The Goji Berry: All About The Age

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

For 4,000 years (and counting) people of Eastern Asia have been using the goji berry to improve their health, keep themselves strong and fit, and give them long, fulfilling lives.

In fact, the goji berry has been used longer than any other health fruit - by far. Included in the world's oldest known medical text, it is described as being good for the body and helpful in achieving a long life. We know that some of the world's earliest healers and doctors encouraged regular use of the goji berry, and used them to help keep their patients in good health. To put a good perspective on just how long people have been consuming goji for their health, it has been reportedly tied to the legendary First Emperor of China himself.

In addition to this unprecedented history of use, it has also been used across a large geographic span. Although it is only commercially grown in China, it has seen widespread use all the way from Eastern Europe to the farthest reaches of China and Mongolia, literally for thousands of years. No other health fruit has seen usage this widespread by even a fraction - the use of goji as a health-benefiting food spans completely across the largest continent in the world.

It is also the only health fruit to have been an integral part of a major world society, being used by the Chinese for as long as we have written or oral history about them. It saw frequent and popular use during the dynastic periods of China's history, being prescribed by local doctors to help keep their patients healthy and happy. Instead of only growing in some remote and desolate corner of the world, the goji berry has been championed by a powerful society of individuals who are known for their good health and long life spans. There can hardly be any better or more convincing proof of its powerful ability to improve health - our new scientific clinical studies have only confirmed what millions of people throughout history have already known.

Indeed, historically, those cultures who regularly consume the goji berry tend to have longer lifespans - and many of the cultures in the world with the longest life spans just so happen to be located in areas that have plentiful goji growth! It is no coincidence that Chinese society, which has a reputation as being healthy and having an enviously long lifespan, has championed the goji berry.

posted by Spiffy, the Goji Juice Dog @ 10:30 AM

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