The Acai ORAC Value

The Acai ORAC value has been the talk around scientific circles over the past couple of years. To begin with, The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) unit, ORAC value, or ORAC score is a method of measuring all of the total antioxidant capacities in biological samples in vitro. The samples include various foods and nutritional supplements. Fruits and vegetables appear to rank high on the list; but what about Acai ORAC values? Well, Acai registered an astounding 5,500 ORAC score. As for the freeze dried Acai pulp, the value goes up to a whopping 50,000 units! To put everything in perspective, take a closer look at the table below to see how Acai compared to other foods on the ORAC scale:
(Keaton to do scale)

ORAC was devised by Dr. Guohua Cao, a chemist and physician who was working at the National Institute on Aging in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is also used and further improved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Cao's initial findings revealed that if we consume plenty of high-ORAC foods, we could actually slow down the processes associated with oxidation and free radical damage that contribute to various age-related illnesses.

Note that the higher the ORAC value, the more potent the antioxidant properties of the substance. This article does not aim to explain the exact science behind ORAC but it is quite evident that if you are after foods with stronger antioxidant properties, look for the ones with high ORAC value. The normal daily consumption for the average person is about 1,670 ORAC units. However, recent studies show that people are only consuming an average of 1,000 ORAC units per day which means we are consuming less ORAC than we should. This is where the Acai ORAC value comes prominently into the picture.  If you take Acai supplements on a daily basis, you get sufficient amounts of antioxidants to boost the innate potential of your body to fight premature aging as well as degenerative diseases.

NOTE: The actual unit of measurement for the ORAC scale is micromoles of Trolox equivalents per 100 grams (µTE/100g) of sample. The antioxidant value of Acai berry, freeze-dried described in ORAC units is 102,700 µ mol TE/100g. This figure is one of the highest ever on record.

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