The efficacy and function of black wolfberry

Wolfberry is a food ingredient that is not unfamiliar to everyone. As people pay more attention to health preservation, products such as black wolfberry have now appeared on the market. Compared with traditional wolfberry products, the color of black wolfberry is black or dark purple, while traditional wolfberry is red. Do you know what’s special about the effects and functions of black wolfberry? Let me share it with you below.

The efficacy and function of black wolfberry

1. Black wolfberry can nourish blood and calm the mind, improve sleep, and prevent the premature formation of skin wrinkles. It is currently the most effective antioxidant in nature. It not only prevents the premature formation of skin wrinkles, but also replenishes nutrition and eliminates harmful free radicals in the body.

2. The anthocyanin in black wolfberry is a natural sunscreen that can prevent ultraviolet rays from damaging the skin.

3. Black wolfberry has obvious functions of lowering blood lipids and regulating lipid metabolism, and plays a positive role in preventing cardiovascular diseases. Black wolfberry has the effect of lowering blood sugar. Black wolfberry polysaccharide can significantly enhance the activity of superoxide dismutase in damaged pancreatic islet cells, improve the antioxidant capacity of pancreatic islet cells, reduce the damage of peroxide to cells, and reduce the production of malondialdehyde. Therefore, black wolfberry polysaccharide has a certain protective effect on pancreatic islet cells.

4. Black wolfberry is a natural nickel supplement product. Chromium and nickel are also essential trace elements for the human body, but high levels can cause poisoning. Chromium is closely related to sugar metabolism, lipid metabolism, protein synthesis, and nucleic acid metabolism in the human body. The chromium content in black wolfberry is lower than that in normal milk (5-15ug/ml) and will not cause poisoning to the human body. Nickel acts as a biological ligand cofactor in the human body, promoting the absorption of trivalent iron in the intestine. The nickel content in black wolfberry is higher than that in cereals, pickled meat and vegetables (0.1-0.3 μg/g), but this concentration range will not pose a toxic threat to the human body. Therefore, black wolfberry also has the effect of a pure nickel supplement. Lead and cadmium are both heavy metal pollution elements strictly controlled by environmental organizations. They are harmful to the human body and have no benefit. The content of lead and cadmium in black wolfberry is much lower than that in general plants (0.5-3.0μg/g).

5. Black wolfberry is a natural cobalt supplement. Cobalt has low toxicity to the human body and participates in the composition of vitamin B12 and stimulates hematopoiesis. The cobalt content in black wolfberry is much higher than that in green leafy vegetables, which is 0.2-0.6 ppm (dry weight). However, this concentration range does not pose a toxic threat to the human body. Black wolfberry can be used as a pure cobalt supplement.

6. Black wolfberry has anti-cancer and cancer prevention effects. The most prominent ingredient of black wolfberry is anthocyanin, which is a good pigment and a powerful antioxidant that can prevent premature aging, enhance blood vessel elasticity, inhibit allergies and inflammation, and improve joint flexibility. Cancer is also caused by free radicals damaging genetic material (DNA). By protecting genetic material, anthocyanins can indirectly protect us against cancer. Although it is long-term, anthocyanins do have an indirect protective effect. The free radical scavenging effect of anthocyanins can also prevent cancer cells from spreading smoothly, thereby protecting more healthy cells from being eroded by cancer cells. On the other hand, some cancers form tumors through substances that dissolve tissues and cells. These cancer cells produce lytic enzymes and proteases, and anthocyanins can protect proteins from the effects of proteases.

Black wolfberry contains a certain amount of essential fatty acids and 8 essential amino acids for the human body, as well as a certain amount of Vc. The most significant thing is that it contains more reducing sugars and pigments. The pigments are the active ingredients of black wolfberry for anti-oxidation and anti-aging, thus playing a role in delaying aging and has far-reaching development potential.