GAC
The deep orange, spiny gac fruit is harvested at the end of the rainy season throughout Southeast Asia: Thailand, China and Malaysia. Known in traditional Chinese as the mubiezi,the fruits vibrant color makes it easy to spot amidst the lush greenery.
The Vietnamese have christened the gac fruit from heaven.They cherish the amazing results of its nutrition, and savor it during its brief season—September through December. The gac is part of their traditional feasts—served at weddings and during the lunar New Year celebrations.
Smooth skin and bright eyes have been attributed to this revered Gac fruit—and science now backs those beliefs.
Acai
The mysterious Amazon Rain Forest holds many healing secrets. One of these powerful healing botanicals is the acai berry. Pronounced ah-SIGH-ee, this berry has long been regarded by natives as the most powerful nutrition in the forest.
The dark purple berries are almost an inch in diameter, and for thousands of years the healers of the Amazon have used it to treat a variety of illnesses. The local tribes believe the berries have phenomenal healing powers.
Goji
Journeying to the Himalayan Mountains and the valleys of Tibet, we discover the potent goji berry (Lycium Barbarum). This culture has known the effectiveness of this small, crimson berry for thousands of years.
Its nutrition is legendary among these people, who have used it to maintain active, healthy lifestyles and startling longevity.
Throughout the Himalayans, generations have attributed their long life-spans to the goji berry.
Noni
Over 2,000 years ago, the noni fruits distinctive flavor and aroma singled it out to explorers.
Along with a taste for this fruit, these Asian travelers acquired knowledge of the healing virtues of the nonis stems, leaves and fruits themselves.
This information, long known to practitioners of ayurvedic medicine, would soon begin to transform another culture.
The explorers carried the noni fruit to the Polynesian Islands, and its healing virtues became part of the cultures legends and mythology.
Focuidan
Rooted in the pristine, sparkling waters of the South Pacific is an astonishing brown seaweed.
This miraculous plant has been cherished by the Southern Pacific cultures for centuries.
They attribute their long lives and glowing health to this plant.
Warm, clear waters produce this amazing sea vegetable in abundance, and it is the most heralded food in the East.
Its secret? A nutrient called fucoidan. Modern science marvels at how closely its nutrition resembles human breast milk.
Mangosteen
Growing in the Southeast Asian tropics is a fruit so prized it is known as the Queen of Fruits. The harvest of this fruit, the mangosteen, occurs twice each year.
Local residents anticipate and then celebrate these harvests.
The mild, exquisitely-flavored, snow-white flesh of the mangosteen is enveloped in a gorgeous, thick, purple rind.
Healers down through the ages, as well as modern locals, revere it not just for its flavor, but for its amazing restorative and medicinal properties.
Seabuckthorn
The mountainous regions of Russia and China are home to a hardy, golden berry known as the Seabuckthorn. The effects of its potent nutrition are legendary in these regions.
It's renown inspired 8th century Tibetan doctor Yu Yuendan Gongbu to study this berry, and since then its value has been mastered by that culture.
In fact, Ghengis Khan, the 13th century conqueror, was aware of the astonishing nutrition of the berry. He is said to have attributed the might and vitality of his warriors, in part, to Seabuckthorn.
