As the saying goes: 'A man travels thousands of miles, don't eat goji berries' What does it mean? What will happen if you eat it?

With the continuous development of today's society, more and more young people begin to pay attention to health. In daily life, we can also see some young people like to soak some goji berries in their thermos cups, and joked: Everyone must soak goji berries in their thermos cups. In fact, wolfberry has many functions and does have many benefits for the human body.

The concept of wolfberry health preservation has been circulating in the Chinese medicine industry for a long time, and it also has a certain scientific basis. Regular drinking of wolfberry can also achieve the effects of nourishing yin, tonifying kidney, and anti-aging. Because of this, more and more people use wolfberry as a daily supplement.

Because wolfberry has the function of nourishing the kidney, many people associate wolfberry with men, thinking that men should eat more wolfberry. But there is a folk saying: men travel thousands of miles, never eat goji berries, so what does this sentence mean? What would happen if you ate it? let us see.

1. The efficacy and role of wolfberry.

For some friends who know wolfberry, they clearly know that wolfberry has many benefits to our human health. Regular consumption of wolfberry can improve human immunity. So many people regard wolfberry as a cheap and cost-effective supplement, so what are the efficacy and functions of wolfberry? Let us briefly understand.

1. Regulate immunity.

Many friends know that drinking wolfberry regularly has a good effect on regulating human immunity. In addition, this result has also been clinically tested and proven. According to relevant research, wolfberry can effectively phagocytize waste cells in the human body and improve the transformation rate of lymphocytes. Therefore, patients with low immunity, children, and the elderly can eat more wolfberry.

2. Anti-aging.

Lycium barbarum is known as a natural maintenance product, and regular consumption of wolfberry can achieve anti-aging effects. For many female friends who love beauty, in order to keep the skin tender and avoid aging, you can often take wolfberry. The ingredients of wolfberry are also natural ingredients. You don’t have to worry about any additives, and you don’t have to worry that taking wolfberry will be harmful to your body.

3. Anti-fatigue.

Goji berries have an anti-fatigue effect because goji berries are rich in B vitamins. For example: vitamin B1 and other substances, these substances are also substances that must be supplemented by the human body, and are very important to the human body. Regular supplementation of these substances can play a role in strengthening the body and reducing fatigue.

4. Anti-tumor.

Many people don't know that regular consumption of wolfberry can also have anti-tumor effects. Since the main active ingredient of Lycium barbarum is Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide is composed of 6 kinds of monosaccharides such as glucose and glucose. According to relevant research, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide has a good effect on inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and phagocytosis of cancer cells.

5. Regulate blood lipids.

Lycium barbarum also has a good effect in regulating blood lipids. Due to the improvement of people's living standards, irregular diet also leads to frequent occurrence of hyperlipidemia. If hyperlipidemia can lead to fatty liver, it will also lead to cirrhosis. Goji berries contain goji berry polysaccharides, which can lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides.

6. Lower blood sugar.

Regular consumption of wolfberry can also play a role in lowering blood sugar. Some experts have studied the ingredients of wolfberry and found that polysaccharides from wolfberry have a good effect on the treatment of diabetes, and the ability to lower blood sugar can reach 100%. Therefore, diabetic patients can often take wolfberry to help lower blood sugar in daily life, but not in large quantities.

7. Lower blood pressure.

Hypertension is a common disease in today's society. For hypertensive patients, dizziness, headache, palpitations, tinnitus and other symptoms may occur. And it can also cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and kidney diseases, which are very terrible diseases. However, wolfberry also has a good effect on lowering blood pressure. Taking wolfberry can achieve the purpose of stably lowering blood pressure.

8. Nourishing liver and kidney.

Lycium barbarum has many functions, the most important of which is to nourish the liver and kidney. The efficacy of wolfberry is also recorded in famous medical allusions such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases". According to records, wolfberry has a mild medicinal property, can nourish liver and kidney essence and blood, and has a good effect on treating liver and kidney yin deficiency, backache and nocturnal emission.

9. Improve eyesight.

Goji berries are also very effective in improving eyesight. Because wolfberry is rich in anthocyanins, anthocyanins can inhibit the growth of harmful cells, protect the reproduction of eye cells, and promote the production of rhodopsin in retinal cells, thereby achieving the effect of improving vision.

2. As the saying goes: What does it mean when a man travels thousands of miles, he must never eat wolfberry?

As we all know, wolfberry is very important to human health, especially male friends need to take wolfberry regularly to protect liver and kidney function. But as the saying goes: men travel thousands of miles, so don't eat wolfberry. What does it mean? In fact, there is another legend about this sentence.

In the past, people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. At that time, the traffic was not very convenient. People traveled on two legs or on mules. If men want to go out, they usually travel alone and do not bring their families for convenience. Young people, especially, can be lonely without their wives.

Lycium barbarum itself is a kind of blind warming and tonic medicine, which can nourish yin and kidney, and strengthen the body. If you often eat wolfberry, it will make your body more dry and hot, and enhance kidney function. For normal men, eating wolfberry outside is tantamount to taking chronic aphrodisiacs. At this time, without his wife by his side, it is easy to do special things.

If you taste this sentence carefully, you will find that it also contains some warnings. The first is to warn men not to mess around outside, and the second is to warn men to be responsible.

3. How to distinguish the pros and cons of wolfberry?

We can often see many varieties of wolfberry in our market, and different varieties of wolfberry also have advantages and disadvantages. For some friends who don’t know how to choose wolfberry, we must learn to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry, but there are many ways to know when distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry. So, how to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry? Details are as follows.

1. Distinguish from the color.

In order to better distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry, it is also necessary to master certain methods, the simplest method is to distinguish the color. Due to the different regions of wolfberry and the different origins, the color will also be different, but there is also a big difference between fresh wolfberry and old wolfberry, especially in terms of color.

The appearance of fresh goji berries is very soft, with a certain luster, and the whole flesh is also very plump. Those old goji berries have no luster, and the overall texture is relatively poor. Some unscrupulous companies even dye these old goji berries in order to increase the sales of goji berries.

2. Distinguish from the shape.

When distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry, you can also distinguish its shape. There are many kinds of goji berries in the market, and Ningxia goji berry is one of the most famous goji berries among many goji berries, and its medicinal value is higher than that of goji berries from other origins. If you want to distinguish Ningxia wolfberry, you can tell by its wolfberry tip.

Generally speaking, the tip of the wolfberry in Ningxia generally has many novice spots, and these novice spots show shapes of different sizes, while wolfberries from other regions do not produce these shapes. In addition, Ningxia wolfberry will not sink when watered. If you look closely, it floats in the water.

3. Distinguish from smell .

If you want to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry, you can also distinguish it from its smell. If it is fresh wolfberry, it tastes slightly sweet and even has a hint of traditional Chinese medicine. Goji berries fumigated with sulfur will have a pungent smell. Although some businesses will cover up this pungent smell, it cannot be completely covered up.

4. Distinguish from the taste.

When distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of wolfberry, you can also distinguish the taste. If it is Ningxia wolfberry, its taste is very sweet, and it is a bit sweet when eaten in the mouth. After eating, it will spread a little Chinese medicine flavor in the throat, but it is also mixed with bitterness. Goji berries from other regions will also have different flavors.

Compared with the goji berries in Ningxia, the goji berries in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia are a bit sweeter, but the sweetness is very high. They can also be eaten as a snack for friends with a sweet tooth. If it is sulfur-fumigated goji berries, their taste will not be sweet, but will be extremely bitter.