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Life Tips: Three Things You Should Pay Attention to When Drinking Goji Berries

December 21, 2022 MJY goji berry

Goji berries are rich in nutrition, sweet in taste, and belong to the liver and kidney meridians, and are one of the commonly used ingredients and Chinese medicinal materials in Chinese.

Goji berries are rich in nutrition, sweet taste, return to the liver, kidney meridian, is one of the commonly used ingredients and Chinese medicinal materials in Chinese, the main effect is to tonify the liver and kidneys, bright eyes, stir-fry, boiled soup, tea, porridge, etc. are very suitable, as well as liver protection, anti-aging, anti-mutation, anti-tumor, hypoglycemic and other benefits.
How do you eat goji berries to be effective? Drinking goji berries in water is a method of consumption adopted by many people.

Usually when we soak goji berries, most people are used to filling a cup of hot boiled water and then putting goji berries, feeling that this bubble can better exert the effect of goji berries. In fact, the method of using hot boiled water to soak is completely wrong, if we get the water temperature wrong, goji berries will completely lose their effectiveness, which is equivalent to drinking for nothing, what a pity! Goji berries belong to a very heat-resistant food, if we soak it directly in hot water, repeated brewing, will destroy the nutrients and active substances of goji berries, lose its nutrients, so it is best to brew with warm boiled water, which can maintain the nutrition of goji berries, and the taste is also quite good.

Is it true that goji berries soaked in hot water and drink nutrients will be destroyed? Goji berries soaked in water, pay attention to the following 3 things.

The water temperature is preferably around 90 °C

Traditional Chinese medicine pointed out that goji berries should be washed moderately before soaking in hot water, and then put into hot water to soak, wait for the water to be naturally warmed, and goji berries absorb water to restore the original fresh fruit state, you can drink, in fact, it will not destroy its nutrition. Goji berries are not suitable for long-term washing, otherwise the nutrients they contain will be lost, it is recommended to wash them in warm water.

Some of the main components contained in goji berries, such as polyphenols and flavonoids, can be dissolved in water, but the “goji polysaccharide” this nutrient has relatively high temperature requirements, if you want to fully dissolve goji berry polysaccharides, the water temperature is best at about 90 ° C, not too low or too high, otherwise it may make the goji berry polysaccharides in the goji berries lose their effect, soaking a few times can not only make the components of the goji berries dissolve more, but also allow you to drink more water. In addition, put about 10-30 goji berries each time you soak in water.

Do not throw away the goji berries after soaking
Do not throw away the goji berries directly after soaking in water, it is best to eat the remaining goji berries.
Usually, after everyone drinks the goji berries in water, how to deal with the remaining goji berries? You should usually just throw it away! In fact, this is too wasteful.

Although the taste of goji berries becomes worse after soaking in water, there are some substances in goji berries themselves that are insoluble in water, and if we eat goji berries directly, we can make better use of the nutrients contained in goji berries.

Of course, dried goji berries are more delicious, and direct chewing can make full use of its nutrients, but goji berry soaked water can promote gastrointestinal absorption, and its conditioning effect will be better. It is recommended that you do not throw away the goji berries directly after soaking them in water next time, and it is best to eat the remaining goji berries.

Do not eat dyed goji berries

There are some bad merchants on the market in order to make the color of goji berries look better, sell better, will dye goji berries, remind everyone to be careful when buying, the color of too bright goji berries is best not to buy, generally dyed goji berries are smoked with sulfur, taste will be worse, but also with a bitter taste.

We can identify the quality of goji berries by color, taste, and texture, especially those that look particularly red in color, may be dyed, even if it is relatively cheap, it is best not to buy, health is important.