Yoli Truth: Goji Berry Delivers Great Nutrition – Details Inside…

August 29, 2009

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about the Yoli Truth ingredients so I wanted to continue to break down each of the ingredients to give you a detailed explanation of each of the life changing nutrients in the Yoli Truth Citrus Health Blast drink. Below I have everything you need to know about the amazing Goji berry that is included in Yoli’s first blast to hit the market…

Macronutrients

Goji berry contains significant percentages of a day’s macronutrient needs – carbohydrates, protein, fat and dietary fiber. 68% of the mass of dried goji berries exists as carbohydrate, 12% as protein, and 10% each as fiber and fat, giving a total caloric value in a 100 gram serving of 370 (kilo)calories.[47]

Micronutrients and phytochemicals

Goji berries contain many nutrients and phytochemicals including

* 11 essential and 22 trace dietary minerals
* 18 amino acids
* 6 essential vitamins
* 8 polysaccharides and 6 monosaccharides
* 5 unsaturated fatty acids, including the essential fatty acids, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid
* beta-sitosterol and other phytosterols
* 5 carotenoids, including beta-carotene and zeaxanthin (below), lutein, lycopene and cryptoxanthin, a xanthophyll
* numerous phenolic pigments (phenols) associated with antioxidant properties

Select examples given below are for 100 grams of dried berries. Other nutrient data are presented in two reference texts

* Calcium. Goji berries contain 112 mg per 100 gram serving, providing about 8-10% of the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI).
* Potassium. Goji berries contain 1,132 mg per 100 grams dried fruit, giving about 24% of the DRI.
* Iron. Goji berries have 9 mg iron per 100 grams (100% DRI).
* Zinc. 2 mg per 100 grams dried fruit (18% DRI).
* Selenium. 100 grams of dried goji berries contain 50 micrograms (91% DRI)
* Riboflavin (vitamin B2). At 1.3 mg, 100 grams of dried goji berries provide 100% of DRI.
* Vitamin C. Vitamin C content in dried goji berries has a wide range from 29 mg per 100 grams to as high as 148 mg per 100 grams (respectively, 32% and 163% DRI).

Goji berries also contain numerous phytochemicals for which there are no established DRI values. Examples:

* Beta-carotene: 7 mg per 100 grams dried fruit.
* Zeaxanthin. Reported values for zeaxanthin content in dried goji berries vary considerably, from 2.4 mg per 100 grams [48] to 82.4 mg per 100 grams [49] to 200 mg per 100 grams[50]. The higher values would make Goji berry one of the richest edible plant sources known for zeaxanthin content.[51] Up to 77% of total carotenoids present in Goji berry exist as zeaxanthin.
* Polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are a major constituent of wolfberries, representing up to 31% of pulp weight.

Goji berry polysaccharides

One study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology found that:

* Endogenous lipid peroxidation, and decreased antioxidant activities, as assessed by superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and total antioxidant capacity (TAOC), and immune function were observed in aged mice and restored to normal levels in Lycium polysaccharide-treated groups.
* Antioxidant activities of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides were found to be compable with normal antioxidant, vitamin C. Furthemore, adding vitamin C to the polysaccharide treatment further increased in vivo antioxidant activity of the polysaccharides.
* It was concluded that Lycium barbarum polysaccharides can be used to compensate for the decline in TAOC, immune function and activities of antioxidant enzymes thereby reducing age-accelerated risks of lipid peroxidation caused by free radical production.

As you can see Yoli’s amazing potential comes from its ability to include many super nutrition in one single drink using the patented blast cap technology.

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