Thursday, January 1, 2009

Acai Fruit History

By Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd

For thousands of years, the South American rain forest has been thought to contain many of medicines within plants and herbs that could remedy most ailments known today.

Scientific evidence has made this legend fact; Buried deep within the South American rain forest, a berry like no other has been revered as Amazonian treasure for hundreds of years. The Acai fruit offers an answer to the stories of old.

The Acai fruit is actually pronounced Ah-sigh-ee and has been cultivated by the local people of the Brazilian rain forest for hundreds of years. It has proven to be a cure for everything from the common mumps to diabetes. New discoveries even have shown evidence that this tiny berry is properties to curing cancer.

The story of the discovery of the acai fruit is an amazing one indeed--There was a tribe that had been blessed for centuries but now faced the threat of famine. The situation was so dire that the leader of the tribe, a proud man by the name of Itaki, made a law that all children were to be sacrificed.

Unbeknown at the time to Itaki, declaration would even infiltrate his own family. He discovered that his own daughter, Laca, was about to give birth, so she to would have to sacrifice her firstborn child.

The daughter became so depressed that she refused any food or drink and locked herself in the room. After several days and nights of no food, the daughter became delusional and began to hear her baby's cry. She ran out of the room and began to make her way to a palm tree where she thought she saw her child

The next day the tribe began to look for Laka where they finally discovered her lifeless body under the palm tree. In grief they looked up and discovered bundles of fruit berries in the palm tree, which they later named acai fruit

This berry provided all of the nourishment need to save the tribe from famine and to this day has provided the descendants of the tribe an economic salvation that holds true today as the acai fruit is their primary export.

To this day the acai fruit has proven mighty as it is the export that has kept this tiny tribe afloat since its discovery - 14915

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