Health tip: Add Goji Berries into your diet • 12.03.08
Goji berries, also known as Lycium barbarum, wolfberry, gou qi zi, and ructus lycii, are a unique dried fruit. If you haven’t tried one, it’s unlike anything you’ve had before. Packed with healthy nutrition, this is a fruit worth adding into your menu. Here’s why:
- Goji berries contain 18 Amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen), more Beta Carotene than carrots, more Iron than spinach, and 21 Trace Minerals
- Goji berries contain Vitamin B1, B2, B6, and Vitamin E (rarely found in fruits)
- Goji berries contain more protein than whole wheat. They are 13% protein and are a complete protein.
- They contain many complex compounds, phytonutrients, and antioxidants.
Some ideas on how to add these nutritional powerhouses into your menu…
- sprinkle on your cold or hot cereal like you would raisins.
- add into bread or muffin batters
- chop and add to your homemade vinaigrette
- top your salads with a handful
- add into a trail mix or granola recipe
- add 8-10 berries into your hot tea, they will lightly flavor your tea and you can eat the flavorful berries once they’ve plumped up from the soaking in the hot tea
- soak a handful of berries in water first and then add into a smoothie recipe
My question for you: Do you eat Goji berries? If so, what’s your favorite way?
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