Comments on: A H.O.W. review on Goji Berries http://homeofficewomen.com/2007/05/01/a-how-review-on-goji-berries/ Work at Home Mom . Home Office. Affiliate Marketing from Home . Earn Money from Home Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Caleb Eaton http://homeofficewomen.com/2007/05/01/a-how-review-on-goji-berries/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Caleb Eaton Wed, 02 May 2007 16:22:54 +0000 http://homeofficewomen.com/?p=309#comment-846 I applaud you using and getting the word out about goji berries (English: wolfberries). One correction though. When you read about all the wonderful benefits of the wolfberry, please understand that there are many varieties and only one has the reputed benefits. Especially don’t buy into the "Himalayan" or "Tibetan" hype...the berries (good or bad) don’t even grow in those locations because the elevation is too high. This is among the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfberry" rel="nofollow">great wolfberry info at Wikipedia</a>. Standard variety wolfberries are may be on a similar nutritional level as most other berries, but should not be placed in the "superfood" category. People who buy the wolfberry for its health benefits should be sure to get only those grown in the Ningxia province of China, an area certified as "green" by the government, something similar to U.S. organic standards. The Ningxia wolfberry is the variety with the reputed benefits. For example, the company that originally imported the wolfberry to the U.S. does chemical analysis on each new shipment of berries to ensure that they have come from Ningxia. The Ningxia wolfberry is the only variety that does not contain mercury. So there are one of two things happening with the people at gojiberries.us: (1) Their berries are indeed the quality they are said to be and are tagged with the "Himalayan" and "Tibetan" names because people in the U.S. have good associations with those words and don’t even know how to say "Ningxia" (ning-sha). Or (2) they are run-of-the-mill, cheap wolfberries from other areas of China that don’t have near the nutrient value or therapeutic benefits claimed. Also, when buying the juice, be aware that most companies water their wolfberry juice down with "junk juices" such as apple, pear, and white grape. These are used because (1) they are cheap and (2) they are convenient ways to sweeten the juice without adding sugar. The problem is that they have no nutritional value and spike blood sugar levels. Whereas the <a href="http://www.wolfberryjuice.com/glycemic-comparison.htm" rel="nofollow">Ningxia wolfberry and its fresh, whole juice</a> may have some wonderful nutrients for diabetics, all those benefits are more than cancelled out by over-processing and junk juices. In summary, look for Ningxia wolfberries and for juice with whole Ningxia wolfberries that is not spiked with junk juices. I applaud you using and getting the word out about goji berries (English: wolfberries). One correction though. When you read about all the wonderful benefits of the wolfberry, please understand that there are many varieties and only one has the reputed benefits. Especially don’t buy into the “Himalayan” or “Tibetan” hype…the berries (good or bad) don’t even grow in those locations because the elevation is too high. This is among the great wolfberry info at Wikipedia. Standard variety wolfberries are may be on a similar nutritional level as most other berries, but should not be placed in the “superfood” category. People who buy the wolfberry for its health benefits should be sure to get only those grown in the Ningxia province of China, an area certified as “green” by the government, something similar to U.S. organic standards. The Ningxia wolfberry is the variety with the reputed benefits. For example, the company that originally imported the wolfberry to the U.S. does chemical analysis on each new shipment of berries to ensure that they have come from Ningxia. The Ningxia wolfberry is the only variety that does not contain mercury.

So there are one of two things happening with the people at gojiberries.us: (1) Their berries are indeed the quality they are said to be and are tagged with the “Himalayan” and “Tibetan” names because people in the U.S. have good associations with those words and don’t even know how to say “Ningxia” (ning-sha). Or (2) they are run-of-the-mill, cheap wolfberries from other areas of China that don’t have near the nutrient value or therapeutic benefits claimed.

Also, when buying the juice, be aware that most companies water their wolfberry juice down with “junk juices” such as apple, pear, and white grape. These are used because (1) they are cheap and (2) they are convenient ways to sweeten the juice without adding sugar. The problem is that they have no nutritional value and spike blood sugar levels. Whereas the Ningxia wolfberry and its fresh, whole juice may have some wonderful nutrients for diabetics, all those benefits are more than cancelled out by over-processing and junk juices.

In summary, look for Ningxia wolfberries and for juice with whole Ningxia wolfberries that is not spiked with junk juices.

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