The Goji Berry is a member of the Solanacease or nightshade family of plants. It’s a bright orange-red berry commonly grown in the north-central and western areas of China. The ripe berry is easily damaged during picking, so it’s common for them to be carefully dried to preserve them before export. Goji Berries have been used in traditional Chinese medicine to manage Diabetes, High Blood pressure, Fever, Age-Related Eye Problems and Fatigue associated with living at high altitude.
Goji Berries are eaten raw, cooked, or dried and are used in herbal teas, juices, wines and medicines. Since the 21st century, the dried fruit has been marketed in the West as a health food, often accompanied by scientific unsupported claims regarding its purported health benefits. Companies marketing the berries often propagate the unsupported claim that a Chinese man named Li Qing Yuen, who has said to have consumed these berries daily, lived to the age of 265 years (1677-1933). In the recent years there has been a number of studies supporting many of the claims out there. On the Next Page, learn how Goji berries can help with weight management, healthy vision, increasing testosterone levels, diabetes management and cancer prevention.
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