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Acai and High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Strokes

About half of Americans die from High Blood Pressure, heart disease or stroke. Fortunately, 80 percent of those deaths could be prevented by changing the toxic lifestyles at the root of these diseases.

When these diseases cluster together, they cmprise the "Metabolic syndrome", which is dysfunction of energy-processing in our cells. This syndrom is triggered by poor cell commumication or insulin resistance. Cell membranes throughout our body become more brittle and less responsive to insulin. This causes our cell membranes  to "TOIL" - become Toxic, Oxidized, Inflamed and Lack in Energy. Our "terrain is then fertile ground for disease to take root. Poor diets lack micronutrients necessary to maintain healthy cell membranes, like antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients. These diets also lead to poor detoxification, which adds to terrain toiling.

In other words, hypertension, heart diesase and strokes are problems that start with cell membranes lining our arteries. When cell membranes therein are toiling, they put out messages leading to arterial spasms and high blood pressure. We may develop angina, or heart muscle pain. The same thing may occur in arteries supplying the brain. Arterial walls and cholesterol become sticky due to oxidation from a lack of nutrients and antioxidants. Cholesterol then sticks to the endothelium just like velcro and leads to plaque formation, followed by clot formation and a more permanent restriction of blood flow to the brain and heart.



All the nutrients in the acai heal metabolism in cells, thus increasing the energy available for these cells to carry out their function. Acai micromutruents also improve detoxification pathways, thus elimating xenobiotics that have been associated with heart disease, strokes and high blood pressure.

The hugh amino acid content of the acai berry is also helpful in reducing the risk of heart disease. The amino acids, L-Arginine, has been found to be critical to maintain a healthy NOS (Nitric Oxide Synthase) and lining of arteries. A lack thereof has been associated with significant inflammation and oxidation of the cell membranes that line our arteries. Acai is also high in monounsaturated essential oils, fats and trace minerals, which are indispensable for cell membrane, insulin and arterial health.