The extraordinary acai berry is a fruit with a long history behind it starting many years back in the Amazon. The acai berry was used by the natives of the Amazon for many hundreds of years; it was used regularly for curing regular illnesses. It is this use which is starting to be recognized in the modern era.

The legend goes as such. There was a girl in the Amazon named Iaca, whom was the daughter of the chief of the Indian tribe. Since food was not available readily, her father continuously ordered that all newborns were to be sacrificed. So, when Iaca gave birth to her child, her father made sure the child was sacrificed.

Evidently, Iaca was very upset, until she heard a baby crying one night. When she walked out, she saw her child next to a large purple tree. The next morning, Iacas father found her next to this tree, dead, holding it. He decided to call the fruit on the tree acai berry, because it was his daughters name spelt backwards. From then on, the tribe used the tree and its fruit as a main source of their fruit. This is how the name acai berry was given to this nutritional fruit.

Bet you never knew that!?

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