Healing Benefits Of Goji Berries

With the superfood movement in full force, it is often difficult to know which ones you should choose to incorporate into your diet on a daily basis so you can achieve better health. If you have not yet researched the healing benefits of goji berries, you may want to look into this nutrient rich superfood and consider consuming it on a consistent basis for better health.

Goji berry nutritional profile

Goji berries are a nutrient-dense superfood that contain many health promoting factors, including:

• 18 amino acids, including all eight essential amino acids, making it a complete protein.

• Six essential Fatty Acids (EFAs).

• 21 trace minerals including calcium, copper, germanium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, selenium and zinc.

• Vitamin A, C, B-complex and E.

• A superior form of a wide range of antioxidants, including zeaxanthin, SOD (superoxide dismutase), polysaccharides, germanium and beta-carotene.

With a nutrient profile as strong as goji berries, it makes perfect sense to add them to your diet to increase your intake of various vitamins, minerals and other factors that are supportive of good health. Just a handful of day can flood your body with more nutrients than many people get in a week!

Healing action of goji berries

Goji berries support, improve and revitalize many functions of the body, including the following areas:

• Cardiovascular

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Kidneys

• Immune

• Eyes

• Circulatory

• Muscles

• Mood

• Libido

• Skin

Goji is a super antioxidant food, rich in various phytochemicals. It contains an abundance of carotenoids that scavenge free radicals in order to keep our liver, blood, and cardiovascular system clean and free of inflammatory toxins. No food on earth matches the ORAC (antioxidant) value of goji berries.

It has been shown to significantly improve immune function which helps provide resistance to a wide range of diseases. Phytochemicals known as Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharides (LBP) have very potent immune regulating benefits, and are being studied intensely due to its immune boosting power.

In addition to this goji has been found to protect our DNA from breaking down and are believed to be human growth hormone secretagogue, which helps stimulate the release of HGH, which is a hormone that slows down aging. It improves fat metabolism and helps regulate sugar, both of which help mitigate premature aging.

The orange pigment in goji berries is a very powerful antioxidant called zeaxanthin that is easily absorbed and goes directly to our eyes and liver. It actually coats the lining of our eyes and keeps them youthful.

Goji berries are also known as a beauty food in China and Asia, and eating an ounce or two a day can keep your skin silky smooth and clear as porcelain. Goji berries are rich in phospholipids, the main lipid component of all cell membranes.

Goji also helps with cholesterol, inflammation and blood sugar and has been affectionately called the “happy fruit” due to its ability to enhance people’s moods.

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Note: Goji is part of the nightshade family, which can cause inflammation for those with autoimmune issues.

How to get goji berries in your diet

Goji berries are a very versatile food and can be used in a variety of ways, including the following:

• Cereal

• Trail mix

• Salads

• Smoothies

• Tea

• Baking (it has been proven that cooking does not destroy the antioxidant activity)

They can also be easily eaten on their own as a simple, powerful snack with their mild, tangy taste that is slightly sweet and sour. A good quality goji berry will be moist like a raisin, but unfortunately, most on the market today are dried, which affects their palatability and digestibility.

For all these reasons, goji berries are one superfood I would suggest that you consider taking on a consistent basis to keep your body well mineralized and detoxified while supporting the key organs associated with optimal health. Their superior antioxidant activity will help negate oxidization related to poor diets, pollution, radiation and overexposure to the sun’s rays.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.naturalnews.com/042400_goji_berries_healing_power_superfoods.html

Derek Henry

Derek Henry, Founder of Healing the Body and the THRIVE Academy, used nutrition, supplementation, and a holistic lifestyle to naturally unravel 13 chronic disease conditions that conventional or alternative medical professionals couldn't help him resolve. As a result of this one-in-a-million health transformation and the knowledge acquired in the process, he now educates, coaches, and inspires others to transform their health through a natural and holistic approach. Since 2014, he has helped his THRIVE Academy participants heal over 20 different chronic disease conditions, primarily related to digestive and autoimmune concerns.

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