A Story Of The Acai Berry
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011Recent years have seen the media overrun with details about the Acai Berry and its benefits. But less talked about is the background of this elusive fruit, and how its benefits have actually been utilised by others for thousands of years.
The Acai Berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) grows on a tree from the palm family and can reach heights as high as 25m. The berries themselves grow in large groups above the trees huge slim trunk.
Sources state that the fruits were first of all ingested by Amazon tribes thousands of years ago. It needed a skilled tribesman to climb towards the tops of these trees and obtain the fruits.