"Brewing goji berries in the insulated cup" is the status quo of many middle-aged and even young people, adding goji berries to brew in the tea can achieve the effect of nourishing the yin and tonifying the kidneys and helping sleep. With the deep popularity of "health care", more and more people have joined the daily health army of soaking goji berries.
In the traditional concept of Chinese, "goji berries" and "health" are equated. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records goji berries as "goji berries that have been served for a long time, have no age, are blind and calm, and make people live a long life". At the same time, the great poet Lu Traveled to old age, because his eyes were dizzy and his vision was blurred, he often ate goji berries for treatment, so he had the verse "Xueji Maotang Zhong Lingqing, morning fast goji berries a cup of soup". Recently, a research team has conducted research on the efficacy of goji berries.
Researchers have published research articles on Nutrients. The study showed that taking 28g of dried goji berries 5 times a week can monitor a significant increase in protective pigment density in the eyes and carotenoid content in the skin after 90 days, which helps prevent age-related macular degeneration, and the effect of taking dried goji berries directly is better than that of health supplements.
The study included 31 participants aged 45-65 years, with an average age of 56 years, randomly assigned to the goji and supplement groups, which took 28 g of dried goji berries from Ningxia 5 days a week. Instead, the supplement group took a dietary supplement containing 6 mg of lutein and 4 mg of zeaxanthin per serving. After 45 and 90 days, the lutein carotenoid content in the retina increased significantly compared with the initial stage, but the carotenoid content in the supplement group did not change significantly. It can be seen that long-term consumption of goji berries does have a better visual effect than health care products.