Goji Plants
What if you could find a food supplement that exceeded the Pomegranate in delivering antioxidants, enhanced your immune system, fought diseases like cancer and made you look and feel years younger. Well you can and even better it’s completely natural. What we’re talking about are the berries of Goji plants. The Goji berry has been found to be one of the most nutritious foods on Earth and even better it tastes great, somewhat like a tart cross between a strawberry and a raspberry. Goji berries, also known as the Chinese Wolfberry as a new super food that is taking the health conscious world by storm. It’s available in health shops, pharmacy’s and even better online making it easily accessible to South African consumers. The bright red fruits of the Goji plants are harvested from plants in the Ningxia Hui region of North Central China for export all over the world and have been known by the locals for centuries as having unique health giving properties.
Cultivated on the floodplains of the yellow River the berries are so revered that a festival dedicated to their life giving properties is held in Ningxia every August during the berry harvest. Goji berry’s are harvested by shaking the plants until the berries fall to the ground or are collected by pickers using sterile gloves as the human touch causes the berries to spoil. The berries are so revered that they are known in the region as ‘red diamonds’.
Lycium barbarum, the scientific name for the Goji Berry has been closely studied to find out more about its health giving properties and the results have been startling. Studies published over the year’s have shown medicinal benefits that are due in part to the berry’s antioxidant properties. It has been shown to have potential benefits against cardio vascular disease, vision related ailments and nueroprotective properties. Not bad for a small red berry.
In order to ensure that you receive only top quality Goji Berry products from genuine Goji plants make sure that you source your products from a reputable dealer. For all your Goji Berry requirements contact Goji Health head office on 012 345 1223.
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