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Maqui Berry
Patagonia SuperFruit

A unique deeply purple berry that grows in remote distant Patagonia, one of the cleanest places on earth. The Mapuches Indian has historically consumed Patagonian Wild Berry leaves, stems and fruits, for a variety of ailments. Patagonian Berry has the highest antioxidant level of all fruits as measured by Brunswick laboratories. The fruit juice has an ORAC value of >50,000 μmole TE/100g and anthocyanin value of 2242mg/100g. The concentrated extract has an ORAC value of > 90,000 μmole TE/100g and anthocyannins value of 4027mg/100g.

Antioxidants contain an extra oxygen molecule and are able to neutralize the free radical before it does any harm. Our body produces natural antioxidants to combat oxidative stress and inflammation and the cell damage that results. However, the aging process and the various environmental and life-style stressors we face every day create more free radicals than our bodies can naturally fight off.

ORAC: Developed by food nutrition researchers at Tufts University’s USDA sponsored Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, the ORAC test measures a food’s antioxidant ability to neutralize free radicals and potentially mitigate health imbalances. The power of each fruit or vegetable is measured in Trolox equivalents ( u mole TE/g) per gram. Nutritionist recommend at least 3,000 ORAC per day and more if under any of the various stressors most of us face each day. Most individuals get only 1,200 ORAC units or less per day.

ORAC Value of Various Fruits

                                                                              ORAC hyro (umole/g)

 

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