Goji are the berries that grow in China and Tibet. Actually, thanks to the over-prevalence in Chinese medicine, European scientists decided to investigate their composition and effect on the human body more extensively. The Chinese did not do this - they just chewed goji like raisins, and increased the number of long-liver Celestial.
We can realize the benefits of goji berries only by entering into their composition. And these are essential amino acids, unique polysaccharides, vitamins, minerals that affect the body's weight, as a medicine of the full spectrum of action:
- The use of goji in the activation of the protective forces of the immune system;
- these berries clean and restore the liver, remove harmful cholesterol from the body;
- goji lower the level of sugar, and work as a preventive measure of diabetes;
- thanks to goji and antioxidants in their composition, vision is restored and strengthened;
- due to a full set of vitamins, bones and joints strengthen, muscle tone rises;
- Goji acts as an aphrodisiac, retaining sexual activity for many years.
Genetics, cancer and goji
It is impossible not to note the benefits of goji berries in the fight against cancer and genetic diseases. As mentioned above, goji contain antioxidants - it's vitamins , and provitamins. They are actively fighting free radicals, as well as with the processes of oxidation in the body. This oxidative process sometimes gets to the DNA cells, which, in fact, causes defects and mutations, which are then transmitted from generation to generation.
Thus, if science can understand the principle of goji, it is possible that mankind will receive a cure for cancer and hereditary diseases, which are still unpredictable and incurable.
Diabetes
Another dangerous disease, and also can be corrected with the help of goji. Berries have a sweet and sour taste, they can quite replace sweetness in tea or even be the tea itself. Glycemic index of goji is 10.6, of sugar is 83. Consumption of goji makes it possible to avoid jumps in blood sugar and maintain pancreatic health.
How to take goji?
Of course, after reading these odes, you are probably worried about how to properly take goji berries. The easiest way is to brew 50 g of berries with a glass of boiling water, to insist 30 minutes and drink like tea. Or you can mix berries with dried fruits, tea leaves and brew again. In any case, do not use sugar - it will ruin the benefit of goji.
Side effects from goji berries can appear only in case of an overdose.
These berries are unusual for our body product, so the maximum dose of intake of dry berries - 50 grams a day, and in the form of tea there are no restrictions. Brew, as many as you want.