Go Get a Bowl of Goji Berries 

      Goji Berries have been used in traditional Asian medicine for over 5,000 years. You can find mentions of this extraordinary berry in Chinese medical texts as much as 5,000 years old. Goji Berries come from a pristine, certified organic region in the Ningxia province of China. This is the same amazing place where they hold a festival each year to celebrate the Goji Berry and its amazing health benefits.

      Ancient Chinese medical texts praised Goji Berries as tonic support for the liver, and kidneys. More than anything, they are believe to increase the “chi” or life energy in those that eat them.  Goji Berries have a long history of use in the treatment of eye problems, skin rashes, psoriasis, allergies, insomnia, chronic liver disease, diabetes and tuberculosis. They are great for diabetics because they reduce the craving for sugar, and they stabilize the sugar levels in hypoglycemic people.  Goji Berries are also used by the people of Tibet to increase longevity and as a general health strengthening tonic.

      Modern science has shown that this bright red berry not only contains extremely high levels of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, but also contains many unique phytochemicals, polysaccharides, and complex compounds that scientists are just beginning to understand.  

      On a nutritional level, Goji Berries are unmatched by any other food. They’re LOADED with 18 kinds of amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen) and contain ALL 8 essential amino acids (such as isoleucine and tryptophan). PLUS, Goji berries contain up to 21 trace minerals (the most powerful ones being zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, and phosphorus)! Goji berries are the richest source of carotenoids, including beta-carotene (more beta carotene than carrots), of all known foods or plants on earth! They contain 500 times the amount of vitamin C, by weight, than oranges making them second only to camu camu berries as the richest vitamin C source on earth. Goji berries also contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, and vitamin E.

      The benefits of goji berries are actively reflected in many medical conditions,it helps to control and reverse obesity, prevents cancer, prevent age-related macular degeneration, restores hair color, activates the immune system, helps to preventing morning sickness in pregnant women,and it is used to treat sexual dysfunctions and infertility. The Goji Berry is also being called the world’s most powerful anti-aging food. It is rated #1 on the ORAC scale (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity), which measures the antioxidant level in foods. It is a test developed by USDA researchers out of Tufts University in Boston.

      People who consume this wonder berry suggest that if you really want to reap all of the benefits that goji berries have to offer you should become a total vegetarian so that the main ingredients of this berry will have the desired result. These same people experience an "I am feeling great today" every time they drink goji juice. In certain parts of Tibet these berries are referred to as laughing berries.