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On this site you will find information on Açaí (pronounced ah-SAH-ee) and products that contain Açaí. First off the Açaí is a frute producing palm tree native to Central and South America, açaí is a relatively new fruit to the current global market for functional foods. The açaí has been long used by the Central and South American peasants native to the Amazon as a staple, açaí gained popularity in the United States first as an energy drink additive and then to smoothies. There is a report by Dr. Steve Talcott at the University of Florida, on the berry earlier this year that investigated its effects on human leukemia cells with strong evidence that the berry can inhibit cancer cell development in leukemia with its potential benefits for all diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, chronic inflammation, cognitive disorders, aging and age-related visual decline and bacterial infections, among others.
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