Açaí Flashcards

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Acai Grown in

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2
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Acai Produces

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3
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Acai means

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4
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important food source for

indigenous peoples of the Amazon region.

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5
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Acai Hype”

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6
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Acai Berry
Food
Supplement

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7
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Acai Berry

Health claim

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8
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Acai Supplement - Withdrawal 2010

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9
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How to Prove Health Benefits Acai Berry?

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10
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Acai Berry – Health Claims

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11
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Acai Berry – Composition

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12
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Acai Berry – Biological Effects

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13
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Acai Berry – Health Benefits and Mechanism of Action

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14
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Polyphenols, anthocyanins

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15
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Stains ocular membranes

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16
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MRI test.

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17
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Safety of Acai Berry - Precautions

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18
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Acai Berry

Pregnancy & lactation

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19
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Euterpe oleracea, Euterpe badiocarpa

20
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Grown in native to tropical Central and ———

21
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reddish-purple fruit.

22
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Acai” (native people) means———

23
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food source

24
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Nutritional composition:

25
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Many health claims»>——-

26
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Health claim (US) ————-purposes → no definitive
evidence
27
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Gallic Acid

28
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Anthocyanins

29
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Phenolic compounds

30
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Flavonoids

31
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Ameliorating properties over metabolic syndrome

32
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Improvement of endothelial function

33
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Neuroprotective effects

34
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Antioxidant activity ————→ protect the body
against the damaging effects of free radicals and the chronic diseases
associated with the aging process.

35
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No genotoxic effects

36
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Clinical study on ——— did not show significant effect

37
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————improvement in endothelial function and inhibition of platelet
aggregation

38
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No high-quality independent studies have been published about the efficacy of acai supplements in promoting———

39
Q

In a laboratory study examining the safety profile of an—————
found no changes in body weight compared with controls.

40
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Some clinical studies in————- showed effects

on biological markers → further clinical studies are required

41
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Stains ocular membranes

42
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Acai dye (25%) successfully used to identify the posterior hyaloids and internal limiting membranes (ILMs) during————-

43
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Limited reliable information about the safety of acai as a———-.

44
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People who are allergic to acai or to plants in the _———-family
should not consume acai.

45
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Chagas’ disease

46
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American trypanosomiasis

47
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Acai berry is widely consumed as an———-