As a very common medicinal and edible food source, goji berries are deeply loved by many people. They contain a large amount of beneficial substances for the human body, which can play a good role in health maintenance.
Therefore, in daily life, many people will eat some goji berries appropriately every day, such as soaking them in water for drinking, or cooking porridge and soups with goji berries. Some people also like to chew a few goji berries every day. So, what are the benefits of eating some goji berries for human health?
What are the benefits of eating goji berries?
1. Protecting Liver Health
For healthy individuals, eating some goji berries every day can prevent the liver from being attacked by viruses and has a liver-maintaining function.
For those who frequently experience strong liver fire, they can drink water infused with goji berries and chrysanthemum in daily life to eliminate liver fire, improve liver blood circulation, and prevent liver tissue damage to a certain extent.
For people with decreased liver function, the amino acids and polysaccharides in goji berries can repair damaged liver tissues, promote liver cell regeneration, and improve liver function, preventing liver cancer.
2. Enhancing Immune Function
Polysaccharides in goji berries can act on the human immune system, activating immune factors in the humoral immune system, reducing inhibitory factors, and boosting immunity.
Moreover, goji berries also contain a large amount of amino acids, vitamins, flavonoids, goji pigments, and other components, which can enhance the body’s digestion, metabolism, and overall antiviral capabilities.
3. Cleansing Blood Vessels
For the majority of modern people who are prone to high blood lipids, eating some goji berries can be beneficial.
Goji berries contain unsaturated fatty acids and flavonoids, which can facilitate the rapid excretion of lipid components in the blood vessels, prevent accumulation in the blood vessels, and lower blood lipids, prevent blood clots, and atherosclerosis. Goji berries also contain rich vitamins and various mineral elements, stabilizing blood pressure and protecting blood vessel walls.
4. Nourishing the Kidneys
Goji berries contain a large amount of polysaccharides, goji pigments, volatile oil, vitamins, selenium, copper, manganese, zinc, iron, and other minerals, as well as particularly rich linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which not only maintain liver health but also have kidney-nourishing effects.
Especially for those with weak bodies and symptoms caused by kidney yin deficiency such as body weakness, soreness in the waist and legs, goji berries have a good improvement effect.
5. Protecting Vision
If you often experience dry eyes, eating some goji berries can be beneficial.
Due to the abundance of anthocyanins in goji berries, this component can promote the generation of visual purple in retinal cells, improving vision. Goji berries also contain particularly rich vitamin A, carotene, and other components with eye-brightening effects, so goji berries are also known as “bright eyes.”
In conclusion, eating some goji berries appropriately has the above 5 benefits for human health. In addition, it also has effects such as skincare, anti-aging, anti-cancer, and cancer prevention.
However, goji berries are highly nourishing, so the consumption amount must be strictly controlled when used, with a daily intake of about 5 grams. For those experiencing fever, diarrhea, colds, or inflammation, do not eat goji berries in daily life, as it can worsen the symptoms without any benefits to health.
