Goji: Fact Vs Fiction
One of the latest crazes in the healthfood industry is the goji berry. Countless companies sell goji juice, dried goji berries, and goji capsules. The goji berry is touted as bing a miracle product with many different health benefits. It is true that goji contains some very beneficial nutrients, and that goji can provide some great health benefits. However, some people have exaggerated what the goji berry can do. Here are a few myths about goji….
Myth: Goji berries contain 500 times the vitamin C that oranges do.
Truth: Goji berries contain somewhere between 1.2 and 5 times the vitamin C that oranges do.
Myth: Goji can cure _________
Truth: There are no scientific studies to indicate that goji can cure any disease or ailment.
Myth: Goji is a great source for vitamins
Truth: Goji does contain vitamins, but the important components in goji are the special polysaccharides in the goji berry
FreeLife, the company who largely brought goji to market recently performed a double-blind, placebo controlled study on GoChi, their goji juice product. This study found that the product offered excellent health benefits and helps dispel some myths and establish factual information on goji.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Dear Emmyrose,
Let’s take a look WHY “there are no scientific studies to indicate goji can cure any disease or ailment.” It’s because scientific studies in the USA are SO expensive, that you’d have to make obscene boat loads of money (that’s a highly scientific term) in order to pay for the studies that are legally required to use the term “scientific” to refer to your study.
Most any food product simply does not make enough money for it’s suppliers to make this worth while for the whole host of diseases or ailments that the food might actually help.