Is pomegranate really that good for you?
Here is the latest startling research
about this amazing superfood!
When was the last time you ate some pomegranate? Hopefully, you had some recently, because it turns out that pomegranate is an amazing superfood that improves your health.
The pomegranate tree is still blowing researchers’ minds in the lab. Over and over again, science is proving the valuable benefits of superfoods — including ingesting the ruby-colored fruit of the pomegranate tree, and also its seeds and flowers.
How Pomegranate Slows the Aging Process
According to the experts at Life Extension Magazine, “an abundance of data supports the power of pomegranate extract as a broad-spectrum, multi-modal defense against multiple diseases of aging.”
“…in a study group of humans who took pomegranate daily,
after 12 months blood flow through the carotid arteries improved 44%,
yet worsened by 9% in the placebo group!”
Using Pomegranate in Your Daily Diet
How can you participate in the life-saving qualities of this tree? The easiest place to start is: the juice. Try adding a 1/2 cup to your morning blended smoothie.
TIP: If you want to eat the seeds fresh and raw — say, as a topping over a salad — try opening up a fresh pomegranate within a big bowl of water. That way, the seeds will float to the top, and not go flying all over the place, staining your counters and floors!
And here’s something to prove my point that pomegranate might be worth your looking into: according to LEF, in a study group of humans who took pomegranate daily, after 12 months “blood flow through the carotid arteries improved 44%,” yet worsened by 9% in the placebo group!
To be on the safe side, test a little pomegranate first, just to make sure that your body actually likes it and responds well to it. A very small number of people are hypersensitive or mildly allergic to pomegranate — it’s a potent food!
Let me know in the comments section your favorite way of getting this important superfood into your diet!
In my kitchen, I split a fresh pomegranate open within a bowl of water;
I use a strainer to drain and dry, then use the seeds as a salad topper!
Dane, this is indeed amazing information, off to the market right now!
Excellent, Mike! Almost every day I drink either Pomegranate Juice, or, I take a Pomegranate capsule made from not only the seeds, but the stems and leaves as well. The juice makes a stellar “base” for my breakfast smoothies. Thanks for your comment!
It seems that almost all berries have cancer fighting properties so I try to add them to our menu at least once a day (organic of course).
After all those years of my mom yelling at me to keep
the pomegranates outside, I will be happy to share this
article with her. At least she will know now the incredible
benefits of this amazing fruit.
We have a Pomegranate Tree in our back yard. Last year it produced several very delicious and apparently very nutritious fruits. This post has me looking forward to this years crop.
According to L.E.F., “Pomegranate seed oil offers potent chemoprevention against breast, prostate, and other common human cancers.”
I hear pomegranate seeds are excellent for helping to keep the prostate healthy. Is that true, Dane.
So, you’re saying that those chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds that we always have on our shelves might actually be good for us!? Yes!