by David Stewart, PhD, DNM

Since wolfberries are the highest in antioxidants of any known food, and since the Chinese who have eaten them daily for centuries live to be 100 years or more, I personally drink a liter of Ningxia Red Juice almost every month, but some months I eat a bag of dried wolf berries instead. They are delicious, and so is NingXia Red [read about the latest ORAC and S-ORAC scores]. I keep the bag in my office near where I work and every time I pass by I grab a few and nibble on them. One bag lasts just about a month that way.

The berries arrive dried from Young Living and can become even drier after the bag has been opened. I have found that putting a slice of fresh bread in the bag and sealing it tightly plumps up the berries and makes them seem almost fresh. Try it. You’ll like the way they make the berries soft and sweet.

In addition to regular consumption of wolf berry juice, NingXia Red Juice, or the berries themselves, I also take 10-12 drops of clove oils in a capsule almost every day [2 - 4 drops are recommended for the newbie so you can discover what works for you]. Read more about safe use guidelines of therapeutic-grade essential oils here. NOTE: never ingest any essential oil that is not therapeutic-grade, they are not safe for internal or topical applications!

Clove oil is actually 400 times more potent as an antioxidant than wolfberries. [Read more about the antioxidant values of some foods, essential oils and drinks] But of course you can’t drink a cup of clove oil or it would be too much. Sometimes, especially during the flu season, I add 4-5 drops of oregano to the capsule of clove since oregano is an oil that creates a hostile environment for harmful microbes.

In any event, by consuming wolf berries in one form or another and by taking clove oil into my body system on a regular basis, I should live to 120 at least. Dried wolf berries, Ninxgia Red Juice, and the oils of clove and oregano are all obtainable from Young Living.