{"id":3119,"date":"2008-12-02T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T14:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2008-12-02T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T14:28:53","slug":"acai-berry-hype-or-real-super-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/acai-berry-hype-or-real-super-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Acai Berry: Hype or Real Super Food?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest in Super Foods<\/a> looks a bit more like the Who’s Who list in Hollywood with its revolving door of the best and most nutrient-dense natural eats.\u00a0 One of the current super stars is the acai berry<\/a> which comes from \u00a0Central and Latin America. Tasting like a cross between red wine and chocolate, the acai berry boasts a plethora of disease-fighting antioxidants as well as amino acids, fiber and essential fatty acids. This A-lister fruit has food and supplement manufacturers creating product after product that contains its magic ingredients.<\/p>\n

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But what about other supposed Super Foods, like blueberries, raspberries and green tea? Does the acai berry push them a few\u00a0rungs down on the Super Food ladder? No, says Ed Runz, a columnist for the Daily Herald<\/a>. He and other health experts warn against being a Super Food monogamist and instead continue\u00a0to\u00a0focus on\u00a0getting your nutrients from a variety of fruits and veggies. Eating your broccoli, even though it may not be as exotic as\u00a0sipping a tropical acai berry smoothie is just as important and beneficial to your health as making these newer Super Foods a mainstay of your diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest in Super Foods looks a bit more like the Who’s Who list in Hollywood with its revolving door of the best and most nutrient-dense natural eats.\u00a0 One of the current super stars is the acai berry which comes … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[403,29,82],"class_list":["post-3119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-acai","tag-nutrition","tag-super-foods"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}