Healthy Fruit Reference Library

 

 

Acai is listed as
The #1 Superfood in the World.

As featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show
and in the best selling book
The Perricone Promise
by Nicholas Perricone, M.D.



One benefit that has been getting a great deal of attention
is the acai's tremendous natural anti-inflammatory properties.
The following quotes shed some light on the significance of this in today's world.
 

The Inflammation Cure
by William Joel Meggs

"The most powerful concept in disease prevention and treatment today is inflammation."

"Inflammation June well turn out to be the elusive Holy Grail of medicine - the single phenomenon that holds the key to sickness and health."

 

Inflammation Nation
by Floyd H. Chilton, PhD.

"At best, chronic debilitating diseases (such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's and allergies) destroy our quality of life."

"At worst, they are painful, debilitating and fatal...
It is clear the root cause of diseases in unbridled inflamation."


 


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Journal Articles & Other Information

United States "5 A Day" Website

Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease
     (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in US adults
     (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

The Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Intake on Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
     (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Vegetables, fruit, and cancer
     (Cancer Causes & Control)

Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: a review of the epidemiological evidence.
     (Nutrition and Cancer - PubMed)

Vegetables, fruit, and cancer prevention: a review.
     (Journal of the American Dietetic Association - PubMed)

Overweight and obesity among children and youth.
     (Health Statistics Division at Statistics Canada - PubMed)

A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure
     (The New England Journal of Medicine)

A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure
     (The New England Journal of Medicine)

Fruit, Vegetables, Dietary Fiber, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer
     (Journal of the American Cancer Institute)

Effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on plasma antioxidant concentrations and blood pressure
     (The Lancet)

Increases in human plasma antioxidant capacity after consumption of controlled diets high in fruit and vegetables
     (AJCN)

Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Relation to Risk of Ischemic Stroke
     (The Journal of the American Medical Association)

Relationship of Food Groups and Water Intake to Colon Cancer Risk
     (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

Dietary Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
     (Current Science)

Intakes of Fruits, Vegetables, and Related Nutrients and the Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma among Women
     (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

Exploring the Feasibility and Effects of a High-Fruit and -Vegetable Diet in Healthy Women
     (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

Total oxidant scavenging capacity of Euterpe oleracea Mart. (acai) seeds and identification of their polyphenolic compounds.
     (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - PubMed)

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Diabetes Mellitus Incidence among U.S. 
     (Preventative Medicine)  

Oxidative stress and risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: Clues to prevention and therapy
     (Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)

Associations between Breast Cancer Risk and the Catalase Genotype, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Supplement Use
     (American Journal of Epidemiology)  

Antioxidant capacity and other bioactivities of the freeze-dried amazonian palm berry, Euterpe oleraceae mart. (acai).
     (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - PubMed)  

Phytochemical and nutrient composition of the freeze-dried amazonian palm berry, Euterpe oleraceae mart. (acai).
     (Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - PubMed)  

Effect of increased vegetable and fruit consumption on markers of oxidative cellular damage
     (Carcinogenesis)   

Pomegranate juice consumption reduces oxidative stress, atherogenic modifications to LDL, and platelet aggregation
     (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)   

Fruit and vegetable intakes, C-reactive protein, and the metabolic syndrome
      (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Fruit and vegetable consumption and LDL cholesterol: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study
     (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)