With a massive amount of media coverage telling everyone about the benefits of the Acai berry the recognition of what the Acai berry can do for peoples health is growing.  Celebrities are endorsing its use for weight loss and experts are informing us as to the many benefits of including the Acai berry (and its products) as part of our daily diet.

But with all that very few people are aware of exactly what the Acai berry is, where it comes from etc.

Acai Berry

The story of the Acai berry

The Acai berry is found in the rainforest’s of South America, Brazil, in the deltas of the Amazon River.  It is a small purple fruit that actually only has 10% of the fruit as edible, the rest is made up of a rock hard solid seed.

The berry has always been an important part of the local tribes’ diet.  In their own tongue they call the fruit ‘God’s gift’, as the huge amount of health benefits also allowed them to use it as a medicine for many of the illnesses and complaints they suffered from.

The Acai berry has only come to the Western worlds attention in recent times when scientists studied the small, purple berry and realized the benefits that people could gain from using it in their diets.

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