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.
This syory has always been thought of as a myth until now! Deep within the Amazon rain wilderness lies a berry that has been an Amazonian treasure for hundreds of years. The Acai fruit sheds many answers to the myths of old.
(pronounced Ah-sigh-ee), this tiny fruit has been cultivated by the Amazonian tribes of the for thousands of years. It has proven to be a cure all from ailments like the common cold to diabetes. New scientific data has even linked this tiny fruit to certain types of curing cancer.
There is a legend among the locals of the Amazon region where the Acai fruit grows. Once upon a time, a tribe that had been prosperous for centuries faced extinction because of the threat of famine. The price became so great that the leader of the tribe, whose name was Itaki, made a decree that all firstborn 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 following morning the tribe was saddened to discover the lifeless body of the tribal leaders daughter under the palm. When the father looked to the heavens, he noticed that the palm tree contained a plentiful source of berries which they latter called acai fruit
This single berry not only saved the tribe from hunger, but was instrumental in this tribe's economic growth. The people of Belem -- the state in Brazil where the Acai fruit is harvested -- are said to be the descendants of this same tribe.
This tiny Acai fruit is still proven to be one of the largest economic exports for this tiny city in Brazil.
This syory has always been thought of as a myth until now! Deep within the Amazon rain wilderness lies a berry that has been an Amazonian treasure for hundreds of years. The Acai fruit sheds many answers to the myths of old.
(pronounced Ah-sigh-ee), this tiny fruit has been cultivated by the Amazonian tribes of the for thousands of years. It has proven to be a cure all from ailments like the common cold to diabetes. New scientific data has even linked this tiny fruit to certain types of curing cancer.
There is a legend among the locals of the Amazon region where the Acai fruit grows. Once upon a time, a tribe that had been prosperous for centuries faced extinction because of the threat of famine. The price became so great that the leader of the tribe, whose name was Itaki, made a decree that all firstborn 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 following morning the tribe was saddened to discover the lifeless body of the tribal leaders daughter under the palm. When the father looked to the heavens, he noticed that the palm tree contained a plentiful source of berries which they latter called acai fruit
This single berry not only saved the tribe from hunger, but was instrumental in this tribe's economic growth. The people of Belem -- the state in Brazil where the Acai fruit is harvested -- are said to be the descendants of this same tribe.
This tiny Acai fruit is still proven to be one of the largest economic exports for this tiny city in Brazil.
