POMEGRANATE JUICE

'Pomegranate juice' is a juice made from the pomegranate fruit.

Contents

Culinary use

Health benefits

External links

References

Further reading

See also

Culinary use

Pomegranate juice is enjoyed as a drink in the Middle East. It is also used as an ingredient in the Persian dishes ''fesenjan'' and ''ash-e anar''.

Health benefits

Studies indicate that pomegranate juice reduces arterial plaque, reduces systolic blood pressure, and reduces LDL cholesterol. Additionally, a study at UCLA involving 50 men who had had surgery or radiation for prostate cancer (yet still had detectable levels of PSA afterwards) found that drinking one eight-ounce glass of pomegranate juice each day extended the average doubling time of PSA from 15 months to 54 months.^[1]
One 250 ml (8.45 oz) glass of pomegranate juice provides approximately 50% of an adult's recommended daily allowance (RDA) of the vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate juice provides 100% RDA of folic acid and a substantial amount of potassium and niacin.

External links

★ Lovgren, Stefan. "Pomegranate Juice Fights Heart Disease, Study Says", ''National Geographic News'', March 22, 2005. Accessed February 13, 2006

★ Pomegranate ResourceDiscover info, articles, benefits, and more about pomegranates.

References

1. Pantuck, A. et al., "Phase II study of pomegranate juice for men with rising prostate-specific antigen following surgery or radiation for prostate cancer.", ''Clinical Cancer Research'', Vol. 12, 4018-4026, July 1, 2006.


★ Malik, Arshi et al. "Pomegranate fruit juice for chemoprevention and chemotherapy of prostate cancer", ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'', 102:14813-14818, 2005.

★ de Nigris, Filomena et al. "Beneficial effects of pomegranate juice on oxidation-sensitive genes and endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity at sites of perturbed shear stress", ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States'', 102: 4896-4901, 2005.

Further reading

★ Aviram, M. et al. "Pomegranate Juice Consumption for 3 Years by Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis Reduces Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Blood Pressure and LDL Oxidation", ''Clinical Nutrition'', (2004), 23: 423-433.

★ Aviram, M. and L. Dornfeld. "Pomegranate Juice Consumption Inhibits Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Activity and Reduces Systolic Blood Pressure", ''Atherosclerosis'' (2001), 158: 195-198.

★ Aviram, M. et al. "Pomegranate Juice Flavonoids Inhibit Low-Density Lipoprotein Oxidation and Cardiovascular Diseases: Studies in Atherosclerotic Mice and in Humans", ''Drugs Under Experimental and Clinical Research'' (2002), 28(2/3):49-62.

★ Kaplan, M et al. "Pomegranate Juice Supplementation to Atherosclerotic Mice Reduces Macrophage Lipid Peroxidation, Cellular Cholesterol Accumulation and Development of Atherosclerosis", ''Journal of Nutrition'' (2001), 131(8): 2082-2089.

★ Noda, Y. et al. "Antioxidant activities of pomegranate fruit extract and its anthocyanidins: delphinidin, cyanidin, and pelargonidin," ''Journal of Agricultural Food and Chemistry'' (2002);50(1):166-71.

See also

★ POM Wonderful