Brazilian Berry
Brazilian Berry
Why do people not know there are many blacks that live in Brazil?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L8-JqlYQ0k&feature=related
And many of the ones that claim mixed don’t look mixed they look light skin black(like Meagan Good’s color, not Mariah Carey or Halle Berry tone) … Many of the white Brazilians look like typical Mexicans(they claim white).
that is what my Brazilian friend said and she claims black(she looks straight up West African)
The idea of race and category of race as far as skin tone is different in these countries than other places
Its just on the contrary. People think that all Brazilians are blacks after seeing “City of God”. I really don’t know what dumb retarded spread the hoax that more than 80% of Brazilians are blacks but it’s so stupid that don’t deserves an answer since most immigrants never had interracial marriages.
I invite all to visit my Youtube channel about what is like Brazil:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AllAboutBrazil#g/p
Brazilian Berry
Super Food: The Acai Palm Berry
The Acai (pronounced ah-SAH-ee) berry is the latest super antioxidant food sweeping the world. This small round fruit is produced by the Acai Palm which is native to Central and South America floodplains and swamps. The fruit is rich in anthocyanin / anthocyanidin phytonutrients which are members of the flavonoid class of antioxidants. The dark purple berry, which tastes something like a blend of berries and chocolate, supposedly contains 10 to 30 times the flavonoids contained in red wine. The pulp is also rich in B vitamins, minerals, protein, Vitamin E, caffeine, fiber and essential fatty acids (such as Omega-3, Omega-6 and Omega-9). This wonder food is purported to fight cancer, control cholesterol, increase energy, improve your sex life and help you lose weight. The University of Florida is studying its cancer fighting properties and Dr. Nicholas Perricone has recommended it as one of his “top 10 superfoods for age-defying beauty” on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, and in an article in “Oprah” magazine and also in his book “The Perricone Promise”. This little berry has been touted as one of the most nutritious and healthy foods in the world.
The studies being conducted at the University of Florida have determined that the Brazilian berry destroys cultured leukemia cancer cells. This study was not intended to show whether acai berries could prevent leukemia in people as it was only a cell-culture model. This is not a unique effect as other fruits such as grapes, guavas and mangoes contained antioxidant products that also destroyed cultured cancer cells. A lot of claims are being made but research has just started on the acai berry. Another study is underway to investigate the effects of acai’s antioxidants on human subjects.
The acai berry is a small dark blue fruit, similar in size to a blueberry or small grape but with less pulp, that grows in clusters or panicles of approximately 800 berries on Acai palm trees. The tribes of the Amazon knew of the health properties of this fruit for centuries and traditionally pulped it to make wine. The berries contain a thin layer of edible pulp surrounding a large seed. These palms are extremely prevalent in the floodplain areas of the Amazon River and are easy to cultivate as a replacement tree in areas where the rain forest has been destroyed. The slender palms grow from 40 to 80 feet tall and have leaves up to 10 feet long. Each palm can produce more than 50 pounds of berries annually. The harvesting of this powerful antioxidant rich product has become a major industry in Brazil and employs up to 30,000 people on a daily basis to harvest and process the product. Unfortunately the fruit deteriorates rapidly after harvesting (active properties can disappear after 24 hours) and so it is restricted to being eaten in the growing region or being processed and shipped as juice or frozen pulp. This industry has become an economic and environmentally-friendly alternative to unsustainable harvesting of hearts of palm, logging and conversion of the rain forest to farming or ranching. During the last decade in Brazil, acai has become a major food fad and Brazilians consume the frozen pulp alone or in yogurt, ice cream, smoothies, drinks, fruit or as a cereal topping. The frozen pulp tastes like a blueberry sorbet or ice cream with a hint of chocolate.
Acai can be difficult to find outside of South America although the frozen pulp and juices are starting to be imported into the US and Canada. Your best chance of finding the product is in health food stores or the health food section of your supermarket. Make sure that the acai berry is wild harvested and quickly frozen to retain its maximum nutrient value. Also in the US, acai is being sold as an ingredient in a number of beverages, and as frozen fruit that can be added to home-made smoothies as well as in health food extracts and supplements.
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Mark Ransome is a contributing editor and writer for the popular new website Benefits of Antioxidants. Visitors will have access to a new free diet and weight loss program: The Psychiatrist’s Weight Loss Program.
i’m looking for the name of the brazilian berry that is supposed to be very healthy for you?
you shoul be more specific…. there are so many….
i’m brazilian and i’ll give you three names:
açaí(acai): from a palm tree it’s black purple very energetic an tasty… good for making a icy cream and eat with bananas….
acerola: these red berrys are the ones with most vitamin C on earth… one of them is lika eating 10 oranges(counting the vitamin)…it’s name is atached to health… they are pretty acid… good for juices….
jabuticaba: these little fruits grow in the trunk of the tree they are dark purple outside but inside they are white…. very tasty…the ones i like most. It’s better to eat when u are on the top of the tree (i miss my grandpa farm)…jabuticaba jelly is execelent
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