Acai Berry Kills Cancer Cells
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Acai berry is a very wholesome fruit and tastes nice. It has been a staple food of the Brazilian people since centuries. Just now, this fruit has gained international fame because of its healing properties and has emerged as a super food for day-to-day life. Since its popularity is rising tremendously, doctors are trying to research its anti-cancer potential as well.
Acai berry is mainly grown in the Amazon River basins of Brazil. These grape size berries are dark purple in color and contain essential antioxidants.
Free radical molecules are very negative to health and can be caused by anything, cigarette smoking, pesticides, or even with exercise, thereby, damaging cells and DNA.
There are various diseases like the Alzheimer’s disease, Cancer, and Arthritis which are caused due to free radical damage. Nature has given us antidotes to the problem of free radicals in the form of fruits and vegetables which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants help to strengthen cells and protect the body from free radicals. The proportion of antioxidant power present in a given food is measured in terms of ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity score).
The acai berry has got the highest proportion of antioxidants and this is proved by the fact that ORAC score of acai berry is 167. It is far ahead when compared to blueberries which contain 32 and apples which have a score of 14. The risk of cancer and other diseases is on a rise and so it becomes all the more necessary that we increase the intake of foods with high antioxidant content.
A research was done on cell-culture model at The University of Florida which showed that acai berries lead to self-destruction of the human cancer cells. This shows that acai berries will have the same effect on human beings as well. Although it has not been proved yet that acai berries help to fight cancer, the research is surely quite positive.
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