Can wolfberry and green tea be drunk together? Don’t make the mistake!

Wolfberry is a very good Chinese herbal medicine, it can play a variety of functions, such as can help office workers' names, is beneficial to improve men's kidney deficiency, etc. Green tea also has certain health care effects, many people think that green tea and wolfberry can be drunk together, in fact, this is a wrong practice.

Goji berries and green tea are rich in nutrients

Green tea and wolfberry are both very nutritious. Green tea contains catechins, β-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, etc., which have many functions such as scavenging free radicals, delaying aging, and preventing cancer. Wolfberry is flat in nature and sweet in taste. It contains carotene, betaine, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients. It has significant therapeutic effects on chronic hepatitis, central retinitis, optic atrophy, etc. It can also lower blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipids. It also has the health-preserving effects of nourishing the kidney and essence, nourishing yin and blood, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Many health-preserving medicines contain wolfberry. However, this seemingly healthy combination is actually not very reasonable.

Why is it not suitable to drink wolfberry with green tea?

This is because the large amount of tannic acid contained in green tea has a contractile and adsorbent effect, which will absorb the trace elements in wolfberry and produce substances that are difficult for the human body to absorb.

Green tea and wolfberry should be drunk separately

Therefore, if you consider it from a health perspective, you might as well drink green tea and wolfberry separately. Drink a cup of green tea in the morning to stimulate your appetite and refresh your mind; drink wolfberry in the afternoon to improve your physical condition and help you sleep. Take 20-30 grams of wolfberry, brew it with boiling water, cover it and simmer for 20-30 minutes, then eat the softened wolfberry and drink the water. This is recommended for a long time.