It’s been awhile that i have made a review about Acai Berry as a food supplement.  But it’s only now that i tried to check more on what’s really Acai.

According to wikipedia, Acai Berry grows from an Acai Palm and grows in abundance Central and South America floodplains and swamps.  The stem and the fruit are the ones considered edible and very beneficial to our health as proven antioxidant according to its nutritional value as follows:

Most of the research to date on açaí has focused on a particular freeze-dried form referred to as Opti-açaí. This powder preparation of freeze-dried açaí fruit pulp and skin was reported to contain (per 100 g of extract) 533.9 calories, 52.2 g carbohydrates, 8.1 g protein, and 32.5 g total fat. The carbohydrate portion included 44.2 g of fiber.^[2] The powder was also shown to contain (per 100 g): negligible vitamin C, 260 mg calcium, 4.4 mg iron, and 1002 U vitamin A, as well as aspartic acid and glutamic acid; the amino acid content was 7.59% of total dry weight.

Açaí has an exceptional content of fats, including oleic acid (56.2% of total), palmitic acid (24.1% of total), and linoleic acid (12.5% of total),^[2] and also contains a high amount of beta-sitosterol (78-91% of total sterols).^[2][3] These oil compartments in açaí fruit harbor dense contents of polyphenols such as procyanidin oligmers and vanillic acid, syringic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, protocatechuic acid, and ferulic acid which were shown to degrade substantially during storage or exposure to heat.^[4]

– Source – Wikipedia/Acai Berry

One more thing interesting about this is that Acai Juice or the Berry can be a very good supplement if one would like to shed excess pounds. Read more about it at Acai Diet Info. I checked on their availabaility in my country, it’s negative but i can feel it would be good for me.

AMPALAYA SALAD

Ingredients:

1 pc fresh ampalay

2 pcs small red onions (thinly diced)

2 pcs red tomatoes (diced)

1 stalk spring onions (chopped)

1 inch finger sized ginger (thinly cubed)

2 pcs green lemon or (2 tbs vinegar)

salt to taste.

How to do:

1. Mixed all the ingredients except the spring onions.  Season with salt.

2. Transfer in a serving dish and topped with spring onion leaves.

2. Serve with newly cooked “hot” rice.

We often do this at home now.  We are trying to eat healthy.

Not just any coffee but a vegetarian coffee.  The promotion says it’s good for the body, so am into one for a try.  It costs P180.00 per pack.  Am going to post tonight the main ingredients of it.  They call it vegetarian coffee and the taste? it’s more like soy coffee.

I love the smell of coffee especially in a cold morning.  I can remember that when i was a child, i look forward to the fragrant of it because my father was a coffee drinker.  Maybe if coffee costs just like a bar of candy then possibly we could have been coffee drinker for life.   Am glad it’s not or else i would not live without a coffee to keep my blood runnin normally.

When i was in China, i had the chance to live a life as a “coffee drinker.”  It was just a chance for i know it would not be a lifetime habit.  Coffee was a like a piece of cake for me 3 to 4 times  a day.  Coffee is the liquid that warms my cold tummy especially in winter mornings.

My mom said, coffee is not good, and can be bad for health.  Well, i know, so i made this as my way of making up coffee:

- i always use a big mug. a cup is not enough. lol! but if no mug, a cup will do for the following formula:

- 1/2 teaspoon coffee

- 1 table spoon creamer

- 1/4 cup fresh milk (always)

I don’t drink coffee without milk.  So milk should always be present inside the ref or else i will pass drinking coffee until i will buy one.  And usually for a mug, a regular mug, i only put half cup water and fill it half with milk. sounds healthy huh?

Back here at home, where we have kids at home, i stopped drinking coffee (live by example).  I though craved it sometimes but i better drink it somewhere outside than inside my home.

So, how’s your coffee lifetyle?  Do you think it does you good or the opposite?