Acai Health Watch

In the month of October, countless brands have been offering special products in honor of Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer research.  Here’s a tip:  Fuze Acai Berry Power Drinks will contribute to this very important foundation for every purchase you make.  Look for the pink ribbon and drink up!

Fuze Empower Pomegranate Acai Berry Infusions: Raise Awareness for breast cancer while ingesting an infusion of antioxidants with Fuze Empower Pomegranate Acai Berry. Fuze will donate 10 cents of every specially marked empower drink with a minimum donation of $500,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The pink drink marked with a pink ribbon can be found anywhere Fuze is sold, for an average price of under $2.

Products transforming their colors to raise breast cancer awareness | Jacksonville.com.

FitSugar shared a great overview of five lesser-known foods that many people are talking about for their nutritional properties.   Could they supplant the acai berry as the next big thing?  We don’t think acai is going anywhere, but you may keep an eye out for some of these nutritious and tasty natural foods to supplement your diet.

The list includes acerola, a cherry-like fruit grown in warm climates throughout the world including parts of the southern United States, Mexico, India, Brazil, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.  It has an apple-y flavor and has unheard of levels of vitamin C.

You may also be hearing about the baobob tree, found mostly in India, Africa and Australia.  The baobob fruit is high in vitamin C and calcium.  It’s leaves are enjoyed and used in soup, while its seeds are also used in cooking and seasoning.

FitSugar describes another newcomer to superfood lovers, the maqui berry:

“The maqui berry is an antioxidant wunderkind. Grown in Patagonia, it’s one of the highest ranking foods on the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) scale, a test that measures the antioxidant potency of foods.

To put that into perspective, maqui juice has an ORAC score of 40,000 and blueberry juice has an ORAC score of 3000. Antioxidants are important for ridding the body in toxins and may even help with weight control.”

Five New Superfoods | FitSugar

The acai berry, along with foods like the goji berry, are often referred to as “superfoods.” On PhysOrg, Alexa Stevenson had an interesting article on superfoods, and what it means (or doesn’t) from a nutritional perspective. (more…)