Information On Goji Berries Aka Chinese Wolfberry
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- Wolfberries, the earth's treasure for your health : shopping list
- Chinese cultivated wolfberries for more than thousands of years for its health and medicinal benefits, nutrient value and pleasant taste. Fresh lycium fruit have a strange taste. The lycium fruit is sweet only when it is dried with soft temperature. Wolfberries are usually eaten dried like nuts and fresh ones are good for salad and marinade. The fruit have excellent anti-oxidants, anti-aging and anti common disease properties. Wolfberries are also called lycium barbarum, lycium fruit, gouqizi in Chinese or goji. Wolfberries are the plant species that contain the most polysaccharide (polysaccharide is the principal property responsible for anti-aging). Traditional Chinese uses wolfberry fruits to improve eye condition, to support liver functions, to maintain healthy blood pressure, to maintain healthy immune system, to control blood sugar, to maintain body beauty against aging. Wolfberry plants are the only species that contains the most Germanium ever found in food. Germanium is a very rare compound found in food and it is the most effective compound against cancer. Wolfberries contain also the natural Physalin that help to boost the immune system and to treat cancer. shopping list
- Moreover, today scientists have discovered more healthy components in wolfberries that are effective against cancer, diabetes, fungal, arthritis, etc... Also, many diet nutrient and supplementary food products have added wolfberry fruit components to increase product's health efficiency... shopping list
- The wolfberries plant and its fruit: shopping list
- From the period of April to October, we can admire the beautiful purple flowers and the beautiful redness of wolfberries bushes. Wolfberries are very easy to take care of whether in well-drained soil or in poor soil. Wolfberries are more effective and beautiful when planted in groups where the juicy red fruits and purple flowers make a statement. The plant harvest every year from June to October dependant on the weather of the country. Lycium barbarum species can tolerate temperature from C27 to 39 degree Celsius. Wolfberries shrubs are one of the last plants to turn their leaves yellow in fall. It is recommended to cut them to the ground in late winter or early spring to encourage fresh and new growth. Wolfberries grow like a bush with vine over 15 feet. When the lycium fruit is ready to harvest, the fruit becomes very red and juicy. During the last month of harvest, the fruit bust open for the seeds to drop down to the soil for propagation. shopping list
- The richness of the lycium fruit (wolfberries): shopping list
- Wolfberries fruit have very good source of vitamins. The fruit contains vitamins B1, B6, A, C and E. The wolfberries fruits contain also 19 amino acids in which 8 of them are essential for life, 21 trace minerals (zinc, iron, copper, calcium, selenium, phosphorus and germanium), more beta carotene than carrots, essential fatty acids for the production of hormones and the functioning of the brain and nervous system. Wolfberries fruits contain the richest source of carotenoids, Beta Sitosterol, Zeaxanthin, Lutine, Betaine, Cyperone, Solavetivone, Physalin, etc. shopping list
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perfect information to know and have in the recipe tool box...thanks I gave it my high five!
divaliscious in Dutchess County loved it
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Thanks for taking the time to post such great information.
ahmed1 in Cairo loved it
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You have done it again Marie! I did know about these a little bit, but this is great information. I like the bit about the anti aging properties :-)
Might get a large bag then!!! :-)vivian in Stoke-on-Trent loved it
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