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Everyone is praising acai berry as one of the best “super foods” or “power foods” out in the market. Although this fruit has been used for ages in the South American region extensively, it is only now that the rest of the world is learning about its numerous benefits in regards to human health. Needless to say, there are still a lot of misconceptions floating about regarding this innocuous dark purple berry. Some of these claims are exaggerated to a fault; others can be rightly classified as works of fiction. Regardless of such, this fruit can help shed off those pounds, if you know precisely how to incorporate this in your lifestyle. So how precisely do you use acai berry for weight loss? Here are the facts.

1. The acai berry and all products based on the fruit (drinks, capsules, etc.) are mostly classified as food supplements that can aid weight loss. In other words, these are not medicinal preparations that have guaranteed effect to alter any person’s weight by simply drinking several cups a day, or drinking the prescribed number of capsules. In short, this is not the so-called miracle product that will end all your excess weight problems in just several gulps. Fresh acai berry and acai berry supplements are tools that should help you lose weight. Other tools that you would need to get to your target weight include: a nutritionist approved diet plan, and a healthy exercise regimen you can follow.

Your best course of action in this regard is to actually go to your health care provider and try to get a clean bill of health. Ask if you can take supplements from the said fruit, especially if you are taking strong medicines for other health ailments. Then try to formulate your diet plan (or ask a nutritionist for this service.) Try to set up an exercise regimen that you know you will do on a daily basis.

2. Acai berry is a natural source of fiber. Acai berry wine and all other drinks with high concentrations of the fruit are great sources of natural fiber. However, nothing beats getting the fiber from the actual fruit. These days, there are a number of specialty stores that provide the dark purple fruit in dried, fresh and frozen packs. You can cook these in whatever way you want, and have them with your favorite snacks like smoothies or yogurt. You can also add this to the breakfast plate with your cereals or “juiced” for a refreshing power drink. If you can add this to your other meals of the day, this will help increase the fiber content in you diet.

Fiber is one of the most essential nutrients you would need if you are indeed trying to shed off those pounds. Fiber helps release the toxins in your body by easing the passage of unwanted materials in your gastric system. Bowel movement will become easier, which lessens the possibility of constipation. (Constipation usually happens to people who are on a high-vegetable, low carbohydrate diet.) Natural fiber sources are usually recommended by dieticians and nutritionists, as compared with synthetic fiber capsules and laxatives. Not only does the natural fiber source help with bowel movement, but foods like the acai berry help fill up the stomach for longer periods of time. This makes the person less prone to hunger pangs, and may feel full even after a relatively light meal.
by Nicholas Thompson

Acai berry has great nutritional values. Food supplements containing Acai berry especially Extreme Acai Berry, is an ideal move to get these benefits. There are number of reasons and benefits in taking Extreme Acai Berry.

1. Helps prevent premature aging- because of antioxidant content in Acai berry, taking supplements can help prevent the irritating signs of aging.

2. Flush out toxic materials from the digestive tracts and regulate body weights-it has good amount of dietary fibers

3. Increased energy-it contains organic vegetable protein and carbohydrates

4. Helps lower bad cholesterol while retaining good cholesterol- due to high fiber content, it can help prevents cardiovascular disorder like hardening of the muscles and arteries which are the prime causes of death among people who have hypertension, this can now prevented by taking extreme acai berry supplements. The berries contained omega fatty acids also which is good for the proper functioning of the heart

5. It helps cure Acne and Pimples-for individuals who are long suffering for these perennial facial problems which sometimes affected self esteem and self confidence, acai berry seems to be a miracle cure for this problems. It has a powerful antioxidant and cleansing properties. It is anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial which are the number one causes of acne and pimples.

6. It contains high level of Glucosamine-a natural substance that works well with essential fatty acids which profoundly help building health cartilage necessary for the proper functioning of muscle joints therefore preventing osteoporosis.

7. Help ease excruciating menstrual cramps-Trace mineral contents in Acai, provide good sources for cleaning the uterus lining of females therefore reducing contraction and pain during menstrual cycle.

8. Over all wellness-the powerful vitamins and minerals including vitamin B-complex, calcium, iron, potassium, phytochemicals and fibers provide the human body with a perfect balance in nutrition. It helps improve good sleep, it minimizes the level of stress and helps prevent depression

The greatness of Acai berry provides the world with a unique outlet of wellness it even caught the attention of world-famous personalities like Oprah Winfrey and health guru Dr. Nichols Perricone. It only provides an impression that this little fruit from the Amazon rain forest offers a miracle for a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Start incorporating Acai berry supplements in your diet today. You can experience all of the benefits of this wonderful purplish fruits through Extreme Acai Berry supplements, the famous brand accepted by number of consumers, and see the difference with in two weeks of continued use. It was reported with no side effects.

Vital Acai is popularly known as the best antioxidant weight loss supplement. Widely known for its tremendous health benefits, Acai berry is creating a buzz around the western world for its clinically proven nutritional properties that improves immune system and overall stamina, these benefits are now integrated in supplements.

Vital Acai contains 100% natural ingredients, it has no reported harmful chemical formulation that can damage other internal organs. This comes from bottled capsules and tablets that can be conveniently taken wherever you are. This is much better than any other food supplements because of its guarantee to reap good results within few weeks.

It was being reported that Acai berry is the latest super foods in the world today and since it is impossible to eat fresh Acai berry fruit outside Brazil, the fruit freeze dried and manufactured naturally as food supplements. It has unique ability to remove and flush out excess fats from the body than any other supplements, the high fiber contents and the antioxidants work together to cleanse the digestive tract effectively and eradicate sticky waste and pollutants that are sometimes hard to eliminate.

Vital Acai effectively work as energy booster, the rigid system in the society left the people gasping and catching with daily schedules and routine that sometimes fatigue and depression overcome the system. For these unhealthy reasons, Acai supplements work best to combat all these troubles, plus it helps improve mental alertness and good stamina. It is also very effective to people who have chronic constipation, bloating and gas while moderating weight gain.

The berry is also have great effects in the entire immune system and metabolism, aside from boosting energy levels, it helps regulate blood circulation, preventing dangerous health conditions like hypertension, diabetes, stroke and heart disease. This supplement is already gaining favorable comments from consumers who actually tested the product and their comments are as positive as those reviews from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey.

The European Food Safety Authority has given the thumbs up to the use of mixed tocopherols and tocotrienol tocopherol as vitamin E sources in food supplements.

But its Panel on Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC)concluded there was insufficient data for the safe use of tocotrienols as a supplements precursor.

An upper safe level of 300mg was established in 2003 for vitamin E (as d-alpha-tocopherol) by the Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) while the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has recommended daily consumption levels up to 2mg per kilogram of a person’s body weight.

It said other clinical studies demonstrated no adverse effects at levels up to 5mg per kg of body weight.

D-Alpha-tocopherol, one of the forms deemed safe by the AFC, is the major constituent of the naturally-sourced vitamin E that is more bioavailable than synthetic versions and therefore favoured by large segments of the European supplements industry.

Gamma-tocopherol is used in synthetic vitamin E which is more commonly found on the American market.

The judgement

“The three preparations, mixed tocopherols, tocotrienol tocopherol and tocotrienols are proposed to be used as sources of vitamin E,” AFC stated. “These sources contain varying amounts of tocopherols and tocotrienols.”

Its opinion did not relate to vitamin E itself, which was “outside the remit of this Panel. The present opinion deals only with the safety and bioavailability of three particular sources of vitamin E, intended for the general population, to be added in food supplements.”

It added: “Since the bioavailability and tissue distribution of tocotrienols appear to be different from that of tocopherols and since the specifications of the two tocotrienol preparations of the present opinion do not match the specifications [of a previous opinion], the only registered vitamin E additive which has specification including tocotrienols, safety assessment of these tocotrienol-containing preparations cannot be based on upper limits for vitamin E.”

It said, in regard to tocotrienol, that softgel capsules were the usual form of consumption and provided up to 1000mg of tocotrienols per day.

This would result in a daily intake of 16.7mg of tocotrienols  per kg body weight for a 60kg person - higher than the 5 mg/kg bw/day “frequently demonstrated to be without adverse effects in human studies.”

The AFC therefore concluded, “the available safety data are insufficient to conclude on the safety of the proposed use and use levels of the tocotrienols.”

The industry faced a crisis some years ago when a tightening of European Union Genetically Modified Organism traceability laws threatened the tocopherols-based natural vitamin E supply chain because of problems determining the non-GM credentials of the soy crops most naturally sourced vitamin E is derived from.

After a period of supply constriction, most major suppliers were however able to get their houses in order and produce the necessary paperwork

Market researcher Frost & Sullivan forecast the western European vitamin E market would grow from €72.4m in 2004 to about €105m in 2011.

There are eight forms of vitamin E: four tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) and four tocotrienols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta).

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