"Miraculous tonic" overnight fire

At present, the market on the black wolfberry efficacy of publicity, but also a variety of: some say that can be anti-***; some say that you can prevent and alleviate, coronary heart disease, polyuria; some say that you can slow down the aging process, and the crown of its "soft gold! "The beauty of the name. Is it really so magical?

In Baidu, enter the keyword "black wolfberry", the reporter got the search results of 3.42 million, and enter "red wolfberry", the results of 234,000.

And Taobao consumer data research platform "Taobao index", "black wolfberry" in the last thirty days of the search index increased by 80.8%, compared with the same period last year, an increase of 28.6%. Reporters casually open a few black wolfberry stores on Taobao found that the price ranges from five or six hundred yuan to four or five thousand yuan. For example, a flagship store, the sales unit price of 698 yuan per kilogram, 5932 transactions last month, the degree of fire can be seen.

Reporters noted that, compared with the red goji berries, black goji berries biggest advantage is its high anthocyanin content. Other than that, such as polysaccharides, amino acids, vitamins and other components, compared with the red goji berry is not much difference.

Professionals said, anthocyanins most significant role is mainly antioxidant, remove free radicals in the body. Free radicals are harmful compounds produced in the body's oxidation reaction, with strong oxidative properties, can damage the body's tissues and cells, which in turn cause chronic diseases and aging effects. But its properties and very unstable, light, heat, acid will be decomposed, and due to individual differences, eat into the anthocyanins, the body can absorb how much, in what form form is absorbed by the body, these in the current study are not conclusive. As for its anti-*** and prevent and alleviate some of the disease claims are currently no scientific basis.

Food safety professionals Yun Wu Xin recently published an article, pointing out that the so-called "miraculous effect" of black goji berries is basically based on anthocyanins or proanthocyanidins research, not black goji berries themselves. The title of the article is also really eye-catching: "" soft gold" black wolfberry? How about some eggplant skin".

Of course, there are professionals on this point of view is not convinced, that the black wolfberry and eggplant skin comparisons, and even said that it is not worth the money, it is not hasty, arbitrary, and take out the Wanfang database on the research paper, in order to show that there are animal experimental studies on the efficacy of black wolfberries, but also the composition of black wolfberries analyzed. However, the professional also admitted that "there is no cure-all drug in the world, the public of cordyceps, ginseng, snow lotus, ganoderma lucidum, okra, and any other kind of herbal medicine, and even food crazy superstitious are irrational, must be cooled down."

Black goji berries on the human body in the end there is no efficacy, how much? Fudan University School of Public **** Health Professor, nutrition expert Li Shuguang and the Shanghai Food Research Institute, technical director of the Ma Zhiying said in unison, the black goji berries on the human body does have a certain efficacy, but the efficacy of the black goji berries at present both the lack of traditional Chinese medicine system to verify, but also the lack of modern medicine basic theory data support, so it is not appropriate to over-exaggerate.

The real efficacy and medicinal value of black wolfberry need science and time test. In reality, black wolfberry is in a relatively embarrassing situation. The country has been included in the red wolfberry food and medicine, but the black wolfberry is neither food nor medicine, the relevant standards have not been established.

Some experts believe that the black goji berry whether it has anti-***, therapeutic effect, therapeutic effect, how, should be rational, scientific view and thinking, to avoid blindly follow the trend and false propaganda. Black wolfberry to enter the field of traditional Chinese medicine first of all need to have a lot of safety, effectiveness of basic research data and experimental conclusions for support; Secondly, but also in accordance with the law through the drug regulatory department strict technical review and approval; In addition to the development and utilization of at the same time, should pay attention to the protection of its wild resources and ecological environment.