Tibetan Goji berries
If you like dried fruit as I do, you might want to try some organic Lycium Eleagnus Barbarum, commonly known as Tibetan Goji Berry. It’s unclear if their considerable nutritional and anti-oxidant properties are preserved after drying, but they taste pretty good, especially in trail mix (or when covered with milk chocolate!). Unfortunately, after checking into them, I find that wikipedia claims that no such thing as a Tibetan Goji Berry exists, so I’m not sure whether they’re a good thing after all. For that matter, it’s unclear if Lycium Eleagnus Barbarum exists either.
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Goji Berries Lycium Eleagnus BarbarumI found “organic” ones at Sigona’s market in Redwood City, CA. I’ve called Sigona’s to find out from where they’re sourced, since the term “organic” would be meaningless if they come from outside the USA. I buy organic whenever possible, because our food today is contaminated with “safe” hormones, innumerable poisons, and pathogens (E Coli, mad-cow, etc).So I don’t want to eat Chinese Wolfberries laced with organochloride pesticides and their ilk.
In particular after seeing dead pets in the recent news due to Chinese-sourced pet food ingredients, one should be aware that Chinese-grown Goji berry products have been seized before by the FDA due to containing nasty stuff (search for “wolfberry” at fda.gov).
