Hasta La Ideas

We may very well be miles behind the health-food trends, but the other day we found a new product in our grocery store. A product we had not seen before. It looked much like the bag on the left above, and the label said Sun dried Goji berries. Now, what on Earth was this? A bit of research revealed that this is the fruit from either one of two closely related plants; Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense. In English they are called Wolfberry. Both are grown commercially in China and have apparently been used in Chinese traditional medicine for thousands of years. The berry contains a lot of antioxidants, minerals and vitamins and sellers of the berries and the very expensive Goji juice naturally claim it’s the best thing since sliced bread. As far as we have been able to see, though, there are no independent scientifically valid studies to confirm the claims. But, as is the case with all traditional remedies, there is probably something there, even if it may not be as fantastic as they say.brbr