The acai berry has been a popular health food though not a lot of scientific research-until now. In a first time study that involves people, the acai berry has proven that it has the ability to be absorbed in the human body when it is drank as a juice or when the pulp is eaten.

This finding was recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry by a group of scientist from Texas AgriLife. The absorption in the human body by the acai fruit berry is an important finding as the acai berry is known to contain high amounts of antioxidants that are thought to fight and prevent damaging free radicals to the body.

The acai berry is marketed in the U.S. as a wonder food with a recent niche in weight loss. The study involved 12 healthy volunteers who consumed a single serving of acai juice or pulp. Studies indicate that the body does in fact absorb antioxidants from other foods however, this is the first study done specifically on the acai berry where it shows antioxidant absorbtion. Acai berry i has a taste that is descibed by many as a combination of chocalate and red wine.

The acai berry has risen to popularity in America by being labeled and touted as a superfood that assist in healthy weight loss all the way to expediating recovery in top athletes. The acai fruit berry can only grow in the Amazonian Rainforests of South America-The acai palm is the tree that bears these precious fruits when a single palm can grow as high as sixty feet. The fruit looks similiar to that of a blueberry however, the only edible part of ther fruit is the outer layer.

One of the pioneers of the study of acai berry is the Talcotts who first began studying the fruit in 2001. Thier intial studies dealt primarily with the high cocentrations of antioxidants found in the pulp and juice-these were also the first known studies that were ever published in english happening in 2004.

Studies showed the berrys activity against cancer cells. With that infrmation, the team then decided to find out whether those elements were actually being absorbed into the human body or being eliminated unused as waste.

"Like vitamin C, the body can only absorb so much at a time," Dr. Talcott noted.

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