Wolf berry, is a type of, berry, lol. Why is it called a 'happy berry'? It is a nickname given to this berry because of the sense of well-being it is said to induce. The wolf berry plant claimed to have grown in the Himalaya region.

Traditionally, we named it as Goji berry (pinyin: 枸杞, gǒuqǐ), a small deep red coloured berry. Chinese people will usually use this berry to boil herbal soup. Their basic understand makes them to believe that these berry will ONLY help to improve a person's vision.


Caption: ripe goji berries

If you assume that goji berries will only help a person to improve their vision, then you are wrong. Do not under estimate this berry by its look. It may look small to you, dried, and red in colour. Numerous research have proven that this berry is probably the most nutritious berry in comparison to other types of berries that exists in this world (i.e. raspberry, cherry, blueberry, blackberry, etc).


Caption: dried goji berries that are ready to be eaten

Why is this berry so important? Here is the story. Originally, western people treated this as a fruit for them, and yes, just a normal fruit like oranges. But most people would prefer eating oranges since it produces vitamin c to a human. Some people would think that kiwi is much more beneficial than oranges since it provides 5 times the vitamin c produces by an orange. Recently, researches have been conducted, examining the goji berries are a very rich source of vitamin c, that an ounce (unit: 1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams) of goji berry will provide 500 times of vitamin c than oranges. Years ago, we know that the acerola cherry is the best source of vitamin c where it produces 250 times of an orange. But the goji berry provides 500 times of vitamin c, twice the amount of vitamin c than the acerola cherry!

Goji berries are an excellent sauce of vitamin a, and that is also why it helps to improve a person's vision (from my understanding, red colour berries will usually provide vitamin a to a person). Goji berries also contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, and E; they are becoming a famous antioxidant (antioxidants can help to prevent the grow of the cancer disease in a human body). This is also why a large study in Japan suggests that goji berries can help kill many types of cancer cells. They have proven that goji berries can minimise more than 50% of the success rate of a cancer disease to affect human body.

Goji berries conferred significant protection for a person's liver. The reason is that this berry contained 18 types of acid amino (liver) and 21 trace minerals, linoleic acid, and more beta carotene than carrots (beta carotene is a substance from plants that the body converts into vitamin a). Goji is also beneficial for a person's lung and kidney channels. Other minerals contained in a goji berry include isoleucine, tryptophan, zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, and phosphorus.

Goji Berries can be eaten dried as they are or made into a juice. Very special isn't it? I am sure many of us do not know that such a small berry will be so beneficial for a human. Therefore, I strongly suggest you people to consume more goji berries from today onwards.