How Acai Berry Works

We all have heard of Acai Berry. It’s all over the internet, and was featured on many channels. It is the new weight loss product everyone wants. I mean come on, who doesn’t want to be slim? Acai is filled to the brim with nutrients that can save our bodies from oxidation.

Wait what? Oxidation is the process of rusting, isn’t it?

Yes it is, and yes it does go on in our bodies. But why?

The answer for this deals with the chemistry of our bodies. Not just our bodies though. It deals with the chemistry of the entire material universe.

Let’s go down to subatomic size in order to understand what and why there is oxidation in our body. The smallest particle of an element is called an atom. Atoms are the smallest particles of an element (Duh). So atoms have these teeny tiny particles called electrons. They spin around the nucleus of atom and just hang around. The electrons are arranged in shells.

So far everything is going well, I hope.

So the shells can hold electrons in the following order; the first shell has 2, the next has 8, etc. If the outer shell is full, then the atom is a happy atom, and it can’t bond with anything. However, if it is not full, then it goes around stealing electrons from other stable atoms. As you can guess, this causes a chain reaction. This reaction will disrupt the body functioning properly.

The atom when it is missing an electron is called a free radical. Almost all body processes cause radicals. Radicals cause the body to “rust”.

A deadly radical is oxygen. To get rid of these radicals, you need to consume foods with a high ORAC, or Oxygen Radical Absorbancy Capacity. To stay healthy, you need to consume at least 3000 ORAC units daily.

The only thing is that most people barely take in 1500 units a day.

This is the part where acai berry kicks in.

Acai Berry has a surprising amount of ORAC units; by that, I mean a huge score of 5500 ORAC units. This beats th crap out of blueberries and other fruits.

So this means taking 10 grams of acai berry pulp can lead to many problems getting solved, including weight loss.

Sources:

http://www.powersupplements.com/acai/acai-orac.html

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/antioxid.htm