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What is the Pomegranate?


In the last couple of years, the pomegranate has been all the rage...with new pomegranate juice appearing on the shelves. This seasonly available fruit is renowned for its nutritional properties. Studies show that the juice from the pomegranate is one of the most powerful antioxidants, which contains a very high level of polyphenols and other free radical-fighting agents.

Some nutritional benefits of the pomegranate are:

Polyphenols
• Vitamins
Anthocyanins

The pomegranate can help with:

• Arteriosclerosis
• Heart Disease
• Diabetes

In 2006 the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry published a study which showed that "the polyphenolics in pomegranate can play an important role in the modulation of inflammatory cell signaling in colon cancer cells."

How the Pomegranate fights cancer

Have you ever wanted to know how to peel a pomengranate? I found this video on You Tube and tried it out myself. This a very good technique, although I still have difficulty with the pomengranate. I think it is a difficult fruit to easily enjoy, like the simple banana.


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