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"A magnificent Kirlian photograph of an organic goji berry. The goji berry contains 18 amino acids and over 20 trace minerals. The goji berry is the richest source of beta-carotene found in any food/herb. This amazing little fruit is considered the number one food/herb in Chinese medicine. It synergistically makes all other herbs work better when it is added to herbal formulas. SATURATION POINT "Information is the commodity of kings." —Anthony Robbins We live in an era where all knowledge is available to all those who seek it out." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"There are more than forty species of the goji berry, also known as "wolf-berry." The more commonly consumed variety of goji berry is Lycium barbarum. The berries, small and orange to light red in color, are filled with seeds. The taste is somewhat like a cross between a cranberry and a cherry. They are shade-dried before packaging. Goji can be eaten raw, cooked, consumed as juice or wine, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture. Goji Berries (Lycium, Wolfberries) WILL THE REAL GOJI PLEASE STAND UP! A Serving of Food Lore..." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"A magnificent Kirlian photograph of an organic goji berry. The goji berry contains 18 amino acids and over 20 trace minerals. The goji berry is the richest source of beta-carotene found in any food/herb. This amazing little fruit is considered the number one food/herb in Chinese medicine. It synergistically makes all other herbs work better when it is added to herbal formulas. SATURATION POINT "Information is the commodity of kings." —Anthony Robbins We live in an era where all knowledge is available to all those who seek it out." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"There is even an annual two-week festival to honor the goji berry. It is also grown as a cultivated plant throughout Asia, the Middle East, Great Britain, and North America. Why Should I Eat Goji Berries? Although goji contains a wide variety of nutrients and trace minerals, this berry is not especially rich in any one vitamin or mineral. However, its concentration of the plant chemicals beta-carotene and zeaxanthin more than makes up for any shortfall in nutrient density. Home Remedies Whatever ails you!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The more commonly consumed variety of goji berry is Lycium barbarum. The berries, small and orange to light red in color, are filled with seeds. The taste is somewhat like a cross between a cranberry and a cherry. They are shade-dried before packaging. Goji can be eaten raw, cooked, consumed as juice or wine, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture. Goji Berries (Lycium, Wolfberries) WILL THE REAL GOJI PLEASE STAND UP! A Serving of Food Lore... The goji plant hails from Tibet and Inner Mongolia and has a 3,000-year history in Chinese and Eastern medical traditions." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"The goji berry contains 18 amino acids and over 20 trace minerals. The goji berry is the richest source of beta-carotene found in any food/herb. This amazing little fruit is considered the number one food/herb in Chinese medicine. It synergistically makes all other herbs work better when it is added to herbal formulas. SATURATION POINT "Information is the commodity of kings." —Anthony Robbins We live in an era where all knowledge is available to all those who seek it out. There is an abundance of useful information out there in the world. We are at the source. We can choose." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"His life span has even been verified by scholars, who found that "each day he consumed a 'soup' made of the goji berry." Rather than containing xanthones, as the mangosteen does, the lycium barbarum strain of goji berry derives its benefits from five different polysaccharides (named LBP1, LBP2, LBP3, LBP4, and LBP1-5), and is explained, as follows: It was discovered that certain types of polysaccharides could cause profound and beneficial changes in the human body. Bioactive polysaccharides, also called proteoglycans, are a family of complex carbohydrates bound to proteins." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"Not so for the goji berry, however (see page 112), which has made its way to the States in both berry and juice form. In that case, you really have a choice; I decided to include the whole berry on the list since space was limited and the juice isn't as well known. Although the mantra "eat more fruits and vegetables" has been repeated so often it's become a cliche, it's worth pointing out that fruits and vegetables as categories are quite distinct from a blood sugar point of view." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) "All of this is nonsense. The goji berry is one of about eighty varieties of the Lycium berry (Lycium barbarum) that is indigenous to the Tibetan and Mongolian There are about a hundred references on the Internet that mention that fig extracts have shrunk tumors in (unidentified) ")apanese studies," supposedly because figs contain benzaidehyde (usually misspelled as benza/dehyde). If only. I was able to track down exactly two experimental studies on benzaidehyde, both from the 1980s, and neither showed that figs prevented or protected against regions." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) "That the goji berry is full of nutrients is not in doubt. But Gojis are not listed in the USDA database, so their exact makeup is hard to verify. The general consensus is that they contain eighteen amino acids and up to twenty-one trace minerals, and are a rich source of carotenoids and vitamin C. They're also high in fiber (4 g per serving). You can buy the juice if you don't mind paying astronomical rates and wading through a bunch of multilevel marketing hype. Personally, I buy the organic berries themselves in a package at the natural foods supermarket." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"I might add that at the time of Mary Lou's withdraw, I had not yet learned about the amazing benefits of goji juice or noni, also broad-spectrum adaptogens. The goji berry is sometimes referred to as the happy berry, as it seems to elevate the mood. It also helps stabilize both the blood pressure and blood sugar. / The water and Celtic sea salt combined provide an alternate source of energy for the brain, reducing the need for carbohydrates." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.) "Studies have shown that as a person's alkalinity changes, they also experience a reversal of their illness, including cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic renal failure, obesity, high cholesterol, arthritis and other illnesses associated with physical or mental discomforts, including attention deficit disorder, anxiety and depression. The goji berry is sometimes referred to as the happy berry, as it's thought to elevate the mood. According to research by Dr." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"Rather than containing xanthones, as the mangosteen does, the lycium barbarum strain of goji berry derives its benefits from five different polysaccharides (named LBP1, LBP2, LBP3, LBP4, and LBP1-5), and is explained, as follows: It was discovered that certain types of polysaccharides could cause profound and beneficial changes in the human body. Bioactive polysaccharides, also called proteoglycans, are a family of complex carbohydrates bound to proteins." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"Orange goji berry Smoothie (p. 91) or Chocolate Smoothie (p. 92) Lunch: Creamed Black Fig Salad (p. 94) Sweet Beet Soup (p. 100) Fresh fruit Dinner: Garden Salad (p. 93) with orange slices and lemon and Tahini Dressing (p. 98) Steamed string beans with onions and mushrooms Swiss Chard & Beans Italiano (p. 105) Mango Riesling Compote (p. 113) Breakfast: Eat Your Greens & Fruit Smoothie (p. 91) Lunch: Big Chopped Salad (p. 93) with Savory Tomato-Almond Dressing (p. 99) Creamy Vegetable Soup (p. 101) Fresh fruit Dinner: Jicama Salad (p." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition (Get the book.)

"The benefits from this super liquid food keep piling up, and the news about its great benefits keep spreading. The goji berry, sometimes called wolf berry, is perhaps the most nutritious fruit on the planet. Goji berries date back hundreds of years in the Chinese dynasties. They contain 18 amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen), eight essential amino acids, and 21 trace minerals. These berries are rich in carotenoids, which have more beta-carotene than fresh carrots. They also have large amounts of vitamins C, B1, B2, B6, and E. Dr. Earl Mindell, Ph.D." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"A Third Discovery - The Chinese Wolfberry, or goji berry Juice Dr. Victor IVIarcial-Vega, IVI.D., wliom I met several years ago at a tiealth conference in Palm Springs, has been studying the before- and after-effects of various treatments on the blood, with thousands of his patients. He discovered that when the blood is too acidic, the red blood cells tend to clump together, and there is normally a higher level of bacteria in the blood as well. Dr." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"Family: Solanaceae (nightshade family) Common Names: Gou qi zi (Chinese), goji berry, wolfberry, gugijanamu (Korean), kukoshi (Japanese) Taste/Energy: Sweet, slightly warm Part Used: Fruit Location/Cultivation: Lycium is native to China and mostly cultivated in Ningxia province. It is naturalized in Hawaii, and a related species Lycium fruits (Photograph by David Winston) grows wild in the southwestern United States. It needs average soil with good drainage and full sun. Safety Rating: ? ? ?" - David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes, Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief (Get the book.)

"The berry is also the richest source of carotenoids, including beta carotene (it has more beta carotene than carrots), of all known foods or plants on earth. The goji berry is among the most revered of sexual tonic herbs in Asian herbalism and has been recognized as increasing sexual fluids and enhancing fertility. In Mongolia it is commonly used by fifst-trimester mothets to ptevent morning sickness. It is a gentle and soothing fruit that is loaded with available vitality. In several study groups with elderly people, the berry was given once a day for three weeks, with many beneficial results." - Dianne Onstad, Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods (Get the book.) "It is said that a handful in the morning will make you happy all day. The goji berry has been used in traditional Mongolian and Tibetan medicine for centuries. The fruit contains polysaccharides, which have been demonstrated to strongly fortify the immune system. These same polysaccharides have been found to be a secretagogue, that is, a substance that stimulates the secretion in the pituitary gland of human growth hormone, a powerful innate antiaging hormone." - Dianne Onstad, Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods (Get the book.) "General Information The Tibetan goji berry, Lycium tibetica, is a member of the Solanecea family. The Chinese wolfberry, L. barbarum, is grown in China. Tibetan Goji berries are grown in protected valleys in wild and cultivated areas of Inner Mongolia in million-year-old soil where pesticides have never been used. These little berries are plumper and sweeter than the Chinese ones, although the Chinese variety claims to be the heirloom strain. Buying Tips Goji berries are only sold dried outside of their native countries." - Dianne Onstad, Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods (Get the book.)

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