In the blue corner, packed with antioxidants, is the current anti-aging heavyweight world champion, acai berry, also known as ‘the purple punch’. In the red corner, the up-and-coming youngster, the resveratrol shredder, the sensation of the decade!
Who will win the battle of the Anti-Aging Titans?
A question that I am sure many people would like to answer. But will we ever really know the truth behind these powerhouses of nature?
The body is an extremely complex organism – trying to find answers to our health, weight and aging issues with any nutrient is, let’s face it, a wild goose chase! One of the reasons most diets don’t work. They are based on simplistic equations that typically involve calorie, carb, and fat intake, encouraging people to do reckless things with their bodies in order to lose a few pounds! The truth is that nature is crying out for us to consume more complex carbohydrates.
Although all the hype about Resveratrol and Acai Berry is not unfounded, their story cannot be told in isolation. After all, there are plenty of other gifts of nature with anti-aging properties (wheat grass, barley, aloe vera, goji, pomegranate, grape seeds, to name a few) and plenty of other minor players that allow so-called miracle workers to do the trick. his work. The body is a system that nature understands better than any scientist, doctor or nutritionist.
The most important thing we can do to combat the aging process is to switch to a diet based on unprocessed plant foods. Packaged the way nature intended, I can almost hear them screaming to be eaten. It’s no accident that brightly colored fruits and vegetables are packed with antioxidants!
Putting all our faith in a miracle nutrient really isn’t the answer: we improve our chances of longevity by taking ‘everything’ nature has to offer and that includes the world’s Acais and Resveratrols.
Before launching into the latest fad diet, we would all do well to keep these important considerations in mind!
Well, how about then? Can you really pick a winner for the oldest title?
I doubt it because each one benefits us in a different way. Resveratrol, common in grapes, can turn on the antiaging gene, but it probably has little effect if everything else in our lifestyle is contradicting it. Acai Berries have many powerful antioxidants (some of which are also present in grapes and their seeds), but so do many other products from nature. My advice would be to combine the wonderful properties of these anti-aging titans with everything else that nature has to offer.
