Bill Sardi
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 Nutrition & Cancer 23: 121-30, 1995] If pomegranate juice were a drug, its dry, tart sweetness would be missed. Pomegranate is a good cancer preventive agent today, and a promising drug for tomorrow.
Gravida (Paw Paw)
Oh the promises of another cancer cure, this one from a "miraculous Amazon tree." The manufacturer of this herb offered testimony from a 26-year-old mother of three children, diagnosed with cervical cance.r According to the promotion, treatment was ineffective and the patient lost appetite and began to lose weight. Down to 80 pounds, she began to take the rain forest elixir. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 A 3-year study in Israel discovered that patients who had thickening of their carotid arteries (in the neck) could reduce this complication by 30 percent with daily supplementation with pomegranate juice. Their blood pressure also went down.491 Another study found that when hypertensive patients drank 2 ounces of pomegranate juice daily, their systolic blood pressure (the first number in a blood pressure reading) dropped by 8
4Q9 points, on average.
If that sounds impressive, the news just keeps getting better. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Try adding cucumber slices or a splash of pure (nothing added) cranberry or pomegranate juice to sparkling water. Other options: green tea and hot or cold herbal tea.
Final Tips
Here are some additional tips to bear in mind at your next meal:
?Watch your portions: Because overeating can put stress on the digestive organs, infringe on normal detoxification pathways, and lead to obesity and disease, many of us would do well to address the issue of portion control.
?Eat s-l-o-w-l-y: This will help you to chew your food properly before sending it on to the stomach for further digestion. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You can't overdose on pomegranate juice. Just drink at least one serving (8 oz.) a day if you want any serious health benefits.
Pom juice is an excellent addition to any smoothie, by the way, and I've published a collection of healthy smoothie recipes in my book, Superfood Smoothies.
Are the health benefits of pomegranate really so miraculous?
Yes they are. If the drug companies had come up with this, they'd call it a miracle drug and try to get it prescribed to everyone. But it's from nature, not a drug company, so it can't be patented, marketed and sold at ridiculous profits. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 POMx and pomegranate juice may be useful in bolstering immunity and fighting various infections including Candida.
Prevalence of Candida Species in Turkish Children: Relationship Between Dietary Intake and Carriage. Kadir T; Uygun B; et al. Archives of Oral Biology, 2005 January, 50(l):33-37.
In exploring the prevalence and intensity of Candida species in 300 healthy Turkish children, the researchers determined that candidal carriage was 18. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Pure pomegranate juice is somewhat bitter and not at all super sweet. So don't judge the quality of these products by how good they taste. The best taste may mean the worst nutrition.
5. Juice concentrates are never as good as fresh juices. Of all the brands reviewed here, most were made from juice concentrates. This means the pomegranates are harvested, blended and dried (usually at high temperatures), then shipped to another facility where the concentrate is re-hydrated, then pasteurized (heated again) and shipped off to the grocery stores. |
Bill Sardi
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The consumption of 8 ounces of pomegranate juice daily after prostate surgery or radiation treatment has been shown to prolong the time it takes for PSA number to double (such as from 1 to 2, or from 2 to 4), from a mean of 15 months to 54 months (4.5 years). [Clinical Cancer Research 12: 4018-26, 2006]
Resveratrol and prostate cancer
Resveratrol, widely known as a red wine molecule, but also found in mulberries, peanuts and in other botanical sources, is by far the most promising molecule to prevent or treat prostate cancer. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Anti-oxidative effects of pomegranate juice (PJ) consumption by diabetic patients on serum and on macrophages. Atherosclerosis 2006 Aug; 187(2):363-71.
Sanchez-Ramirez GM et al. Benfotiamine relieves inflammatory and neuropathic pain in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2006 Jan 13; 530(l-2):48-53.
SanGiovanni JD, Chew EY. The role of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in health and disease of the retina. Prog Retin Eye Res 2005 Jan; 24(1):87-138.
Savitha S, Panneerselvam C. |
| If you choose to use pomegranate extract rather than pomegranate juice, look for supplements that are standardized for punicalagins and provide about 78 mg per day—this is the approximate level of polyphenols that showed remarkable, atherosclerosis-reducing properties in the clinical studies.
Whey Protein Isolate
Whey is a protein found in milk. Studies indicate that whey protein can be useful in several ways when it comes to diabetes. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 For three months, one group received 8 Vi ounces of pomegranate juice daily while the other group got a placebo drink with the same number of calories, coloring, and flavor. The researchers found that blood flow to the heart improved by about 17 percent in the pomegranate group while declining about 18 percent in the placebo group. And this benefit was realized without any negative effects whatsoever.
Dean Ornish, M.D. |
| Researchers at Hammersmith Hospital in London are currently trying to determine whether pomegranate juice could be an effective prevention measure against heart disease in people with healthy arteries. Ornish himself has commented that the juice may have the potential to help prevent cardiovascular disease in people who don't already suffer from it.
Because cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer in many Western countries, including the United States, this could be good news indeed. |
| If you guys need any more motivation for including pomegranate juice in your daily diet, consider this: Nitric oxide is also involved in erectile dysfunction, since not having enough of it doesn't allow enough blood flow into the penis.)
A Natural ACE Inhibitor
You may have heard of the class of medications known as ACE inhibitors, which are used in the treatment of both hypertension and congestive heart disease. ACE stands for angiotensin-converting enzyme, an enzyme that "converts" angiotensin 1 to the blood vessel-narrowing angiotensin 11, which in turn raises blood pressure. |
| Since hypertension—high blood pressure—is a serious risk factor for heart disease, the ability to act as a natural ACE inhibitor is an important addition to pomegranate juice's heart-protective resume.
Scientists have also tested the juice in mice and found that it combats atherogenesis (hardening of the arteries). |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 Because pomegranate juice can irritate the intestines, you should not drink it for more than four to five days at a time. Other antiparasitic foods include onions, kelp, blackberries, raw cabbage, and ground almonds.31
Herbal remedies have been used effectively for centuries for the treatment of parasitic infections. These remedies can also help prevent a parasitic infection when water or food conditions are questionable. Some practitioners advise continuing any treatment regimen until at least two parasite tests, performed one month apart on purged stool specimens, are negative. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Flash-pasteurization does not reduce the healthy antioxidants that are found in POM Wonderful pomegranate juice."
However, it is my experience that heating always results in some loss of nutritional value of plant juices. Although the amount of this loss may be small, it is not zero. The actual amount of nutrition that's lost varies on many factors, including the type of nutrients being measured, the temperature to which they are heated and the duration of exposure. The higher the heat and the longer the exposure, the more nutrients are destroyed. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Pomegranate Dressing: Replace juice with pomegranate juice.
8. Blueberry Dressing: Place V4 cup fresh blueberries (about 12) in a blender and add all remaining ingredients for basic dressing, using lemon juice and increasing the amount to 4 tablespoons. Blend until blueberries are finely chopped and dressing is smooth. Thin with additional water if desired. |
Steven V. Joyal
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| Aviram M et al. pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid arrery stenosis reduces common carotid intimamedia thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation. Clin Nutr 2004 Jun; 23(3):423-33.
Babu PV et al. Therapeutic effect of green tea extract on oxidative stress in aorta and heart of streptozotocin diabetic rats. Chem Biol Interact 2006 Aug 25; 162(2): 114-20.
Babu PV et al. Cinnamaldehyde—a potential antidiabetic agent. Phytomedicine 2007 Jan; l4(l):15-22.
Babu PV et al. |
Bill Sardi
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| For example, pomegranate juice has been shown to suppress COX-2 inflammatory enzymes by 79%. [Journal Agriculture Food Chemistry 54: 980-85, 2006]
Lack of follow-up care
An embarrassing, if not distressing, report reveals that many colon cancer patients are not provided adequate follow-up care after treatment. The problem, says a report from the National Cancer Policy Board, the Institute of Medicine, is that there are 10 million cancer survivors who mostly "go it on their own." After treatment patients are sent back to their primary care physicians, often without a plan for follow-up care. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Pomegranate juice, or green leaf abdomen poultice)). Regulates (excess) menses, eases childbirth (in wine), prevents breast hardness and curdling of milk, and diminishes breastmilk. Freshens the air. Repels mice. Do not boil to retain delicate substances.
•Heath SPEEDWELL (Veronica off., Linaria elatine) Scrofularia family; also called Paul's Betony, Bird's-Eye, Ground-Well, Fluellein, Luellin, and Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris, SEE Flaxweed, below). A creeping perennial in woods and pastures having a red-green stem, oval leaves, and purple flowers with yellow above. Vulnerary. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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| For example, we discuss the merits of drinking pomegranate juice for heart health before launching into an evaluation of statin-type cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor. For some conditions, of course, the best and most cost-effective approach is a prescription medication.
Each condition entry concludes with a summary of our main recommendations. If you'd like a quick overview of treatments for a particular health concern, begin at the end of the section and browse through the summary. Once you know what the options are, you can select several that make sense for you. |
| Drink high-flavonoid beverages like purple grape juice, pomegranate juice, or a tonic of apple juice, grape juice, and apple cider vinegar. A glass of wine or beer three or four times a week can also be heart healthy.
• Eat a red grapefruit as often as possible. Daily consumption can lower both total cholesterol and dangerous LDL cholesterol. Beware of drug interactions, though. •Nibble on nuts (such as walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, pecans, and pistachios) four or five times a week. |
| Preliminary research in animals suggests that pomegranate juice may help prevent prostate cancer.
Most important to this discussion, pomegranates may be valuable in combating arthritis. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have reported in the Journal of Nutrition that tissue cultures of human cartilage cells respond to pomegranate extract.131 Inflammation is reduced and the enzymes that break down cartilage become less active.
Tariq Haqqi, PhD, is professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University and the lead investigator in this research. |
| He admitted that both he and his wife are now big believers in pomegranate juice extract and are drinking it regularly in the hope of inhibiting the induction or progression of osteoarthritis.132
Cherry Juice
We have been writing about the value of cherries (fresh, dried, or frozen cherries; cherry juice; and even cherry extract capsules) against gout for many years. This is another one of those remedies about which the old wives were way out in front of the scientists. |
| One person may find that combining acupuncture and a magnetic bracelet with curcumin and pomegranate juice is the magic formula. Another person might discover that applying Pennsaid Lotion to sore joints, taking the herb boswellia, and drinking grape juice and Certo does the trick.
None of these approaches is a substitute for good medical management. Blending home remedies with medications such as Pennsaid or Voltaren Emulgel may offer the maximum benefit. A short course of ibuprofen or naproxen may also be called for when arthritis pain flares up. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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Q Researchers have found that pomegranate juice not only seems to prevent hardening of the arteries by reducing blood vessel damage, but also may reverse the progression of atherosclerosis (plaque buildup). This may be due to the high antioxidant content of the juice, which is higher than that found in other fruit juices, including blueberry, cranberry, and orange. The results of this study appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews
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 Both purple grape juice and pomegranate juice have been shown to increase the antioxidants in your system. There's nothing more refreshing than adding a splash of grape juice or pomegranate juice and a slice of lemon in a glass of sparkling water.
DRIED FRUIT
Dried fruit is a powerful source of health-promoting nutrients, as the fruits' benefits remain and are actually concentrated if you measure by volume (except there's little vitamin C in dried fruit). |
Mike Adams
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 Pomegranate Juice Concentrate (www.Jarrow.com)
High Cholesterol
Like high blood pressure, high cholesterol is not a disease, it's just a measurement. Cholesterol can be easily modified through diet, nutrition and moderate exercise. Statin drugs are entirely unnecessary for controlling cholesterol, and the entire marketing and pushing of statin drugs onto patients is little more than a sham designed to generate profits for drug companies. |
| Rutgers University. pomegranate juice reduces artery-blocking plaque. Lipid Research Laboratory in Israel. Broccoli promotes healthy joints. Johns Hopkins University. Cruciferous vegetables protect against lung cancer. The Lancet. Uncooked soy can lower cholesterol by 9 percent. University of Kentucky. Sweet potatoes boost immune system. American Institute for Cancer Research.
Vitamins, minerals and other nutrients
Folic acid reduces cancer risk in children by 60 percent. University of Toronto (U of T)
Vitamin A cures rare leukemia in 33 percent of patients. The University of Texas M. D. |
Dianne Onstad
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 Grenadine is a popular, nonalcoholic sweet liqueur made from pomegranate juice. It adds a sweet tang to sauces, marinades, and dressings, and its red color looks great in sorbets and ice cream. Grenadine is sugar-sweetened, while the pomegranate syrup available in Middle Eastern markets is unsweetened. Pomegranate molasses, made by boiling down and concentrating the juice, is used in Persian cuisine.
Health Benefits pH 2.93-3.10. Anthelmintic, astringent. pomegranate juice is cleansing and cooling to the system, is excellent for bladder disorders, and has a slight purgative effect. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Include pomegranates and pomegranate juice in your diet. They have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Q Eat four to five small meals daily to keep a steady supply of protein and carbohydrates available for proper muscle function. If the body does not have enough fuel for energy, it will rob the muscles of essential nutrients, causing muscle wasting and pain.
Q Drink plenty of liquids to help flush out toxins. The best choices are steam-distilled water and herbal teas. Fresh vegetable juices supply necessary vitamins and minerals. |
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