Contains powerful antioxidants

Camu camu is high in antioxidants since it contains vitamin C as well as many other beneficial chemicals such as flavonoid antioxidants such as anthocyanins and ellagic acid. Antioxidants are chemicals that protect your cells from free radical harm. Excess free radicals in your body can eventually contribute to chronic illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Camu camu's strong antioxidant content may be especially beneficial to smokers, as smoking produces an abundance of free radicals, leading to oxidative stress.

In a one-week trial of 20 adult smokers, those who consumed 0.3 cups (70 ml) of camu camu juice containing 1,050 mg of vitamin C daily had considerably lower oxidative stress and inflammatory indicators such as C-reactive protein (CRP). Furthermore, no changes in these indicators were observed in the placebo group that received a vitamin C tablet. This suggests that the combination of additional antioxidants found in camu camu berries was more effective than vitamin C alone.