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About camu camu: Camu camu (also known as rumberry or bayberry) is a fruit about the size of a large grape which has a purplish-red skin and yellow pulp. It grows close to the riverbanks in the Amazon basin and indigenous people paddle canoes deep into the rainforest to gather the fruit at flooding. Mark Plotkin in Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice states "a forest of camu camu is worth twice the amount to be gained from cutting down the rainforest and replacing it with cattle."

Natural vs. synthetic - 90% of vitamin C supplements are synthetic ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate or potassium ascorbate. These are laboratory-produced synthetic molecules manufactured in a test tube and often made using modified corn syrup/sugar. Recent tests at Oregon State University lists the potency of NewWorld Naturals camu camu as well above that of synthetic Vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

Modern medicinal uses - Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, astringent, emoIlient, nutritive

Suggested dosage: 1 small pinch of camu camu has the Vitamin C equivalency of one teaspoon or two 500mg tablets of synthetic ascorbic acid.

Toxicity: Camu camu is considered to be non-toxic and has no reported adverse reactions or interactions with other substances. There are no side effects such as photo-sensitivity or gastrointestinal problems and can be used safely in combination with pharmaceutical anti-depressants. Do not take during pregnancy.

Late-Breaking News About The Benefits of Camu-Camu

This extraordinarily rich natural source of Vitamin C from NewWorld Naturals has even more beneficial effects than we realized.

Camu-Camu Juice Exerts Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties

OXIDATIVE STRESS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS - Camu-Camu Juice, Myrciaria Dubia, Vitamin C, Inflammation, Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory

'Tropical fruit camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) has anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties,' Inoue T, Komoda H, et al, J Cardiol, 2008; 52(2): 127-32. (Address: Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan).

In a study involving 20 male smokers considered to have an accelerated oxidative stress state, consumption of the juice of the Amazonian fruit, camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia), rich in vitamin C, was found to significantly reduce markers of oxidative stress. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups. For a period of 7 days, Group 1 consumed 70 ml/day of camu-camu juice, containing 1,050 mg vitamin C, while Group 2 consumed 1,050 mg vitamin C in the form of a tablet supplement.

Results found that after the 7 day intervention, subjects consuming the camu-camu juice had significantly reduced levels of oxidative stress (indicated by reductions in levels of: urinary 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine, total reactive oxygen species, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, IL-6, and IL-8), compared with subjects consuming the vitamin C tablet, who did not experience such reductions. The authors conclude that the powerful anti-oxidant and antiinflammatory effects of camu-camu juice ‘may be due to the existence of unknown anti-oxidant sub' Additional research into this Amazonian fruit and its juice is warranted.

NewWorld Naturals' Camu-camu contains 30 to 60 times more Vitamin C * than an orange, making it the richest source of the vitamin ever recorded. When tested at Oregon State University, camu-camu provided 2 grams of natural Vitamin C per 100 grams of fruit. 100 grams of NewWorld Natural Products' camu-camu contains 26 grams of ascorbic acid – this is a very high level. Our camu-camu is harvested with the skin which contains valuable flavonoids as well as the Vitamin C in the pulp. (Evidence suggests that natural Vitamin C is far more effective and bioavailable when administered with flavonoids).