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Buy acai berries is a sign you may see in Brazil, but unfortunately for us, you will not see it around most of the world. The small incredible fruit comes filled to the max with antioxidants and vitamins. The acai berry is native to the Amazon rain forest and can only grow in certain conditions. As quickly as the fruit grows, the fruit spoils within 24 hours. This is why we cannot but the acai berries anywhere but in the Amazon. The only way we can buy acai berries are in a freeze dried powder or liquid form. Companies have made this very easy for the public by putting them into pills, juices, vitamin waters, purees, smoothies, and many other forms. As nice and refreshing as it would be to be able to buy acai berries at the supermarket, it is still not possible so for now, we have to settle with getting the benefits of this great berry in other forms.

Acai tree grows in one place on this planet, in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil. The acai tree grows tall, up to 30 meters in height and the palms are about 3 meters in length. As impressive as the size of the palm is, the berries are small. Each acai berry is about the size of a blue berry. However, don't let that fool you. This small berry holds quite the power. It has over 33% more antioxidants than the blue berry of the same size. The acai tree has been around for over two millennium and has been used by the indigenous people of Brazil for thousands of years as nutrients and medicine. Unfortunately, this incredible acai tree can only survive in certain conditions and would die in most of the world.

Acai berry drink can come in a few different forms. Some of the more popular are the vitamin water, the shake, the smoothie, and the juice. The great part about having an acai berry drink is that you get all the great benefits of the acai berry. Because this super food can only be eaten within 24 hours after being picked, people have found a way to enjoy the perks of it from the concentrate, using this concentrate, you can make an acai berry drink. One of the prime examples of an acai berry drink is the acai berry vitamin water. To make this easy drink, you just mix the acai berry extract with pure spring water, from here, you are ready to go and enjoy the acai vitamin water. Just keep in mind, this has to stay cold. You can buy acai juice at most super markets these days as well. Obtaining an acai vitamin drink is the easy part, the hard part is making it last long enough.

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