Goji berries - power and well-being is
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In Asia, the Goji berry as the fruit of well-being. The bright red berries to promote traditional Chinese medicine, the life force. In a handbook for physicians from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) states that ". It strengthens the body and gives a long life" in Tibet to celebrate even festivals, with which one is for the health benefits of this "happy fruit" thanks. Only in recent years to make the fruits of the wolfberry (Lycium barbarum), also in America and Europe talked about - as "anti-aging berry", as herbal substance of beauty and youthfulness.
take Traditionally, the Chinese, the dried goji berries to treat high blood pressure and blood sugar, eye problems, to support the immune system and for the prevention and treatment of cancer. For cooking, the oblong-oval and up to 2 cm sized fruit has always been used, or - even eaten raw - they are sweet. Leaves of young plants are used as leaf vegetables.
Where the true home of the wolfberry is, is unclear, probably his natural habitat of southeastern Europe to China to find. In the north-western Chinese provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia is growing to the nightshade family Solanaceae belonging wolfberry wild and plentiful. From there it spread as a cultivated plant throughout Asia, Europe, North America (here, "Wolf Berry), and in North Africa and Australia.
In summer and autumn, the fruits are harvested and dried in the sun. The mature orange-red Goji berries remind Europeans in appearance to hips, in dried form, they resemble raisins. They taste similar to the fruity cranberry tart. Recent scientific
Studies support the good reputation of the Goji berries as a gift of nature. Accordingly, they have strong antioxidant, ie cell-protective properties - delaying an important factor to the aging process. Laboratory studies also showed evidence that carotenoids from wolfberry (zeaxanthin and lutein) to promote the blood supply to the optic nerve of the eye and protect from destruction when a glaucoma is present. Polysaccharides from the plant have immunomodulatory effects. And there are several laboratory studies and a clinical study on the effectiveness against cancer.
Prof. Dr. Earl Mindell, author of some nutritional and vitamin bestseller, made the general public on the scientific study carefully: "The goji berry contains by far the greatest potential health benefits of essential nutrients that I have encountered in my decades of research. Their positive effect on the body is unparalleled and is achieved so far by any other known plant. "Then was the fruit in the United States in the Kitchen. In Great Britain and Ireland goji berries in the fall of 2007 in a few weeks, best-selling health product health food trade.
gave a result more and more companies in the form of dried Goji berries, in cereal, granola bars, mixed nuts, chocolate or as a juice or tea. Goji berries taste in soups, sauces and salads as well as in home-made bread and cakes. They can also be eaten raw such as raisins right out of hand.
The wolfberry fruits contain much vitamin C. The percentage of B-vitamins is remarkably high (B1, B2, B3). The content of other vitamins, minerals and trace elements is remarkable. In the goji berry can be detected in a total of 18 protein building blocks (amino acids) and 21 trace elements.
Article condition is also beta-sitosterol, a phytosterol cholesterolähnliches that can lower the fat content of the blood and favorable effect on prostate enlargement. In addition, anthocyanins, which are antioxidant plant pigments, for example, prevent the oxidation of harmful LDL-cholesterol and thereby prevent deposits in the vessels. According to research 30 grams of Goji berries are sufficient per day to supply the body with the required amount of cell-protective biomaterials.
Goji berries have a positive effect on our immune system. They cause an increase of white blood cells, to animal health of our body and make the macrophages actively and effectively. The distribution of one of the most common antibodies, immunoglobulin A (IgA), rose after the regular consumption of goji berries by 75 percent. The wolfberry fruits increase the production of interleukin-2, a chemical messenger that natural killer cells to increased activity - For example in the fight against cancer cells - stimulates.
The brain benefits from the goji fruit. Sun researchers tested the protective effect of the berry against amyloid peptides, the main culprit in the emergence of Alzheimer's disease. In fact, in the test animals died from a few nerve cells when they were protected by Goji. Chinese extract of goji berries are therefore already made tons to Europe and the USA, to be used in medicine as the active ingredient.
Goji berries one also can breed. Nurseries and garden centers offer the frost-resistant box thorn-bushes on already, Internet service providers send seedlings. In intervals of five feet the plants in 30 inch deep holes in the ground set. After a year, the branches are pruned heavily, suggesting the bush become stronger. If the berries are ripe, they can be dried, frozen or juice pressed from it.
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