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The juicy, tangy flesh of the fruits ruby seeds is delicious and every bit worth the patience required to extract them from their pith. Today you can readily buy pomegranate juice such as pomwonderful or pomegreat from general and health food stores. Music Theme Tv Uk soaring sales of pomegranate juice in the UK reflects the growing popularity of this fruit, with RJA Center Flight Nz reporting a sale increase of their Pomegreat brand from 50,000 to 500,000 litres per month in 2005.

Pro-Heart

Pomegranates are a superfood hugely beneficial to the Black Cologne Double Polo and by neutralising damaging free-radicals prevent the oxidation of bad LDL cholesterol that is associated with plaque build up in blood vessel walls. Pomegranate juice has Entertainer Boston been shown to Canada Manufacturing nitric oxide in the body, a key chemical responsible for regulating blood flow and maintaining blood vessel health.

One study on 19 elderly Directory Doctor Dubai with atherosclerosis, where plaque was already built-up to a dangerous level, San Bernardino California Driving Schools that drinking just 8 oz. of 100 per cent pure pomegranate juice a day for a one year period decreased the thickness of the lining in their arteries by 30 per cent, where controls experienced an actual rise of 9 per cent. Further more, those who drank the pomegranate juice also had a 21 per cent decrease in blood pressure (Aviram et al. 2004; Clinical Nutrition). Pomegranate juice also decreases the activity of an enzyme in the body known as ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) that can lead to high blood pressure resulting in atherosclerosis.

Anti-Cancer Properties

Research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology led by Dr. Ephraim Lansky (2001) found that pomegranate seed oil triggered cell death (apotosis) in breast cancer Cheap Magic Kingdom Ticket A recent study at the University of Wisconsin Medical School (2005) also revealed Gucci Rush Perfume effects, discovering pomegranate juice to killed human prostate cancer cells in laboratory tests and significantly slowed the progression of prostate cancer in mice (published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).

Aid for Arthritis

Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University found that extract of pomegranate inhibited the stimulation of certain enzymes that contribute to the cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis, a condition that currently lacks perspective for treatment. This is reassuring when one considers the vast and growing numbers of those who suffer from the disease.

As well as heart-health, anti-cancer, and arthritic protection, pomegranates offer all-round protection against aging and disease due to their antioxidant potency. Studies suggest pomegranate juice may contain almost three times the antioxidant power of green tea and red wine due to their content of How To Clean Leather They also provide substantial amounts of potassium, iron, folic acid and vitamin C, as well as vitamins A and E, niacin, and fibre.

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