Godji berries - natural - 250g

250 gr.

According to Chinese medicine, it is sweet in taste and neutral in nature; they act on the liver, lung, and kidney channels and enrich yin. They can be eaten raw, consumed as juice or wine, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture. It has been found that goji berries contain many nutrients as below:

    * 6 essential vitamins
    *11 essential elements
    * 22 trace dietary minerals
    * 18 amino acids
    * 8 polysaccharides
    * 6 monosaccharides
    * 5 unsaturated fatty acids (essential fatty acids, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid beta-sitosterol and other phytosterols)
    * 5 carotenoids, including beta-carotene and zeaxanthin, lutein, lycopene and beta-cryptoxanthin, a xanthophyll
    * many phenolic pigments

It has also been found that goji berries contain Calcium (112mg/100g), Potassium (1.13 mg/100g), Iron (9mg/100g), Zinc (2mg/100g), Selenium (50 micrograms/100g), Riboflavin (1.3mg/100g), Vitamin C (148mg/100g).

Goji Berries also contain many phytochemicals,

    * Beta carotene: 7 mg per 100 grams dried fruit.
    * Zeaxanthin: Up to 200 mg per in 100 grams dried goji berries. Up to 77% of total carotenoids present in wolfberry exist as zeaxanthin.
    * Polysaccharides: up to 31% of pulp weight.

How to Eat Goji Berries

In general, goji berries are dried fruit, so there can be different ways to eat it, for example:

    * with cereals
    * with porridge
    * with yogurt
    * with hot water to prepare herbal tea
    * simply eat it as it is
    * and others (e.g. as cake ingredients)

Avoid using Godji Berries if you are sensitive to plants in the nightshade family. Avoid its use if you have diarrhea, flatulence and abdominal bloating.