Acai Berry and Oprah Winfrey
Acai berry has been featured on Oprah Winfrey’s show, and it is considered to be one of the top ten superfoods that have been promoted by Dr.Perricone. Acai berries are energy-boosting berries found in the Amazon Basin of South America. It is supposed to taste like what a concentrated mixture of berries and chocolate would taste like. Acai berry consists of high quantities of amino acids, antioxidants and fatty acids. It is available in most health food stores.
A new product of acai berry—its unsweetened pulp—is highly recommended by both Oprah Winfrey and Dr.Perricone, because, according to them, this form of the berry contains more nutrients than the juice form. The acai pulp contains:
1. Concentrated antioxidants that prevent premature aging. These antioxidants keep the skin smooth, soft and glowing and are also known to even remove wrinkles.
2. A combination of monounsaturated fats, phytosterols and dietary fibre improve cardiovascular and digestive problems. Phytosterols not only improve the immune system, but also reduce arthritis and high cholesterol.
3. Acai berry contains the correct amount of amino acid complex in combination with traces of vital minerals promote muscle health, contraction and regeneration.
Oprah Winfrey is said to like acai berry supplements because of its rich nutrient content, and its ability to keep excess weight off, and also because it helps lose weight. As far as weigth loss is concerned, acai berry, according to Oprah performs several functions: Not only does it improve general health conditions and help maintain good health; it also makes the process of weight loss pleasant and motivational. It greatly increases energy levels, thus improving work-out performance, and resulting in fast weight lose.
Fatty acids resembling olive oil and other such healthy oils, and rich in monounsaturated oleic acid, constitute acai berries. Oleic acids help omega-3 rich oils like fish oils penetrate the cell membrane, thus keeping them supple and flexible and allowing all hormones, neurotransmitters and insulin receptors to function efficiently. This prevents inflammation, which in turn prevents premature aging. In addition to the above-mentioned benefits, oleic acid also helps prevent heart disease. It is also an important ingredient of Lorenzo’s Oil—a medication developed to prevent the onset of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)—damaging the myelin sheaths of the body, and causing debilitating, multiple sclerosis-type symptoms.
Everyone knows, that with her position as the popular talk show hostess, Oprah Winfrey can successfully endorse any product. So when Oprah featured Acai Berry as an effective health diet product on her show, demand for acai berry and any of its supplements, shot up. During one of her shows, Oprah Winfrey invited Dr. Nicolas Perricone and asked him to talk about the top ten superfoods, which is when, for the first time, he introduced the MonaVie—a blend of various juices, the most important ingredient being acai berry—created by Monarch Health Sciences. Later, Oprah also went on to highly recommend his book, The Perricone Promise, which contains a detailed account of the amazing properties of acai berry. Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of the acai berry, drew worldwide attention to it. Her solicitors, however, are careful to emphasize, that Oprah Winfrey is not an official brand ambassador, or endorser of acai berry or any of its related products.
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