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Health & Nutrition

4 Other Reasons To Tuck Into An Açaí Bowl

Hailed as a superfood among health professionals, the açaí berry is jam-packed with antioxidants & utterly delicious!

Native to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, the açaí berry is not only really delicious, it also offers multiple health and beauty benefits. Loaded with powerful plant compounds that act as antioxidants, the dynamic superfruit, which isn’t technically a berry as it has a pit, is good for the brain, heart and overall health.

Tropicool, the Brazilian brand that uses non-frozen super fruits from the Amazon to serve up their famous açaí and mango bowls, smoothies and specials, shares the incredible benefits.

By Roula Allam

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1. There’s a whole lot of nutritional value

Did you know the açaí berry, officially a drupe, is one of the only fruits in the world that is naturally sugar-free and rich in antioxidants, polyphenols and flavonoids? Açaí berries have a unique nutritional profile for a fruit, as they're high in unsaturated fats and low in sugar. They also have incredibly high amounts of antioxidants, almost three times the amount found in regular blueberries.

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2. Acts as a beauty aid

If you’re gunning for healthy-looking skin, açaí berries, which come with yellow flesh, contain polyphenolic and anthocyanin content. These help boost skin collagen and elastin, offer your skin a helping hand when it comes to healing wounds and give you a gorgeous, youthful glow.

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3. Is effective in deterring the signs of ageing

Due to being loaded with antioxidants, the dark purple skinned açaí berries help with boosting skin regeneration, which has an anti-ageing affect.

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4. Helps enhance energy and immunity levels

Açaí berries are loaded with antioxidants, which are believed to improve cholesterol levels. Additionally, they have been linked with enhanced brain function and helping boost immunity and overall energy.

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Did you know?

By teaming up with SOS Amazonia, Tropicool, which has an outlet in The Dubai Mall and various pop-ups around the city, ensures a tree gets planted in the Amazon when every two Tropicools get sold. Hepling an NGO focused on reforestation efforts in the Amazon Rainforest is just another amazing reason to dig into an açaí bowl.

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Health & Nutrition

4 Other Reasons To Tuck Into An Açaí Bowl

Hailed as a superfood among health professionals, the açaí berry is jam-packed with antioxidants & utterly delicious!

1. There’s a whole lot of nutritional value

2. Acts as a beauty aid

3. Is effective in deterring the signs of ageing

4. Helps enhance energy and immunity levels

Did you know?

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