the acai berry, (pronounced as ah-sigh-ee), has focused on a specific type of freeze dried Acai berry that is known as Opti-Acai. Opti-Acai is a powdered or freeze dried form of the fruit pulp from the acai berry, and it has the following nutritonal components:
100 grams of extract yields:
533.9 calories
52.2 g of carbohydrates
8.1 g of protein
32.5 g of total fat
The 32.5 g of total fat content is broken down into oleic acid, making up 56.2 % of the total fat content, palmitic acid, making up 24.1 % and finally linoleic acid, making up 12.5 %
44.2 g of fiber
260 mg of calcium
4.4 mg of iron
1002 U vitamin A
7.59 % aspartic acid, glutamic acid, amino acids.
The pulp also contains beta-sitosterol, making up between 78 % and 91 % of total sterols.
The acai berry contains a number of polyphenols, including vanillic acid, procyanidin oligmers, syringic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid as well as ferulic acid. These polyphenols can degrade substantially during exposure to heat or long term storage.
The Acai berry is rich in antioxidants. This means that if you supplement your diet with acai berry products your diet will have substantial nutritional benefits. There are a wide variety of health advantages associated with the acai berry including an increase in stamina and energy, the ability to fight off heart disease, improved cholesterol levels, stabilizing of blood sugar levels, the ability to sleep better, providing a variety of vitamins and minerals and much more.
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