The Acai berry, Superfoods and Kids
It’s important to educate children early on how to recognize accurate and inaccurate information about the foods they eat. Articles like this one help lay out one particularly thorny issues having to do with the health claims made by superfruit product manufacturers such as an acai berry drink. It’s geared toward older children and discusses the acaiberry along with pomegranate, noni and goji berry products. It talks about how these products are marketed to the public and how scientific research is conducted on things like acai berry juice. All in all, great information for both kids and adults.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Studies like these add to a long history of medicinal uses for natural products in traditional cultures. The açaí fruit, for one, which grows only on palm trees in the Brazilian Amazon, has been used to treat fevers. Goji berries, which grow in China and Tibet, have been used to reduce inflammation and improve eyesight. And pomegranates, which are native to Iran and India (but now also grow in California), are sometimes eaten to relieve digestive distress.
Still, there are no large, long-term studies that clearly link any exotic fruits with better health. And nutritionists worry that people are too easily drawn in by whatever’s new and different. All the studies that do show health benefits of certain fruits were sponsored by companies that sell them, and most of the studies lasted only a few days or months.”
Science News for Kids: Feature: How Super Are Superfruits?.
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