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Pomegranates: A True Superfood
by Jennifer Good     This week's featured ingredient is a true superfood. The pomegranate has been in the spotlight for some time now and when you look a little closer, it's easy to see why. Supplementation with pomegranate extract makes sense if you are looking at cancer prevention, maintaining a healthy heart, reducing bad cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, and protecting against free radicals and aging. Not bad for a piece of fruit.
In the past few years, studies of pomegranates have shown components that inhibit skin cancer, breast cancer, high blood pressure, and atherosclerosis. This comes down to the fact that pomegranate juice is an antioxidant powerhouse, packed with both the polyphenols that have made red wine and green tea famous and the ellagitannins that have made red raspberries one of the hottest food items in the anti-cancer arsenal.
Scientists also think the compounds in pomegranates may play a role in regulating estrogen levels and regulating menstrual and menopausal symptoms. This means that pomegranate might help reduce cramping, mood swings, hot flashes, and so on. And then there are all the other benefits associated with the fruit -- and there are plenty of those. Consider these interesting findings: - According to an article in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who drank just 2 ounces of pomegranate juice a day for a week increased antioxidant activity by some 9 percent.1
- A study published in the American Journal of the College of Cardiology found that in just three months, drinking a cup of pomegranate juice daily improved the amount of oxygen getting to the heart muscle of patients who had heart disease. 2
- Studies also have found that pomegranate juice may prevent skin and lung cancer.
- Other conditions that show improvement after consuming pomegranate include erectile dysfunction, arthritis, dental plaque, and diarrhea.
- Plus, pomegranate juice is antibacterial and antiviral.
To enjoy pomegranate's benefits, you can drink pomegranate juice (but make sure it isn't sweetened, and raw chilled juice is best -- not pasteurized), take pomegranate extract supplements, peel the fruit and eat it, or take it as part of a superfood formula.
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(1)Michael Aviram, Leslie Dornfeld, Mira Rosenblat, et al. "Pomegranate juice consumption reduces oxidative stress, atherogenic modifications to LDL, and platelet aggregation: studies in humans and in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice." Am J Clin Nutr May 2000 vol. 71 no. 5 1062-1076. http:/ /www.ajcn.org/content/71/5/1062.full?sid=e22ceb39-e3c0-4f6a-bfe9-6270ee502f9d
(2) Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon. "Pomegranates Have Many Health Benefits." People's Pharmacy. 7 Nov 2005. HealthCentral.com. (Accessed 13 Feb 2012.) http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/408/61202_2.html
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