Goji Extract
NEWS: This superfood is now available in the SANEStore as a convenient whole-food powder so you can more easily enjoy it in smoothies and recipes.
Our Goji Berry Extract Powder is a 50% extract (8:1 ratio) meaning each serving contains a 50% concentration of the polysaccharides.
Modern science has shown that this bright red berry not only contains extremely high levels of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals but also contains many unique phytonutrients, polysaccharides and complex compounds that scientists are just beginning to understand. Our Goji Berry extract powder contains a whopping 50% polysaccharides.
The Goji Berry, a relative of tomato and natural source of lycopene, has also been called the world’s most powerful anti-aging food. It is one of the highest rated foods on the ORAC scale (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) only rivaled by the Acai berry. The ORAC scale is a test developed by USDA researchers out of Tufts University in Boston that measures the antioxidant level in foods. Goji Berries possesses an unmatched ability to absorb injurious, free radicals that attack the body and contribute to the aging process and many diseases. Today, our bodies are constantly being bombarded by free radicals from the air we breathe, the water we drink, the pesticides on our fruits and vegetables, the chemicals we clean with, the preservatives in our processed food and on and on. Eating foods high in antioxidants is one way we can help our bodies combat these free radicals and the damage they cause.
Goji berries contain 18 amino acids; including the 8 essential ones, they are a superb source of vitamin A and offer more beta carotene than carrots, a rich source of vitamin C; having 500 times more vitamin C per ounce than oranges. Goji berries also contain 21 trace minerals including germanium; a substance rarely found in foods, vitamins B1, B2, B6, and vitamin. The raw Goji berry is a nutritionally dense food and an excellent source of protein too.
Goji Berries have a long history of use for eye problems, skin rashes, psoriasis, allergies, insomnia, liver health and balancing blood sugar.
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Sound Promising?
Want to Try Adding a Convenient and Pure Powdered Form of This Whole Food to Your Smoothies and Recipes?
Why Try Goji Extract Superfood?
- May reduce the craving for sugar
- May increase longevity
- Improving sexual function
- Protecting from premature aging
- Potent anti-oxidant protection for the liver
- Building strong blood & promotes cardiovascular health
- Supporting eye health & improves vision
- Alkalizing effect on the blood
- Aids in maintaining healthy blood pressure & blood sugar
- Simulating secretion of human growth hormone
- May strengthen muscles & bones
- Supporting normal kidney function
- May improve fertility
- Helping reduce obesity
- May strengthen the immune system
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