ORAC
value of the Acai Berry and Acai Berry Juice
The
Acai Fruit and ORAC Value ORAC, short for Oxygen Radical
Absorbance Capacity, is a test tube analysis that measures the
total antioxidant power of foods and other chemical substances.
In 1992, the ORAC test was developed by Dr. Guohua Cao, a chemist
and physician at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore,
Maryland. Early findings suggest that eating plenty of high-ORAC
fruits and vegetables--such as spinach and blueberries--may
help slow the processes associated with aging in both body and
brain. According to Suzanne Dixon (MPH, MS, RD), ORAC is just
a fancy way of saying, "How well does a certain food help
my body fight diseases like cancer and heart disease?"
What
is ORAC and what does it stand for? ORAC = Oxygen Radical Absorption
Capacity ORAC is the acronym for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity,
and it is the measurement of antioxidants in foods. This way,
we are able "to see" the radical elimination power
of that product or food. According to recent studies, in the
diet of an average human being, we are consuming 1000 units
ORAC daily, as you can see, we are consuming considerably less
ORAC than we should be, consequently leading to degenerative
illnesses (cancer, arthritis, loss of the memory, etc.), that
are the illnesses that have gone proliferating in the last decades.
Each
dose (30 mL/1 oz) of acai berry juice your body will receive
a minimum of 3800 units ORAC. A sufficient amount to increase
the natural potential of your blood, in the fight against premature
aging and cell deterioration produced by free radicals What
is a normal ORAC for daily consumption? For the average person
they need 1670 ORAC per day. To give this perspective 80% -
90% of people in the world do not consume even half of the daily-required
ORAC. What is the level of ORAC in the Acai Fruit? U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) researchers in healthy eating at Tufts
University have found that in order to provide meaningful antioxidant
health benefits in a nutritional supplement you need at least
2400 to 3000 ORAC, or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, in
your daily diet. Acai is a powerful nutrient, which combines
in a single product, unique properties and ingredients. There
is no other fruit that can be compared with the effectiveness
of the Acai. "One of the Top 10 Super-Foods" of the
planet, according to Dr. Perricone author of the best selling
book; "The Perricone Promise".
Fresh
Acai has an ORAC value of 185, but all products available are
going to be of some concentration |
