Acai Fruit Berry Superfood Blog http://acaiblog.com From Brazil The Acai Palm Berry Pronounced (ah-SAH’-ee) Sun, 14 May 2006 03:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Juice Bars Compare Cost For Business http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/13/juice-bars/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/13/juice-bars/#comments Sun, 14 May 2006 02:40:49 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/13/juice-bars/ Juice Bars are IN!

From: Five Businesses to Start This Weekend (Article)

There are many great reasons to start a business part time. Maybe you want to get your feet wet in the entrepreneurial ocean but aren’t ready to dive in completely. Perhaps your potential market is too small to warrant a full-time venture but could provide enough cash to pay off some bills or fill your savings account. Maybe you don’t have enough funding to quit your job and have decided to start your new business slowly and steadily. Whatever the reason, we’ve got five hot businesses you can start this weekend.

Traditional Business

Starting a business in your off hours won’t be easy. Businesses, once birthed, are much like living, breathing animals. Even though you might be too tired to walk it during the week, pretty soon it’ll start clawing its way into your life 24/7. Clients will call. One more task will nag at your brain Tuesday at midnight. You’ve got to be an organizational genius–and unless you’re planning on expanding full time eventually (which is a very viable option with any of these businesses), you’ve got to hold that beast back before it takes over your life.

Pros and Cons

As we’ve already discussed, starting part time offers several advantages. It reduces your overall risk because you can rely on a regular income and benefits from your full-time job while you get your business off the ground. By starting part time, you also allow your business the chance to grow gradually.Yet the part-time path is not without its own dangers and disadvantages. Starting part time leaves you with less time to market your business, strategize and build a clientele. Since you won’t be available to answer calls or solve customers’ problems for most of the day, clients may become frustrated and feel you’re not offering adequate customer service or responding quickly enough to their needs.

Part-time entrepreneurs may also find that prospective customers, suppliers or investors don’t take them seriously. Perhaps the most serious problem is the risk of burnout. Holding down a full-time job while running a part-time business leaves you with little, if any, leisure time; as a result, your personal and family life may suffer.

That’s not to say a part-time business can’t work. It can, says Arnold Sanow, author of You Can Start Your Own Business–if you have excellent time-management skills, strong self-discipline, and support from family and friends. Also crucial, he says, is your commitment: “Don’t think that, since you already have a job, you don’t really have to work hard at your business. You must have a plan of attack.”

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]]> http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/13/juice-bars/feed/ Acai: Brazilian berries as a cancer prevention food http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/12/acai-cancer-prevention-food/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/12/acai-cancer-prevention-food/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 08:02:42 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/12/acai-cancer-prevention-food/ http://www.thecancerblog.com/2006/04/19/acai-brazilian-berries-as-a-cancer-prevention-food/

 Some of the celebrity fans

Acai: Brazilian berries as a cancer prevention food

If you’ve not heard about the acai berry before — you are not alone. But, as this berry gains more media attention for its potent cancer prevention properties, it’s destined to become a popular addition to the diet. Some of the celebrity fans of the acai berry include Oprah, Andre Agassi and Sting.

]]> http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/12/acai-cancer-prevention-food/feed/ Acai No.1 on Oprah Winfrey Site’s Top Ten http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/acai-no1-on-oprah/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/acai-no1-on-oprah/#comments Wed, 10 May 2006 07:44:49 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/acai-no1-on-oprah/ The Acai Berry

No.1 on Oprah Winfrey Site’s Top Ten

List of ‘Superfoods’ - Main Ingredient of New MonaVie Juice

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - On Saturday, January 8, 2005, Monarch Health Sciences introduced MonaVie, a potent fruit juice blend of 19 fruits with its main ingredient the Amazon’s Acai berry, named first on the world’s top ten list of ’superfoods’by Dr. Nicholas Perricone on the Oprah Winfrey show. The official MonaVie launch took place in Salt Lake City with the company posting record sales in the following week. In addition to domestic sales including Hawaii and Alaska, the company is now shipping to Singapore, Australia, Canada, and Puerto Rico, with plans to open more Southeast Asia markets in the near future.

MonaVie has received high interest primarily based on the Acai berry only recently discovered by the Brazilian elite and North Americans, and consumed primarily as a frozen “slush’. The Acai (pronounced ah-sah-ee) berry has gained worldwide attention particularly in the past year when it was featured by Dr. Nicholas Perricone in his book, The Perricone Promise recommended by Oprah Winfrey which lists the Acai as the world’s number one “superfood for age-defying beauty.’ The London Times reports,’ açaí is the fruit of an Amazonian palm tree with the nutritional content that makes other fruits blush with inadequacy.’ Vogue magazine calls it “the next big workout cocktail’, and NBC Today reported, “the anomabi Indians have believed for centuries that the Acai holds unique power…and is believed to help women after birth and to give anyone who drinks it a burst of energy.’

The Acai berry may be the most potent of all “forgotten fruits’– those raw, whole fruits that are little known or consumed. The scientific facts about the Acai berry are impressive by any standards:

- a protein profile similar to an egg

- a fatty acid profile similar to olive oil

- contains the leading source of anthocyanins–often reported as 30 times that of the protective potential of red wine. One of the many attributes of anthocyanins is its anti-inflammatory qualities

- high in fiber

- low glycemic index

- more than 16 phytonutrients and anti-oxidants.

- copious amount of trace minerals (Co, Cr, Cu, Mo…) and macrominerals (Ca, Fe)

- generous amount of vitamins including vitamin E

- excellent source of plant sterols, particularly Beta-Sitosterol which is associated with cholesterol lowering capabilities.

The MonaVie product consists of the Acai berry as the headline ingredient, with 18 other all-star fruits uncommonly rich with nature’s benefits as identified by Monarch Health Sciences’ research team: pomegranate, bilberry, passion fruit, wolfberry, blueberry, kiwi, cranberry, apricot, prune, nashi, aronia, pear, acerola, banana, camu camu, lychee fruit, and dark-and white pigment grapes. These fruits were added to create the right balance of health-building phytonutrients contained in the entire color spectrum. This addition of variety adds to, complements and synergistically enhances the product’s potential. To best capture all the rich nutrients, the fruits were pureed in their entirety—flesh, skin, and seed.

MonaVie is available to consumers through independent distributors worldwide. For more information, please call the Customer Care department at Monarch Health Sciences: or for international inquiries, 1-916-549-9612

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References:

The Times, UK, September 20, 2003, “Acai: Main Squeeze in Brazil’

Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2003, “Acai Replaces Wheatgrass in Blenders at Juice Bars’

The Washington Post, August 11, 2004, Page F03

Vogue, June 2003 issue

Ingredients: FRUITS: ACAI BERRY, ACEROLA, APRICOT, ARONIA, BANANA, BILBERRY, BLUEBERRY, CAMU CAMU, CRANBERRY, KIWI, LYCHEE FRUIT, NASHI PEAR, PASSION FRUIT, PEAR, POMEGRANATE, PRUNE, PURPLE GRAPE, WHITE GRAPE, WOLFBERRY

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    NOTE: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Any results mentioned are the personal experience of that individual and might not be the same for others. Natural products such as the Acai Blend juice merely empower the body to begin its own repairing processes. No health claims are made. These pages are not corporate materials; they are prepared by independent distributors.

    ]]>     http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/acai-no1-on-oprah/feed/     Monavie Fresno CA http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/monavie-fresno-ca/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/monavie-fresno-ca/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 09:22:20 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/monavie-fresno-ca/ Monavie Fresno CA Story

    ” I have been struggling with high cholesterol for the past 5 years and have tried
    changing diet and exercise without achieving any positive results. My cholesterol
    before MonaVie was 295. In 2 weeks it was 233!! It dropped 62 points!!     On another
    note, I had been taking 2000 milligrams of Ibuprofen a day to manage my post back
    surgery pain. With the Glucosamine and Celadrin in MonaVie Active, on a scale of 1-10
    my back pain and sciatic pain is at zero. This juice is life changing    . ” - Mick, Fresno, CA

    MonaVie™ ACTIVE also includes Celadrin and Gluscosamine which help with inflammatory problems, flexibility, mobility, joint pain, muscle pain rebuilding cartilage and much more. Each fruit and each portion were selected for their specific and known benefits.

    Experience this exquisite health enhancing drink made from the powerful Acai Berry and 18 other fruits from the four corners of the world.

    MonaVie™ seeks to define what genuine nutrients are meant to do: help the body perform at an optimum level.

    MonaVie™ is a product with a purpose, and that purpose extends much further than the wellness of its consumers. MonaVie’s roots are entrenched in the Amazon. This region is home to one-third of the world’s species of animal and plant life. The health and well-being of the Brazilian rainforest directly impacts the quality and power of MonaVie™.

    Ingredients: FRUITS: ACAI BERRY, ACEROLA, APRICOT, ARONIA, BANANA, BILBERRY, BLUEBERRY, CAMU CAMU, CRANBERRY, KIWI, LYCHEE FRUIT, NASHI PEAR, PASSION FRUIT, PEAR, POMEGRANATE, PRUNE, PURPLE GRAPE, WHITE GRAPE, WOLFBERRY

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    NOTE: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Any results mentioned are the personal experience of that individual and might not be the same for others. Natural products such as the Acai Blend juice merely empower the body to begin its own repairing processes. No health claims are made. These pages are not corporate materials; they are prepared by independent distributors.

    • The population of Fresno County is now over 879,800.
    • Fresno is the Spanish name for Ash Tree.
    • Fresno has more than 7,000 hotel/motel rooms to accommodate the many organizations that gather here.
    • Center of the state location.
    • 1 1/2 hour drive to three National Parks: Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon.
    • #1 Farm County in the Nation.

    Fresno County and Surrounding Areas

     

    ]]>     http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/09/monavie-fresno-ca/feed/     Acai Berry Health Drink By Monavie http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/07/acai-berry-monavie/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/07/acai-berry-monavie/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 00:52:32 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/07/acai-berry-monavie/ MonaVie™ ACTIVE also includes Celadrin and Gluscosamine which help with inflammatory problems, flexibility, mobility, joint pain, muscle pain rebuilding cartilage and much more. Each fruit and each portion were selected for their specific and known benefits.

    Experience this exquisite health enhancing drink made from the powerful Acai Berry and 18 other fruits from the four corners of the world.

    MonaVie™ seeks to define what genuine nutrients are meant to do: help the body perform at an optimum level.

    MonaVie™ is a product with a purpose, and that purpose extends much further than the wellness of its consumers. MonaVie’s roots are entrenched in the Amazon. This region is home to one-third of the world’s species of animal and plant life. The health and well-being of the Brazilian rainforest directly impacts the quality and power of MonaVie™.

    Ingredients: FRUITS: ACAI BERRY, ACEROLA, APRICOT, ARONIA, BANANA, BILBERRY, BLUEBERRY, CAMU CAMU, CRANBERRY, KIWI, LYCHEE FRUIT, NASHI PEAR, PASSION FRUIT, PEAR, POMEGRANATE, PRUNE, PURPLE GRAPE, WHITE GRAPE, WOLFBERRY

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    ]]>     http://acaiblog.com/2006/05/07/acai-berry-monavie/feed/     Look 10 Years Younger in 10 Days http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/30/look-feel-younger-perricone/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/30/look-feel-younger-perricone/#comments Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:21:10 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/30/kook-feel-younger-perricone/ The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps By Nicholas Perricone
    From the show Look 10 Years Younger in 10 Days

    From The Publisher:
    Dr. Nicholas Perricone has helped millions of people maintain younger-looking skin. But in order to truly look and feel younger, readers must preserve the entire body, not just the skin. Now, Dr. Perricone reveals a groundbreaking, 28–day program that promises to help readers stay young forever. The secret is neuropeptides, the biggest breakthrough in anti–aging medicine. The book explains the science behind neuropeptides and the incredible results that can be achieved by regulating and controlling these chemicals in the body. Dr. Perricone reveals a structured program designed to remove wrinkles, speed up metabolism and weight loss, and enhance mood, brain function and overall health. This three–pronged attack on aging includes Dr. Perricone’s exclusive list of 10 superfoods to rejuvenate the body, revolutionary nutritional supplements and state–of–the–art topical applications. The Perricone Promise is the book everyone must own…no matter what their age.

     Ten Superfoods and the #1 is the Acai Berry!
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    ]]>     http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/30/look-feel-younger-perricone/feed/     Acai Berry is ‘world’s healthiest fruit’ http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/22/acai-healthy-fruit/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/22/acai-healthy-fruit/#comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:24:17 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/22/acai-healthy-fruit/ Berry is ‘world’s healthiest fruit’


    ALASTAIR JAMIESON CONSUMER AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT

    FIRST it was beetroot, then pomegranate, now a Brazilian berry believed to be the healthiest fruit of all has become the latest must-have nutritional ingredient.

    Acai, a purple wonder-berry which has twice the cancer-beating antioxidants of blueberries, is already a fashionable food in the United States, where scientists recently found it destroyed four-fifths of cancer cells.

    It has already built up a band of celebrity fans, including Oprah Winfrey, the Formula 1 racing driver Rubens Barrichello, tennis star Andre Agassi, the singer Sting and former model Gisele Bundchen.

    Pronounced ah-sah-ee, the grape-sized berries will hit Scottish supermarket shelves in June when Waitrose opens its first stores north of the Border.

    Currently, it is available only in freeze-dried form at specialist shops such as Brazilian Sensation in Edinburgh, which claims to be Britain’s largest mail-order supplier of the wonder-berry.

    “Acai is at the same point as coffee was ten years ago - just about to become really big,” said John Falconer, the owner of Brazilian Sensation. “The number of orders is increasing daily as word spreads about the health benefits.”

    Acai berries also have the health-giving omega 6 and omega 9 fatty acids, rarely found in fruit, are low in calories and contain fibre, calcium and vitamins. Doctors say they help to fight leukaemia and premature ageing and the berries are even believed to increase libido. A study by the University of Florida showed that extracts from the berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 per cent of cultured leukaemia cells tested.

    Greenpeace and other environmental groups are fans of the fruit, because it is providing an alternative industry to the tree-clearing activities of logging and forestry in its native Brazil.

    The first bottled juice version, made by a firm called Happy Monkey, will be sold by Waitrose from June - the month it opens two stores in Edinburgh.

    Hamish McCall, the managing director of Happy Monkey, created the drink after a holiday in Rio de Janeiro, where he spotted locals drinking a “weird purple, gloopy” concoction.

    Although it has become a mainstay of small and trendy juice bars, the Waitrose deal will see it transformed into a nationally available drink to health-conscious shoppers.

    In the US, acai juice is now a £2.5 million-a-year industry, after being sold for the first time just over five years ago.

    Mr McCall explained: “The acai is arguably the single most nutritionally beneficial fruit on earth.

    “People are becoming increasingly aware of what they are putting into their bodies.

    “There are some hurdles to overcome,” he admitted. “No-one has heard of the acai berry - and people can’t even pronounce its name - but it has a really distinctive taste which will appeal to a lot of people.”

    Mr Falconer added that the freeze-dried version sold in his Edinburgh store could be used as an ingredient in everything from milk-shakes and sorbets to puddings and sauces. “It is very versatile,” he said.

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    ]]>     http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/22/acai-healthy-fruit/feed/     Super Fruits Success Story Of 2006 http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/super-fruits-success/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/super-fruits-success/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:18:01 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/super-fruits-success/ Source: http://www.foodnavigator.com
    Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - Europe

    31/03/2006- So-called super fruits could prove to be the success story of 2006, according to Innova Market Insights.

    Super fruits set to dominate flavour market

    The analyst says that the increasing popularity of berries and berry flavours in recent years is now extending to other less well-known super fruits, such as pomegranate, mangosteen, acai and noni, which are all being marketed on their antioxidant content and associated health benefits.

    This could have a knock-on effect into other sectors. Datamonitor recently said that in Europe, the increased popularity of exotic fruit contributed significantly to a growth rate of 26 per cent for the European organic food industry between 2001 and 2004. The US market looks to be following suit.

    Innova said that berry flavours have been popular for a number of years, with initial interest in summer fruits, such as strawberries and raspberries. This has gradually given way to fruits marketed more strongly on a health platform, such as cranberries and blueberries.

    In total, 5,291 food and drinks launches featuring berries were tracked by Innova in 2005, making it the second most popular flavour overall, behind chocolate on 7,247 launches.

    The analyst also said that more exotic and less well-known fruits are starting to come to the fore, with over 100 product launches containing pomegranate tracked over the year, for example.

    Scientific research to date has centred on the antioxidant and related heart-health properties of pomegranate and pioneers include the Pom Wonderful juice brand, available in both the US and the UK, marketed on a clear health platform.

    Launched in the US in 2003, it led the refrigerated juice category by the end of 2004, and is also available in the UK, where its unusual packaging, premium pricing and heart-health positioning have attracted considerable interest.

    The Pomegreat ambient juice drink brand is also growing strongly in the UK, while the US has seen its first refrigerated organic pomegranate juice with the launch by Fruttzo’s.

    Another new star on the super fruit horizon is acai, a purple berry from Brazil. It claims a long list of benefits, including greater energy and stamina, improved digestion, better mental focus and improved sleep, although with just 13 launches of products with acai tracked by Innova in 2005, it has some way to go to catch pomegranate.

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    Asia’s so-called queen of fruits, the mangosteen, is also seeing an activity in the form of drinks, such as Xango and MangoXan, moving from an network marketing to traditional health food distribution in the US, an and from there perhaps to the mainstream market.

    Meanwhile, noni, a tropical fruit found primarily in the South Pacific\nand traditionally used by Tahitians for its health benefits, is also an one to watch. It was first brought to the US market as Tahitian Noni\nJuice in 1996, and first gained approval for use in the EU by Tahitian Noni International in 2003 under Novel Foods legislation.

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    Asia’s so-called queen of fruits, the mangosteen, is also seeing activity in the form of drinks, such as Xango and MangoXan, moving from network marketing to traditional health food distribution in the US, and from there perhaps to the mainstream market.

    Meanwhile, noni, a tropical fruit found primarily in the South Pacific and traditionally used by Tahitians for its health benefits, is also one to watch. It was first brought to the US market as Tahitian Noni Juice in 1996, and first gained approval for use in the EU by Tahitian Noni International in 2003 under Novel Foods legislation.

    ]]>     http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/super-fruits-success/feed/     Definitions of acai http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/acai-defined/ http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/acai-defined/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:45:50 +0000 robertvelarde http://acaiblog.com/2006/04/01/acai-defined/ Definitions of acai on the Web:

  • Açaí Palm Euterpe is a genus of 25-30 species of palms native to tropical Central and South America, from Belize south to Brazil and Peru, growing mainly in floodplains and swamps. They are tall slender attractive palms growing to 15-30 m tall, with pinnate leaves up to 3 m long. The fruit is a very small, round, black-purple drupe, produced in branched panicles of 700-900 fruits. Its appearance is similar to that of a grape, but it has a smaller amount of pulp and a single large seed.
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  • he genus is named after the muse Euterpe of Greek mythology. The vernacular name is also sometimes spelled Assai Palm in English.

    Uses

    Açaí are used (particularly Euterpe edulis) for their ‘palm heart‘ eaten as a steamed dish, and (particularly Euterpe oleracea) for their highly-prized fruits that are rich in B vitamins, minerals (particularly iron), fibre, proteins, Omega-3 fatty acids, and anthocyanin, a member of the flavonoid class of antioxidants. The extraction of the palm’s heart (the soft inner growing tip) involves the inevitable death of the palm as its growing tip is removed, and it cannot recover. Some species are self suckering, not single stem, and produce multiple stems, sometimes up to 40 on one plant, so harvesting palm heart is not such an environmental problem as the original stock plant can live on. Given that harvesting is still a costly and labour intensive task, palm heart dishes are regarded as a delicacy more than a staple diet - palm’s heart is sometimes called ‘Millionaire’s Salad’ due to the high price. The juice and pulp of açaí fruits are frequently used in various beverages and smoothies. In Brazil, it is very popular among surfers when prepared as a thick smoothie topped with granola. Acai fruits deteriorate rapidly after harvest, so outside its growing region it is generally only available as juice or frozen fruit pulp. The frozen fruit pulp is very deep purple and is reminiscent of a blueberry sorbet or ice cream with a hint of chocolate. It can also be eaten raw or used as a condiment, most commonly with shrimp or manioc. It is considered one of the most nutritious fruits of the Amazon, second perhaps to the Brazil Nut. The leaves of the tree are often used in weaving and basket making.

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