- Beauty and Goji
- By Elizabeth Kiely
Goji berries from the Himalayan
Mountains are said to be the most nutritionally dense food. Goji
berries have a 2,000 year history throughout Asia as a potent
anti-aging herb. Women of Chinese nobility ate the berries to
look younger and more beautiful.
Goji contains four types of polysaccharides
that are not found in any other food in the world. Goji berries
contain 500 times more vitamin C by weight than an orange. They
contain over 20 trace minerals such as copper, calcium, iron
and zinc. They also contain 18 amino acids, including all eight
essential amino acids, vitamins B1, B2, B6 and E. Researchers
report that Goji's blend of amino acids can actually repair damaged
DNA.
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Goji berries are also a rich
source of carotenoids and contain more beta carotene than carrots
by weight. Beta carotene is known to help protect skin from sun-damage.
The Goji is also a natural source of betaine, which helps fortify
the muscles. The amazing Goji is also a good source of essential
fatty acids which is rather unusual for a fruit.
With a reading of 355,000, Himalayan
Goji Juice is rated #1 on the ORAC scale (Oxygen Radical Absorbance
Capacity) which measures the
antioxidant level in foods. |
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Antioxidants counteract free
radicals that age the skin. Free radicals damage your skin and
interfere with collagen production causing premature aging. Antioxidants
promote collagen which reduces wrinkles.
Get your beauty sleep! Goji berries
boost the body's production of the human growth hormone, the
youth hormone, which promotes better sleep, reduction of body
fat, accelerated healing, and a more youthful appearance.
For more youthful looking skin
and hair, add Goji berries to your beauty regimen. |
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