Acai Research

Official Acai Research

Only having had the spotlight on it since 2000, Acai has not yet gained the recognition it deserves in the scientific community. The amount of really solid Acai research that has been done is small, and mostly all by just a couple of noted nutritional experts.

Luckily, one of the world’s foremost nutritional scientists, Dr. Alexander Schauss of AIMBR Life Sciences, has written quite a lot about his extensive findings. Too much to even sum up here, he’s even written a book on the subject as well.

At present there are at least five (5) official research papers published about the high Antioxidant capacity found in the Acai berry, and no less than two dozen books online with a chapter or more on the benefits of Acai.

Perhaps the most famous publication mentioning Acai is Dr. Nicolas Perricone’s “The Perricone Promise.” (Time Warner books, 2004) In it Dr. Perricone names Acai “the Number One Superfood” for its unusually nutritious properties.

There isn’t much hard research on Acai published in that book, but Dr. Perricone states that he did his own research on Acai to come up with the findings published in that book, and they are extremely impressive.

Other than books and research papers, the other most famous published research on Acai is from a Professor at the University of Florida in January 2006. Then assistant-professor Steven Talcott published his lab findings on Acai’s effects on Cancer cells in a petri dish.
According to studies in his lab, (which means the Acai could not possibly be in its’ most potent form) the Acai berry pulp “triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested.”

This is extremely promising news for cancer victims everywhere, but as of yet there have not been any follow-ups, possibly due to the lack of access to fresh Acai.

For access to the official Acai research papers, try this page on the Acai Research Organization’s website.