Camu Camu 4:1

History:

Camu Camu is a shrub (or bushy riverside tree) that is native to the Amazon rainforest, and its current range comprises Amazon lowland regions of Venezuela, Peru and Brazil (most notably), as well as Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. Camu Camu fruit has only recently come into large-scale cultivation and sale to the world market with Japan as the major buyer, where it is very highly regarded for its vitamin C content. It is also frozen or bottled as a health juice. Camu Camu is exported from Peru to the United States for the production of "vitamin C" tablets for the "health food" market. It is the extraordinarily rich supply of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in Camu Camu that is considered the most important factor in its positioning on international markets. Closely related to the Rumberry-Guavaberry (Myrciaria floribunda), the plant produces young branchlets with prickly hairs and narrow, opposite-growing, lanceolate-to-elliptical-shaped, feathery leaves. The smallish tree, which may reach a height of fifteen feet, bears sweetly-fragrant flowers with tiny, white, waxy petals and a round, cherry-like fruit that is yellow at first, becoming maroon to purple-black. The fruit, with its yellow pulp, is soft and juicy when ripe and is of acid/sweet flavor. Each fruit contains three seeds. The bushy shrub grows in hot, damp tropics, and it fruits during the rainy season. As a matter of fact, it thrives in lakes, swamps and on riversides, frequently with the base and lower branches of the tree submerged in water for months. Interestingly, the fruit is harvested in the wild by boat (usually canoe). In plantations, in a non-flooded environment, a single plant may bear four- to five-hundred fruits. However, on flooded land, the per-plant harvest has reached one thousand fruits. Long used in herbal preparations by the native practitioners in the Amazon rainforest, documentation of Camu Camu’s traditional use is scant; furthermore, there has been very little modern clinical research conducted or published concerning the medicinal or therapeutic properties of the herb. Although edible and very high in vitamin C, it is unlikely that the fruit has ever been nutritionally relevant as a staple, since its aroma is not as inviting as other fruits, and it is not particularly tasty. Camu Camu is extremely acidic, and the flavor is usually disguised with the addition of sugar, water or milk. Oddly, it is used as a flavoring for sweets, and in recent years, Camu Camu fruit has become popular in Peru, where it is made into drinks, popsicles, candy and ice cream. The reddish pigment in the fruit’s skin is said to be attributable to its anthocyanin content that also imparts an attractive pink color to the juices extracted from it. Until recent decades, Camu Camu was used almost exclusively as fish bait and a convenient source of firewood, and although recorded therapeutic uses are rare, it was used widely in local folk medicines for joint and muscle health, energy and vitality, bronchial and respiratory health, and circulatory and cardiac health. Some of the constituents in Camu Camu include an exceptionally high vitamin C content (considered to have more of this phytonutrient than any other known botanical, and a quality fruit may contain thirty to sixty times more vitamin C than an orange!). Also included are bioflavonoids, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, ellagic acid, eucalyptol, fenchol, volatile terpene compounds (alpha-pinene, d-limonene, camphene, beta myrcene, humulene, alpha phellandrene, beta caryophyllene), a full complement of amino acids (serine, valine, leucine), beta-carotene, B-vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin), calcium, iron, phosphorus and is a significant source of potassium.

Recommended Dosage:
Take one (1) capsule, one (1) time each day with water at a mealtime.

Contraindications:
At the time of this writing, no contraindications or warnings have been noted with the use of Camu Camu Herbal Supplement. Overuse (many times the recommended dosage) may produce the side effects associated with excessive use of vitamin C, i.e., gastrointestinal disturbances and diarrhea. No drug interactions have been reported as of this writing.

Capsule Information:
Our Camu Camu 4:1 supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 600 mgs.

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