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Acai Berry: for Healthy Nutrition

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Acai berry is one of the highly nutritious foods we have on this planet. The nutrition quality and quantity of acai berry is unmatched with any other food available to us for routine consumption and also as food supplementation. Acai berry is also called a super-food because of its unique and high quality (as well as quantity) nutrition contents.
The most important health benefits of acai berry comes from the high amount of antioxidants it has in it, which no other food can come near to acai berry in it.

Nutritional contents of acai berry are very high. Some of the nutritional values of acai berry are given here. To most of us acai berry is available in powder form after freeze-drying acai fruit pulp and skin. 100 gram of this freeze-dried acai fruit pulp and skin contain 534 kcal of energy, 8.1 gram proteins (more than 7.5% of total dry weight is amino acids), 52.2 gram (out of 52.2 g of carbohydrate, 42.2 gram is fiber content and can not be assimilated) carbohydrates and 32.5 gram fat. 100 gram of freeze-dried acai fruit pulp and skin also contain calcium (260 mg), iron (4.4 mg), vitamin A (1000 IU), aspartic acid, glutamic acid etc. The fats of acai berry are mainly oleic acid (52.2% of total fat), palmitic acid (24.1% of total fat) and linoleic acid (12.5% of total fat).

The antioxidants of acai berry are anthocyanins (approximately 3.19 mg per gram of acai powder) and many other antioxidants. There are many nutrition blogs that are dedicated for the goodness of antioxidants of acai berry. But if you want to buy acai berry online you should select a good nutrition blog for learning about acai berry before buying it. Many blogs are mushrooming at present, but while selecting one, you should e careful and do some research on your own.

Benefits of Acai Berry

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Acai berry the superfood of the Amazon has many benefits. For hundreds of years the acai berry was cherished in the Amazon area (where acai berry grows wild in the rainforests and flood plains naturally) for its healing power and also for many more good qualities.


Some of the acai berry benefits are listed below:

· Weight loss for obese and overweight persons.

· Improvement of digestion power.

· Improved sleep (if you suffer from sleeplessness or insomnia).

· Increased energy and vitality.

· Stronger immune system.

· Improved mental clarity and thoughts and also improve concentration.

· Detoxification of toxic deposits of the body.

· Healthier and younger looking skin and youthful appearance.

· Healthier heart due to improved circulation and by reducing cholesterol content in blood.

· Increased sexual desire and performance.

From the above mentioned acai berry benefits it is clear that acai berry is one of the most effective natural food products available at present in the market. So no one should waste their valuable time and precious money using products that do not work and are not natural products. Instead of wasting time and money you should take acai berry supplements for overall improvement of your health.

One of the most important and sought after benefits of acai berry is weight loss in obese and overweight persons. Acai berry products are all natural and made from natural acai berry and there are no artificial products added to the acai berry products that may be harmful to the general health as a whole. One of the ways of acai berry in reducing body weight is by detoxifying your body of harmful toxins. Acai berry products are very rich in antioxidants and keep our body clean, healthy and free from excess pounds.

Acai berry is very reach and important source of proteins, dietary fibers, omega fatty acids (has a protective effect on the heart and cardiovascular system), many important vitamins, minerals and also important antioxidants (anthocyanins). Anthocyanins are one of the most powerful antioxidants available at present.

Lap Band for Weight Loss

Sunday, February 15th, 2009


There are many disadvantages of obesity and more so if you are extremely obese (if your BMI is more than 40). Main disadvantages are cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, and all related diseases and a social stigma and inability to socialize normally. There are many weight loss strategies that are available for an obese person to reduce weight. But all have there advantages and disadvantages and no plan is 100% successful. Most commonly followed strategy is regular physical exercise and a strict diet plan with very low calorie but that supplies all the essential nutrients. There are other strategies like lap band surgery or laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery and also many dietary formulas with nutrients that are claimed to be very useful in reducing weight in obese and overweight people.

Lap band surgery or laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery is placement of a restrictive device by bariatric surgery meant for obese people whose BMI is more than 40 to loss weight. The restrictive gastric band is place around top portion of stomach. The restrictive band is a silicon inflatable prosthetic device. Lap band surgery is also done in case of obese people with BMI between 35 to 40 if they have certain cardiovascular and other comorbid conditions like diabetes, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, metabolic abnormalities etc.

There are many successful lap band stories throughout the world. Many users of lap band surgery claim it to be excellent procedure for weight loss and maintenance of lost weight. But it depends on the user also, how he changes his lifestyle in terms of food habits. After surgery the patient has to reduce the food intake and also take small feeds more frequently, adjusting to personal requirement and the goal of weight he sets for himself.