The full extent of the food poisoning crisis which is now globally acknowledged is only slightly known. For years we have been Hearing that levels of drugs were found in our urine and toothpastes, but as to the sources of these drugs and the long term health consequences to the addict, the full extent is still to be discovered.
Today in our increasingly global world, an increasing number of people are looking for sources of high quality, competitive edge, and environmental friendly products and are turning to India for solutions to these. Indian Goji Berries are one of the latest products that have come to the market and deliver what they are looking for.
These berries are harvested in the Nearctic regions of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. They have also been grown in South America for around 5000 years. The common use of goji berries is as a dissolve-and-pour ice cream topping. In recent years, with the introduction of fast food take-out joints to the developing nations as well as to the developed nations, the popularity of goji berries has increased dramatically.
For quite sometime, the western society has been harping the benefits of include artificial food additives and preservatives, free range, organic, and, wait for it, sustainable faming. While all of these noble ideals are important, and still needed, a recent addition to the list of desirable skills is knowing-how to take advantage of the goji berry’s properties.
One of the most interesting properties is its ability to preserve its contents from becoming rancid. To achieve this, it has been heat treated at both low and high temperatures during processing. The high temperature ensures that the enzymes and nutrients are kept alive, and along with the polysaccharides and the ziosa bitranchide, helps to improve the latter’s texture, appearance, and overall taste. The low-temperature, also conducted at temperatures below 50 degrees Celsius ensures that the polysaccharides and ziosa bitranchides cannot be lost.
Yet another property of the goji berry is the high degree of protein it contains. It istextured, and contains about 24 grams of protein in any one of its forms – fresh, raw and frozen. Goji berry also possesses about 12 grams of fat, which includes both the saturated and unsaturated fats. The fats that are included in the regular and the cooked goji berry are mostly of the monounsaturated variety, though they are also included in the low-fat version. The overall resulting value for the regular goji berry is about 18 g per 100,000 grams. The cooked goji berry also has less fiber than the raw one.
Thus, thesenutsuximple slicesand theprocessed goji berryproducts can all be categorized under the category of “live foods” and are referred to asles fruits. Though there is no scientific evidence that any of the foods mentioned below causes allergies, the common tendency is that all of them contain a “range” of possible allergic reactions.
Your best option appears to be avoiding all foods containing the above properties. That is, of course, If you believe that you are allergic to a particular type of food, and there is an ample supply of it around your home, of course you may as well avoid all contact with any of them.
The best course of action seems to be to avoid all foods that are “leached” or “made from” the above named substances. That means avoiding margarine, which is improperly processed (but may be the best substitute for the rich vegetable oils that margarine is made of), and avoiding foods that are artificially sweetened. But if you are willing to do so, you may want to consider the following notice:
“The reader Please be aware that in evaluating foods and their manufacturers, the FDA(Food and Drug Administration) bases its conclusions on scientific evidence that is reproducible and whose effects are widely known. The scientific evidence should, however, be founded on animal experimentation, histological studies of diseases or other conditions affecting normal cells or tissue, or on experimental methods that have been approved by the FDA. Other studies may be needed to support these conclusions.”
The full text of this notice is at FDA.gov/oc/steam. Look for it at the very top of the page.
The full text of the FDA notice can be found at FDA.gov/oc/ steam.
animal foods can contain traces of GM ingredients, and no need to tell you about it. But you’d better be sure about what is in the food you eat, if you have a cow or a goat at home. Some of the products you can’t avoid may sound disgusting when you read them, but you’ll be glad you did.
Rats in a maze? Yes, rats in a maze.
About The Author
Helena Eater
How much does the quality of food really matter? If you eat food that tastes good, your life will be better. If you eat food that tastes bad, your life will be worse. The difference between good and evil is partly subjective: what tastes good to me might taste bad to you. The difference is also partly objective: what restaurants I think serve good food might serve lousy food to you. But if we stick to objective measures — measures such as how much weight people gain or lose — we can cut through some of the subjectivity.
