A Few Facts About Goji Berries.
Goji berry is a small red berry, which is produced organically by a plant called Lycium Barbarum. The Goji berry plants can only be found on certain remote regions of China, Tibet as well as Mongolia. Every year for two weeks, the locals will celebrate to honor the benefits and importance that Goji berries have provided for them. This is because the content of beta-carotene in Goji berries is more than carrots. They also contain more protein that any whole wheat and their vitamin C is approximately five hundred times more than oranges. Goji berries also contain 21 trace minerals, including germanium, an anti-cancer trace mineral which is rarely found in foods.
They are often confused with wolfberries due to their small, red raisin sized. The only similarities that these two plants have is that they tend to look alike as well as yield similar looking fruits, however, Goji berries are sweeter and juicier in terms of taste wise whereas wolf berries are bitter and dry. Only very few people especially those who in Chinese medicines knows how to differentiate between these two fruits as they Goji berries tend to easily be passed off wolf berries.