One of the problems with locating quality articles on the subject of lycium barbarum (goji, wolfberries) is that most of the articles are posted on websites that are trying to sell your their “cure all” goji juices and pills.

Some of these “self hype” sites I’ve visited quote these great sounding clinical studies that espouse the virtues of l. barbarum but when I try to track down the source of the studies… suprise… I can’t find them anywhere.

I’m not saying all research is bad, I’m just saying you have to be careful about the source of the information.

Here’s a comprehensive list of scientific research articles on goji berry (a.k.a. lycium Bararum and Wolfberries).

I haven’t verified the articles themselves, but what I do like about the list is that it doesn’t appear to me that these people are trying to sell me anything… they just seem to be compiling references to articles on the topic of l. Barbarum:

Judge for yourself:
goji - lycium barbarum articles

Abcnews.com ran an article titled “Goji: Health Elixir or Pricey Juice?”.

It featured both sides to the arguement as to whether Goji Juice has enough scientific research behind it to call it a miracle health drink, or a huge waste of your money.

“But until there is more scientific research on goji, Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine and an ABC News Medical Contributor, said he wouldn’t spend his money on the supplement.

Here are just a few quotes from the article:

“If you’re drinking [goji juice] as a health elixir I would say it’s a huge leap of faith,” Katz said.”

But the very same Goji Juice article goes on to say this:

“Dr. H. Leon Bradlow, of the Strang Cancer Research Laboratory in New York, who recently began his own research on the goji berry.

“Natural products have their worth,” Bradlow said. “Half of the medications out there originate from natural products.”

Bradlow said his tests, which have not been published, showed that the juice extracted from the berry prevented the growth of breast cancer cells. He hopes to go forward with his study and test goji juice on lab mice with cancer.

But until the juice is tested extensively on humans with cancer, he said he has no proof that Goji is worth consuming.”

Judge for yourself by reading the entire ABCnews.com article:
“Goji: Health Elixir or Pricey Juice - Click Here!?”.