If you love berries and can't seem to get enough sweetness in your diet, then don't pass up the goji. Goji berries, otherwise known as wolf berries, are a fruit from the Lycium barbarum family offering a wide range of health benefits which include fighting diabetes, preventing high blood pressure, even combating depression. The goji is native to China and the Chinese have been using this super food for centuries to treat various ailments.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood stream. Untreated, this can lead to nerve damage, kidney failure, and blindness.
Undaunted by the devastating effects of diabetes, researchers arranged a boxing match between yoga and diabetes. The fight was going to last six rounds, each one month long.
When you hear the word "fitness" the first thing that comes to mind is exercise. And while exercise is a part of fitness, it's not exactly the core or the exact representation of the term. No, fitness is more about allowing your body to function in such a way that it doesn't take you much effort to lift, jump, or just move.
Fitness, in the simplest terms, is the ability to move without much effort. This movement has allowed humans to both evolve and survive over the years. But there are more benefits to fitness than evolution: overall mental and physical well-being.