Take the Goji Challenge
By Laurie • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Healthy Eating, Reviews and Recommendations, Today's Kitchen
See how your body responds to Goji Berries from Tibet, the ultimate super food.
Include Goji Berries in your daily life by:
- Eating Goji Berries instead of coffee to give you that kick start, and get real nutrition instead of caffeine.
- Instead of snacking on potato chips try Goji Berries to boost your health and help you lose weight.
- Putting Goji Berries on your cereal in the morning, on salads, or as a Goji break….
Li Qing Yuen, lived to 252 years of age, longer than any other person in recorded history. He ate Goji Berries on a daily basis, and three times received official certificates from the Chinese Government for his outstanding longevity achievements. Goji Berries have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for almost 2,000 years. Goji (pronounced go-gee) is the common anglicized pronunciation and name for the Chinese word for the berry. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Goji Berries are believed to enhance immune system function, help eyesight, protect the liver, boost sperm production, and improve circulation, among other effects. In TCM terms, Goji Berries are sweet in taste and they act on the liver, lung, and kidney channels and enrich yin. Goji Berries can be eaten raw, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture.
Be sure to check out the Goji Berry Recipes we will be posting in the upcoming days. Here is one to start us off: Goji-licious Salad.
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Do you know where I could find them?
Natural health food store or Chinese food mart?
Jen-
I have seen them in some of the local health food stores around me, but I have not checked the Chinese food marts yet. I also know that you can get them online at ExtremeHealth, which is the site linked up here. They are very friendly and helpful.