For more than 2500 years, wolfberries (Lycium barbarum, or more popularly known as Goji berries) have been used as a natural remedy in many Asian countries, especially for “nourishing the kidney and the liver”. In recent years, beverages containing Goji fruit extracts or juice gained tremendous popularity throughout the world. Although Goji soft drinks were shown to have high antioxidant activity in test tube systems and even animal models, little is about their actual effect on the human antioxidant defense system.
When ingested by healthy elderly test subjects (120 ml per day) for 30 days, a standardized Goji fruit juice (GoChi, …read more

This time of the year, if you go to the woods or even along tree-lined walkways, you’ll notice how the ground is cluttered with leaves and nuts. Perfect for children’s crafts, but also an important part of the diet of some birds, squirrels, mice, and other small animals. But, did you know that they are also fit for human consumption?
Acorns figure a lot in the diet of Californian Native Americans in the form of acorn flour or as an ingredient in soups. And like many other diets originating from California, acorn appears to be a healthy idea, as it has …read more

For those of you who are at the prime of their lives, there’s Aging Fabulous, your guide to staying fabulous as years pass by. As I’m sure SP Bragg will agree, eating the right foods can be one of the main keys to aging gracefully.
Strawberries and blueberries, for example, have been shown in mice to help protect against the damage that causes a decline in learning and motor skills commonly seen with aging. These fruits are rich in polyphenols, antioxidants which protect the brain against oxidative stress, thereby helping us keep our brains sharp even as we age.
If …read more