Lycium Berries: A Super Food

What is a super food? Any food that contains a high phytonutrient content and is believed by some to have health benefits as a result is superfood. In our society today where people are looking for the next great health food or bit of advice, many keep tabs on what is being called superfood.

One such example of a superfood, or in this case superfruit, is lycium berries. These berries are also known as goji berries. They grow in China and have been revered for thousands of years by Chinese herbalists for their healing properties. It has been said that they help with eyesight, help prevent cardiovascular and flammatory diseases, help prevent cancer and immune disorders and even have anti-aging properties.

Lycium berries are also known as wolfberries, but are currently most commonly referred to as goji berries. This is the marketing term, which presumably comes from the term phrased in the seventies in Britain, which was an attemp at emulating the Chinese term for the berries.

These berries are a bright red color and grow to be one or two centimeters long. They contain many tiny yellow seeds. There are a couple of varieties of the lycium barbarum goji, one being a bit smaller and more bitter and the other larger and sweeter.

So how did lycium berries gain their status as an exotic superfruit? Goji berries are known to be one of the most nutrient dense foods occurring naturally in the world. They contain 11 essential minerals, 6 essential vitamins, 18 amino acids, essential and unsaturated fatty acids, and many antioxidants, more than any other fruit. And this list is not complete. There are far more nutrients contained in each of these little berries!

Because Lycium berries are grown in China and are not hardy enough to be shipped fresh to the west, they are generally first processed to some degree or other before they make it to your health food store or the Internet stores that sell them. They are often sold dried, in which case they resemble a red raisin and might have a similar texture to raisins, or be harder. Also, there are extracts made from them in the form of powder or capsules. One of the most common ways Lycium barbarum goji is enjoyed, however, is in the form of juice.

Goji berry juice is gaining popularity as a health food drink that can change you life. It claims to hold all the nutritive properties of the berries in a liquid form. This means that you can drink some of this juice every day and enjoy the health benefits that come from eating this nutrient rich berry, without having to go to China for the actual fresh berry!

If you are in the market for improved health, getting a daily dose of lycium berries, or goji berries is a great way to go about it. They are tasty, and are arguably the world’s greatest superfood!

 

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