GOJI BERRY HEALTH BENEFITS

Goji berries were given to me by my work colleague Katie, around about a year ago now. At the time we were working nearly around the clock on a new project. She was told to eat Goji berries by her naturopath as a snack and also as Goji tea purely as a tonic and a pick-me-up drink.

 

During those times when it was obvious that lunch and dinner were going to be delayed, we would happily much on these delicious red berries together with some almonds or walnuts. This was always enough to tide us over until we were able to find the time to have our proper meal. Often if we were working late at night we would use the berries to make Goji tea which seemed to give us the energy to be able to keep on working that bit longer.

 

One thing we did notice was that we did not snack on bad food such as chocolate bars or biscuits. We also found that over that time we shed a few kilos purely because we had substituted the Goji berries for our usual quick snacks of unhealthy junk food.  What an unexpected bonus that was.

 

We also began to notice after eating the Goji berries for several months some other subtle changes. We were able to work longer hours without becoming so fatigued. Not only were we not as physically tired, but at the end of a long day we were still working with great mental clarity. We were drinking around 3 cups of tea made with the Goji berries each day, and snacking on the rest.

 

To any onlookers, it appeared that we were thriving on this extra workload. We looked too healthy and had far too much energy to be classified as tired and overworked. But we were working incredibly long hours, and the only real difference to our diets was the handful of Goji berries that we would each consume in one day.

 

Of course this amount of Goji berries would constitute a therapeutic dose, but it would be very close to the amount we would eat over the period of a day. We certainly went through some packets of berries over that couple of months.  Even now they remain a favourite snack food as well as tea. I probably don’t eat quite that many, more like a small handful. But I do find that they are the best thing to carry around when you require a quick energy boost, or just to snack on in between meals.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the so-called super-foods, of which the Goji berry is not only supposed to belong, but to be the champion of. Naturally this is not unexpected, because you only have to wait so long, and what was in fashion is no longer, and what was no longer, is now back in favour. One of the latest discoveries is that Goji berries help in therapy of cerebral palsy.

 

Our well known favourites such as walnuts, barley grass, blueberries and of course the Goji berry have been touted as just good foods, but there is nothing special about them, or extraordinary, and they certainly don’t do all those amazing things that they have been claimed to do.

 

Sounds a bit like sour grapes to me. For a start there are just too many people who eat the Goji berry for instance, that report remarkable improvements in their health. Even those that drink the Goji juice have great results, and this is from a product that has been so changed and manufactured as to make it almost unrecognizable.

 

Whole is always best, so for all you Goji drinkers, toss your juice away and buy a packet of the pure, wholesome Goji berries and munch your way to health. Don’t listen to all those nay-sayer’s who would have you believe that all food is very much the same. We know different, don’t we?

 

Our food that we eat is one of the most critical elements towards good health. The more we are able to incorporate such foods as the Goji berry into our diet the more long term benefits we will receive. A bit like making a small deposit each week at the bank, and at the end of a few years we have a nice healthy balance.

 

If we do this for our body, then we can look forward to a super plan with a big pay-out of good health and vitality. Those that never bothered with these little deposits and instead spent their life snacking on corn chips and Coke, will have no super to look forward to, just an unhealthy life on a meagre pension.

 

If you can’t get to a packet of Goji berries, then there are plenty of alternatives. The humble apple will do if there is nothing else around. Remember every little bite of these wonderful foods adds up. The pay-out will be several years down the track for most of us, but for many, the pay out is happening right now.