What is Gac?
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Unlike Acai, I have never experienced Gac in it’s natural form. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of Gac until being introduced to Seven Plus fruit juice. I have since gathered as much information as I could about this super fruit.
Gac is found is Southeast Asia, and even in some parts of Autralia. It grows on a vine that is often used in landscaping, where it can be seen on trellaces or climbing on walls.
As you can see from the picture, it is bright orange and covered in spines.
The fruit grows seasonally and can only be found at the end of the year.
Allegedly Gac is loaded with phytonutrients. It is also has a very high content of lycopene and beta-carotene. In fact it has more about 70 times more lycopene than tomatoes, and 10 times the beta-carontene content than a carrot. Most interesting was some research that suggests that Gac contains a protein that may inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells.
