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Think of this post as a sort of ‘vital statistics’ approach to the omnipotent acai. This is for all those people that want to understand the true value of the berry when compared to ’standard’ fruits and foods.

Vitamins and minerals all play an enormously important part in your body’s development. The acai  contains enough of these to keep even the most active bodies busy! Here’s a (non conclusive) list of what you will find:

Vitamin A Calcium; Vitamin C Magnesium; Vitamin E Copper; Vitamin D Chromium; Vitamin B-1 Zinc; Vitamin B-2 Iron; Vitamin B-3 Sodium; Vitamin B-6 Manganese; Vitamin B-12 Selenium; Pantothenic acid Boron; Biotin Potassium; Folic Acid Molybdenum; Inosital Iodine

Impressive list? Oh yes. Every single one of the vitamins listed there is good for your body in one way or more. One their own they are good, to find all in abundance in one food is just amazing!

Then we go to the amount of antioxidants in the acai berry. This is measured in what is called the ORAC. The acai berry has an ORAC value of 610; blueberries (a renowned super food in their own right) weigh in at 92. How’s that for impressive?!?