Goji Juice

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

Has anyone heard of this? Aparently it's the most potent source of antioxidants of, well, anything, and something like 100x the amount of vitamin C of oranges. I've started drinking it instead of berocca but I don't know what sort of benefits it has. The information i've come across has been quite vague! I wonder if it's just a fad or if there's really something to it.

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[Starzia]

Goji berries are a great superfood, I eat them everyday. The berries and the juice are full of antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, and help to give energy. Certainly better than Berocca as the nutrients are in a natural food food state so much better absorbed and utilised by the body, plus Berocca is full of artificial sweeteners such as aspartamine; a toxic sweetener that has been linked to all sorts of problems from memory loss to brain tumours.
Keep up the goji juice!

[Lulu]

I gotta say, it may be high in antioxidants but it also comes with ALOT of hype and claims to 'cure' all sort of problems.
From what I understand its also very expensive. Tomatoes and blueberries are very high in antioxidants too!

[Muffy]

its funny that i came across this post, i was just at my gym and they have it there its like $70 a bottle but apparently its good for you...

[Lulu]

Pfffttt!

It grows on trees ffs!

[Starzia]

I gotta say, it may be high in antioxidants but it also comes with ALOT of hype and claims to 'cure' all sort of problems.
From what I understand its also very expensive. Tomatoes and blueberries are very high in antioxidants too!

Very true, unfortunately they ARE ridiculously expensive and there IS a lot of hype around them as there always is when there is a 'new' superfood- crazy as the Peruvians have been eating them for centuries and they have always been highly valued in chinese medicine- but as is often the case there's no smoke without fire, they really do have a vast array of nutrients in them... if we could grow them ourselvesit would be the best thing! (though we'd have to move to the Himalayas to do that!)

[melbel]

There is a big difference between goji berries and goji juice. The same goes for any of the new age fad products like goji, acai, et etc.... the juice is far different to the whole fruit....

It is all to do with the processing. I have a very good dvd here that explains exactly how much anti oxidant value is left in the juice after processing and for many products it is very little. There is an international standard for measuring the antioxidant value of a product and if you are really keen on the healthy stuff you should look for it on the product. It is called an ORAC score and if the product doesnt have it don't buy it is my advice.

For example, most commercial brands of goji juice when measured scientifically acutally have less antioxidant value than eating a whole apple a day.
Definitely eat the fresh berries, they are awesome.....just be aware that a lot of dodgy companies are getting on the health food bandwagon and really the juices are just overpriced crap. Not all companies are like this but a lot are.

My advice, eat the whole fruits, juicing anything loses approx 80% of its nutritional value straight up and if you do want juice, read the labels so you know exactly how it has been processed (cold pressed freeze dried stuff that has mainatined most of the fruit is what you are looking for in general).

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

My goji juice cost 20 dollars from coles, for a 20 serve bottle (1 serve = 30ml) and is cold-pressed. To be honest I wondered about that as well (how much of the nutrition is maintained) but I was told that in terms of nutrients, juice (when done properly) is better than dried fruit. You can't buy the goji fresh (I don't think) in Aus.