Chinese Herbal Medicine Melbourne
What Exactly is a Goji Berry?
Despite common held beliefs, the goji berry is a fruit that has a long history that far supersedes its new found glory as a super-fruit and super-food. In fact, goji berries have been one of the pillars of Chinese herbal medicine for the best part of six thousand years. They are as important as acupuncture treatments.
The fruit itself is has a very distinct and vibrant orange and red ellipsis shape and is typically one to two cm in length. Goji berries grow naturally throughout Asia across a number of countries including Tibet, Mongolio and China.
What are the Health Advantages of Goji Berries?
The fruit is jam packed with goodness being a rich source of protein, a fruit with 18 amino acids, one of the foods richest in antioxidants in the world and similarly one of the richest sources of betaine in the world. All these factors combined mean it is a nutritional superstar that offers a whole range of health benefits including:
• Boosts your metabolism, energy and vitality
• increases and improves your level of immunity
• fantastic for your vision
• May boost your sex drive, sex life and levels of fertility
What’s the Best Way of Consuming Goji Berries?
There are tons of different ways that you can eat the super nutritious berry. Traditionally, you would probable consume the goji berry as it is – raw. This is a wholesome option but can be troublesome in two ways. Firstly, the taste is certainly an acquired taste and some people find it a bit overpowering. It is close to a raisin but has a sweet and sour flavor. Then, although there is an abundance of it growing throughout Asia, it is very hard to find goji berries in more western countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia.
Very commonly goji berries are eaten dry. Also consuming gojis in a juice or a smoothly is equally common. As is the consumption of gojis in tea. Despite their popularity there are question marks as to whether these are effective ways of consuming goji because they might dilute the potential effects of any health benefits. With that in mind we would recommend going down the natural health supplements route. Natural health supplements made of goji are quick and ideal to get the exact right amount of your daily fix of gojis.
