How to Serve Acai

The Acai berry is the fruit of the Acai Palm. This is a species of palm trees native to Central and South America.  The tree grows over 13 feet in height and bears big dark purple berries. The fruit produces twice yearly and just one tree usually produces thousands of the berries. It is native to the Amazon rainforest and indigenous Brazilians have been using it to treat ailments and support recovery from illness for thousands of years. The Acai berry is so nutritious that it has been known to sustain the indigenous peoples of the Amazon through times of famine. The fruit is small, purple and perfectly round; about one inch in circumference.

 

The berries are also powerful anti-inflammatories that can help reduce pain and soreness and anecdotal evidence suggests that they also act as a mild anti-depressant.

 

The Acai berry also contains anthocyanins, fiber, plant sterols, and both omega 6 and omega 3 essential fatty acids. Acai also contains five hundred times more vitamin C than oranges, making it a valuable anti-aging food. It also promotes weight loss.  They are one of the few fruits that contain most of the amino acids that comprise a full protein.

 

You can find Acai juice quite easily in most grocery stores but be sure to check labels to make sure it is not “cut” too heavily with other juices such as grape or apple.

The most common Acai product available is the frozen pulp but once again be sure to read labels to make sure that there is no sugar added.  Acai should be the first ingredient on the label and not sugar or some other kind of fruit or additive.

The raw berries are mostly available in organic or specialty markets, organic and health food markets and in Asian or Far Eastern markets.

Acai is sold either as fresh raw berries, as a frozen berry or pulp and as a powder.

 

The Acai berry is 90% seed and only 1% of the berry is actually edible. That is why it is often sold only as a puree of skin and pulp that is frozen.

 

If you are making a sherbet or other frozen dessert than using the frozen pulp or frozen berries may shorten the chilling time for the desert.  The quality or the taste of the berry is not affected at all by freezing.

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Should You Confront A Cheater?

If you suspect or know that your spouse or lover is cheating, you may feel the urge might be to confront him or her about it. However this is not necessarily a good idea. In fact, the most mature thing that you can do is simply withdraw from the situation. The cheater does not need to know how you feel about things and you do not have to upset yourself with details.

 

However, most people will feel a need to confront the cheater with the facts, express anger and get what their anger off their chest. Drama is almost unavoidable as it is human nature to want to know more details about the actual betrayal, why the other person is more attractive and many people also need confirmation about the hunches they were having when they suspected the person was being unfaithful.

 

Many psychologists and relationship experts will simply advise you to walk away as hits compounding pain that gets worse and worse.

 

You should also never confront the cheater unless you have evidence that it has actually happened.  Have tapes, photos, records of phone calls and texts. Many people use private detectives, GPS spying devices and keylogging programs to spy on suspected cheaters. Once you have the evidence of cheating, you can then directly confront the cheater from a place of surety.

 

Confronting a cheater with suspicions is quite a different matter. First off, it can damage a perfectly good relationship in the event that you happen to be wrong. You can damage the trust bond that you have with each other forever. Secondly, if you begin to voice your suspicions about cheating then he or she will take measures to be more private, concealing phones and locking up computer access, which will make it even more difficult for you to catch the cheater in action.

 

Some people really believe in following their lover or spouse to the scene of the crime and then surprising the cheaters by walking in them. Don’t do this unless you have a couple of family members or friends with you. Many relationship experts do not advising doing this at all because it is very scarring emotionally, not so much for the cheaters, but for you. You might finally know the truth but it will really hurt.

 

Whenever possible you should leave a relationship at the first sign of cheating and then have the individual followed by a professional.  The only circumstance under which you should not leave is if you think the two of you can somehow regain trust with each other and work it all out.

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