What is Maqui Berry

There are hundreds of different types of popular foods that people push as miracle 
foods for your health, but there are a much smaller number of foods that usually seem 
to go relatively unnoticed. If you’ve never heard of the maqui berry, that’s probably 
because it’s a somewhat rare fruit from south America. For hundreds of years, the 
Mapuche people have used the berry for it’s amazing effects. Today, maqui berries are 
also sold in other forms like pills and powders for use as supplements. The following 
article will be exploring some of the ways it can help people. 

Benefits 

The maqui berry is extremely high in antioxidants called anthocyanins, which means 
that it can be very beneficial to consume. Antioxidants can help you to stay young, 
protect from cancer, and can relieve certain types of stresses on the body, which allows 
it to heal. It even can protect you on a cellular level, because it protects the body from 
damage to DNA, which is essential because your body needs to be able to read correct 
DNA information to know how to build your newly created cells properly. Poorly built 
cells lead to premature aging and skin disorders. 

How to Use Maqui 

This wonderful fruit can be used in a variety of ways. You can add maqui to your 
smoothies to beef up on the antioxidant power of your breakfast, or you can choose to 
buy it in a powdered form so you can add it to all sorts of blended delights like breakfast 
cereals and meal replacement shakes. If you want to get extra ambitious, you can even 
use it to sweeten certain sauces without changing the flavor majorly. One things can be 
for certain is that you will be doing yourself a huge favor by making maqui part of your 
diet.  

Small Concerns

While maqui is entirely natural and there are very few things that can be done to make it 
dangerous, it should be noted that taking maqui with certain types of medications like 
diabetes medications can lower your blood sugar to the point where the body could 
experience some ill effects. It would be best to consult a medical professional about 
maqui, and have them monitor your reactions and changes in your blood. A small 
amount of preparation and care will make sure that your experience with maqui stay 
safe and beneficial. 
