The Tibetan and Chinese health Secret: If you read one health report a year, this should be it!

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 by: Paul Brelin

It seems as if the health of America is failing. One
million Americans will die of circulatory disease this year. Six
hundred thousand lives will be cut short by cancer as well. How did we
get in such a mess? I’m not sure. But there is a way out that is
starting to generate a real buzz! Since CNN and the gang won’t talk
about it I decided to write is article.

Dear readers, I want to introduce you to the most
nutrient dense food on the earth; wolfberries, or more specifically
Lycium Barbarum.

The western scientific community have verified what
Chinese and Tibetan health practitioners have known for thousands of
years. Wolfberries are the healthiest known food on our planet.

In this report I will be talking specifically about
wolfberries. In my research on the subject I found that not all
wolfberries are created equal. The three most potent berries in the
wolfberry family are Tibetan Goji berries, Chinese Xinjiang wolfberries
and Chinese Ningxia wolfberries which all belong to the Lycium genus.

Wolfberries, a national treasure in China, have been
used in traditional Chinese folk medicine for over 5,000 years. Ancient
Chinese medical texts celebrated wolfberries for their wide range of
health benefits including strengthening the ‘chi” or life force of the
body. The people who consumed this fruit apparently lived free of
common diseases like arthritis, cancer and diabetes. Moreover, their
life expectancy has reached over 100 years!

In 1988, the Beijing Nutrition Research Institute
conducted detailed chemical analysis and nutritional composition
studies of the dried wolfberry fruit. Hold on to your socks, this is
what they discovered. In addition to being packed with vitamins B1 and
B6 (which is needed by the body to convert food into energy), and
vitamin E (which has never been found in fruit before), wolfberries
contain more protein then whole wheat, 18 amino acids (8 of them
essential for life), 21 trace minerals (including significant amounts
of zinc, iron, copper, calcium, selenium, phosphorus and germanium; a
very rare anti-cancer agent almost never found in food), more beta
carotene than carrots, 500 times more vitamin C by weight than oranges,
essential fatty acids (required for the production of hormones and
smooth functioning of the brain and nervous system) and is the richest
source of carotenoids (natural fat-soluble pigments that play a
critical role in vitamin A activity in humans) of any food on the
planet. That’s not all.

Here is a short list of other health promoting compounds found in Lycium Barbarum:

Beta Sitosterol: An anti-inflammatory agent found to
lower cholesterol, and used to treat sexual impotence and prostrate
enlargement.

Zeaxanthin and Lutine: Valued for their role in protecting the eyes.

Betaine: Used by the liver to produce Choline which
assists detoxification reactions in the liver. Betaine is known to
protect DNA, enhance memory, promote muscle growth and protects us from
fatty liver disease.

Cyperone: A sesquiterpene used in treatment of cervical
cancer. It is also known to benefit heart and blood pressure problems
as well as menstruation problems.

Solavetivone: A powerful anti-fungal and anti-bacterial agent.

Physalin: A natural compound that boosts the immune
system. Found to be effective in treating leukaemia, hepatitis B and
cancer.

A laboratory procedure was recently developed to measure
the amount of antioxidants the foods we eat contain. The procedure
known as ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) was developed by Dr.
Guohua Cao at USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts
University, USA. ORAC is one of the most sensitive and reliable methods
for measuring the ability of antioxidants to absorb free radicals. It
is the only test to combine both time and degree of inhibition of free
radicals.

According to Tufts University, the average person needs
approximately 3,000 to 5,000 ORAC units per day to have a significant
impact on plasma and tissue antioxidant capacity. Three servings of
fruits and vegetables per day provide approximately 1200 ORAC units.
This means the average person is short by up to 3800 ORAC units each
day, depending on the fruits and vegetables they are choosing and their
body’s requirements. To make up the difference, experts recommend
supplementing our diet with high ORAC foods to become and stay healthy
and slow down the aging process caused by free radical damage.

Lycium Barbarum was rated the food with the highest
antioxidant ability coming in at an amazing 3,472 ORAC units per fluid
oz. Some of the other notable mentions are vitamin E oil at 3,309,
pomegranates at 3,037, blueberries 2,400, raspberries 1,220.

Furthermore, wolfberries have been found to have
extremely high levels of immune-stimulating polysaccharides. What are
polysaccharides? Polysaccharides are very large, long-chain sugar
molecules that are nourishment for macrophages (large white blood
cells) in the gut wall. The macrophages are then transported to other
immune cells, setting off a chain of defensive events in our bodies.

Several years ago German researchers isolated
polysaccharides from Echinacea purpurea (often used in medicinal
formulations) and mixed them with macrophages in test tubes. They found
that the polysaccharides profoundly activated the macrophages,
stimulating them to effectively kill tumour cells! Also it was found
macrophages increased their production of interleukin, a chemical which
spurs the immune system to greater activity, and the polysaccharides
also enhanced the activity of B lymphocytes, immune-system cells which
fight bacterial infections.

Below are the results of a 2002 study on the effects of
a Ningxia wolfberry product on phagocytes. First, why should we care
about phagocytes? Phagocytes are a crucial component of the immune
system and are found in the spleen. They digest foreign substances that
invade the body including bacteria and other disease causing organisms.
Having large numbers of phagocytes in the spleen will enable the body
to more quickly eliminate foreign substances and thus prevent the
development of potential illness.

The effects were astounding. Spleenic phagocyte cell
counts (immune cells) increased by 81% and the ORAC (antioxidant
capacity) the subjects' whole blood increased as well. Essentially, you
could say the subjects’ blood became younger.

I believe this little fruit can change the health of the
world. Tell your friends about it. If more people knew about
wolfberries maybe CNN would stand up and take notice too!

Thank you for spending the time to read my article. My
hope is that you have learned something useful and will put that
knowledge to use for your own sake and the ones you love.

Sincerely,

Paul Brelin

About the Author

Paul Brelin is an alternative health care consultant and teacher of budhist meditation. You can reach him at pbrelin@feelingtoinfinity.com or at www.wolfberryscience.com.

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