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Acai berries are picked from the acai palm trees that are cultivated in the central and southern America’s amazon rain forests. They are magical super fruits which haveeverything that your body requires to stay fit and healthy. Even famous celebrities prefer acai berry juice to stay healthy, thin and to retain glowing skin. It is considered one of the most trusted of all energy drinks. Acai berry contains large amount of antioxidants. About 10 times more antioxidants are present in acai in comparison to grapes and twice as much as blueberries. Antioxidants are the best source that helps in reducing the untimely aging process. It also contain monounsaturated fats called omega fats that are much much better than the saturated fats available in fast foods. Other than antioxidants and omega fats it also contains a good amount of fiber and phytosterols that are good as well as helpful for heart as well as digestion problems.

Fatty acids in acai berries are comparatively as good as that of olive oil. The mechanism that works positively on the concept of losing weight is providing extra energy and suppressing your appetite. Acai berries are dark purplish is color. The only disadvantage with this fruit is that it starts losing its nutrients after 24 hours of picking it from the palm tree. So in order to get all the rich nutrients you have to consume it within 24 hours of the time when it was picked.

Acai berry can be found in various forms like frozen form, freeze dried form, acai berry juice, powder form, and pill form. To get maximum use of frozen or freeze dried acai berry you must never heat them because heating can destroy its nutritional value. Acai frozen berry pulp is needed for preparing recipes that you can eat or drink: there are some steps that may help you to decide what type of acai berry form you may like:

First Recipe

If you don’t like the taste of acai berry juice then you can also make yourself a bowl of acai berries. A bowl filled with acai is a perfect method through which you can gain all the nutrients of the acai fruit. For preparing this you just need to add 7oz of Acai in a bowl or blender along with bananas, granola, half of cup of soy milk or apple juice, and honey to taste.

Second Recipe

Lovely and tasty Acai Smoothies. For preparing this lovely recipe you need a blender to blend frozen Acai, little amount of yogurt, fresh fruits, one cup soy milk, honey according to your taste, vanilla extract to enhance the flavor, coconut oil and anything else you would like to add to enhance the taste of your smoothie. You can enjoy this drink with a big straw.

Third Recipe

Acai Masque is also good for your skin and helps you in staying youthful. For preparing Acai Masque you must use the Organic Freeze Dried Acai for this. Add one scoop of Acai with 1/4 of an Avocado, 1 tablespoon of Natural Honey, 1 teaspoon of Coconut Oil and then apply on a clean face. Relax for 20 minutes and then rinse off this pack with warm water. Avoid your eyes.

Fourth Recipe

Acai Salad Dressing also is a best way to get acai berry nutrients. To make this you just have to make it into a salad dressing. Take frozen acai and then thaw it a little. After thawing add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil or olive oil, a tablespoon of honey according to taste, 1/2 spoon of lemon juice and then mix it well. After this is made you can add your Acai dressing to your salad.

Fifth Recipe

Acai in Meals: Brazilian locals usually add this fruit to enhance the flavor of fish and meat. Acai berry juice when added to meat enhances its taste, but in this case you do not get the nutrients.

Sixth recipe

At high society gatherings, Acai berry Cocktails are preferred the most. It is considered to be a high society drink. To prepare this cocktail you must have frozen acai with you. You must let the frozen acai thaw a little and then put four ounces of Acai along with small amount of banana liquor, 2 ounce of Malibu Rum, and one ounce of sweetened condensed milk. After adding all these you must shake it well serve it with ice. To enhance the taste and flavor you can also garnish it with a banana.