The process of the use of a pomegranate can strongly be tightened as to get each seed borrows a lot of time. But seeds too are edible, therefore if you would not like to potter with them, it is possible to eat them together with the pulp.

It is easy to get seeds, it is necessary to cut off a top of a pomegranate, to make an incision in a peel and to wet in a bowl with cold water for 5 minutes. Then, holding a fruit under water, accurately to break off slices, and seeds will fall to the bottom. To throw out everything, except for seeds, then dry them out.

Hearsay About Pomegranate;

Recently in the world have appeared a lot of hearsay, that pomegranate juice badly influences for work of some organs in an organism of the woman, we should note, that it is bosh! Pomegranate juice not only does harm to an organism of the woman, but even improves it. Israeli researchers from the Technion – The Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa – have discovered beneficial effects of pomegranate seed oil in the battle against breast cancer. According to the research, directed by Dr. Ephraim Lansky, pomegranate seed oil causes the cancer cells to self-destruct. The juice of the fruit is toxic to most breast cancer cells, yet has almost no effect on healthy cells. Furthermore, pomegranates seem to replace the estrogen often prescribed to protect postmenopausal women against heart disease and osteoporosis, selectively [destroy] estrogen-dependent cancer cells. The researchers presented the results of two studies at an international conference in Madrid. This is apparently a safe substance that could be helpful to many people, especially women at high-risk for developing breast cancer. Pomegranate oil and juice have been shown to be a potential new avenue to develop anti-cancer drugs from a natural compound, all studying of breast cancer was taken at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Other health benefits of pomegranates tested by the Technion researchers include the ability to lower oxidation of cholesterol, leading to the elimination of blockages in arteries.

Juice or concentrate? Jam or confiture? What is useful, and what is not? We have decided to check it up, and have addressed to the professor of medicine and the author of numerous works on medicine to Mr. Atakishiev 
- Only five grains of a pomegranate can replace an apple and the orange which has been taken together. And a glass pomegranate juice?
- Pomegranate juice (ponica granatum) – is unique on the value product. Fruit of the pomegrnate tree – posses a pantry of natural vitamins.
People knew of its medical properties long before our era. Curative force of a pomegranate is mentioned since the most ancient times and frequently mentioned in the most ancient treatises of oriental medicine.
Avithenna recommended to use flowers of pomegranate at quinsy. Hippocratus treated by the juice a gastric pains, and a peel of fruits badly healing wounds and dysentery. Pomegranates were widely applied by court doctors in Medieval Europe, and also used and today. Especially at treatment of consequences of a radioactive irradiation, for clarification of blood.
- And what does the modern folk medicine speak about?
- It only expands the list of illnesses at which tasty tart of the pomegranate juice is simply necessary. Natural pomegranate juice show scientific researches, reduces number of major factors of occurrence intimately – vascular diseases.
It both anemia, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. And also colds, bronchites, diseases of bilious ways. Natural pomegranate juice without additives of the sugar, sated antioxidant means, interferes with occurrence of plasma in veins and stops process of harmful changes in an organism.
Pomegranate juice promotes downturn of cholesterol L-D-L oxidation, that is the period of sticking of particles cholesterol to walls of blood vessels and it reduces risk of intimate diseases. All parts of a tree of a pomegranate, including a bark, roots, leaves, and a pomegranate it is widely used in medicine and pharmacology as it contains a significant amount of tannin. Also bark of pomegranate there are some kinds of alkaloids which are used for illnesses of a stomach, ulcers of an oral cavity and inflammations of a nasopharynx. Roots of a pomegranate possess the same properties as a bark. The deciduous cover as has medical and prophylaxis action and it is applied as antiemetic , and an appetite stimulant.
- What else application can be found to the pomegranate juice?

- The juice dissolved with water helps burns. A mask from the pomegranate juice mixed with sour cream – fine rejuvenating means of a withering skin of the person.
- That bottle of juice is necessary to have near at hand to each woman isn’t this true?
- Yes. Also I shall tell more – a pomegranate, as well as a lemon, always should be in houses. Be not too lazy and dry up a membrane from fruits. This good the sedative means assisting at stresses and overexcitation. And the grains of a pomegranate together with pits folk healers recommend to the women experiencing a climax, for recovery the hormonal balance of an organism.
In the East one is at all sure, that fruits of “a paradise tree” are capable to prolong our life.
- How you think, are they right?
- Most likely in fact the pomegranate is one of the most ancient cultures of the Mediterranean. The history of its cultivation totals more than five hundred years. The pomegranate is mentioned in the Bible as a symbol of unity of the universe. And at many people the flowers and fruit of a pomegranate and to this day are considered to be as a symbol of riches, love and fertility.
And it is not simple words.
Fruits of a pomegranate are vitamin-rich, mineral salts, cellular tissue, sugars, and phytoncides. There are not enough calories, practically there are no fats and cholesterol in them.
They will be able sharply to lift a level of hemoglobin in blood, to transform “bad” cholesterol in “good”.
It is proved also, that regular use of the pomegranates improves a condition of a skin and hair, salutarily influences work of kidneys and easy, spleens, thyroid and prostate.
- But fruit of a pomegranate not so that are convenient for meal.
- Certainly, it is much easier to drink a glass of the pomegranate juice. As modern methods allow to prepare it without preservatives, for example, juices of the Beautiful Garden LLC with raw and industrial base in Azerbaijan. The technology of direct squashing is absolutely guarantee a safety of all vitamins, microcells, so, and curative properties.
In the newest German and the Italian equipment from the pomegranates growing in mountains, we prepare for juices, and also syrups, jams, confiture and exotic sauce “pomegranate sauce” – one of the best seasonings for many meat and especially fish dishes. In total about 40 names of productions. Besides we produce honey, fruit sauce and exotic juice of a feijoa, sea-buckthorn berries, a dogrose, a hawthorn and a grapes of a grade “Isabella”. Its refined and fragrant taste will seem familiar to everyone who tried well-known grape vine of the Alazan valley.

More than enough words have been told about pomegranates for thousand years.

How many names this product have? Either Carthaginian apple, and Punic apple, and a fruit of passion, all religions of the world mention this fruit as “something divine”. But the essence remains one, unique! A pomegranate is the storehouse of vitamins and useful substances for the human being. The pomegranate gives to humanity a real opportunity prolong life. How many physicians since times of Hippocratus searched for panacea, the drug from all illnesses, and so it is, it is the nature given to us! You only need to look at our label to understand the natural value: big dose of flavonoids, plant pigment that serves as an antioxidant. Antioxidants mop up those wretched, free-floating bits of molecules in our bodies called free radicals, which can damage cells and help start cancers. Antioxidants also seem to protect against heart disease, and there’s evidence they fight Alzheimer’s and some effects of aging. The antioxidant power of pomegranate juice looks to be genuine and powerful.

How many time great poets glorifed a pomegranate: William Shakespeare immortalized the pomegranate tree in the famous line from Romeo and Juliet in which Juliet insists that it was not the lark but the nightingale that “sang on yonder pomegranate tree.” Or in The Odyssey, Homer speaks of the pomegranate’s cultivation in the gardens of the kings of Phrygia and Phaecia. 700 B.C.

And as to taste? Taste of a pomegranate passes all gradation from sweet up to sour, and everyone finds admirers. Because without dependence from taste, the pomegranate remains to the best that the nature has given!

Natural pomegranate juice produced by Beautiful Garden LLC is prepared not from a concentrate, but from rich flavoured integral, non-polluting high grade pomegranates grown in Azerbaijan. According to researche carried out by International organizations, one of the major centers of cultivation of pomegranates is Azerbaijan, where exist an optimal environment to cultivate tasty and beautiful fruit is.

• Since pomegranate contains tannins,polyphenols and anthocyanins,it is a good source of antioxidant.So,it is beneficial for our health.
• It might prevent prostate cancer or slow its growth.
• It reduces the risk of breast and skin cancer.It also fights against other forms of cancer.
• It delays the development of tumors.
• Long-term consumption of pomegranate juice may help combat erectile dysfunction.
• It is an excellent agent for promoting blood flow to the heart.
• It works as a blood thinner.
• It reduces the plaque in the arteries.
• It balances the cholesterol level in the body.
• It prevents heart disease and reduces the risk of heart attacks.
• It is recommended by dieticians in diet and exercise programs.
• It acts as an inhibitor on enzymes responsible for damaging cartilage.
• It is a diuretic.
• It reduces the systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients.

Let’s drink a glass of pomegranate juice daily for a healthy life.

Article source: http://healthmad.com/health/drink-pomegranate-juice-for-your-health/

Modern stories about pomegranates are not quite as fanciful as the myth, but there is a lot of buzz lately about the exotic fruit. How much is supported by scientific research?

Pomegranates grow wild from Iran to northern India, but they are cultivated throughout India, the Middle East, southern Europe and California. Scientists in Israel have been conducting research on the health benefits of pomegranates and pomegranate juice for years, and now others have joined in.

What are pomegranates good for? Researchers report that they are rich in antioxidants that can keep bad LDL cholesterol from oxidizing (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2000). This degradation of LDL seems to be an initial step in the development of atherosclerosis. In addition, pomegranate juice, like aspirin, can help keep blood platelets from clumping together to form unwanted clots.

Does this make any difference clinically? More recent research has found that eight ounces of pomegranate juice daily for three months improved the amount of oxygen getting to the heart muscle of patients with coronary heart disease (American Journal of the College of Cardiology, Sept. 2005). Other researchers report that long-term consumption of pomegranate juice may help combat erectile dysfunction (Journal of Urology, July 2005).

Investigators are also excited about the possibility that pomegranate compounds might prevent prostate cancer or slow its growth. In mice, treatment with pomegranate extract delayed the development of tumors and improved survival (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sept. 26, 2005). Other research reports suggest that pomegranate juice might help reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Article Source: http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/408/61202.html

Several recent studies have shown significant potential health benefits from drinking pomegranate juice. Here are eleven:

Fights Breast Cancer
Studies in Israel show that pomegranate juice destroys breast cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. It may also prevent breast cancer cells from forming.

Lung Cancer Prevention
Studies in mice show that pomegranate juice may inhibit the development of lung cancer.

Slows Prostate Cancer
It slowed the growth of prostate cancer in mice.

Keeps PSA Levels Stable
In a study of 50 men who had undergone treatment for prostate cancer, 8 ounces of pomegranate juice per day kept PSA levels stable, reducing the need for further treatment such as chemotherapy or hormone therapy.

Protects the Neonatal Brain
Studies show that maternal consumption of pomegranate juice may protect the neonatal brain from damage after injury.

Prevention of Osteoarthritis
Several studies indicate that pomegranate juice may prevent cartilage deterioration.

Protects the Arteries
It prevents plaque from building up in the arteries and may reverse previous plaque buildup.

Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention
It may prevent and slow Alzheimer’s disease. In one study, mice bred to develop Alzheimer’s disease were given pomegranate juice. They accumulated significantly less amyloid plaque than control mice and they performed mental tasks better.

Lowers Cholesterol
It lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) and raises HDL (good cholesterol).

Lowers Blood Pressure
One study showed that drinking 1.7 ounces of pomegranate juice per day lowered systolic blood pressure by as much as 5 percent.

Dental Protection
Research suggests that drinking pomegranate juice may be a natural way to prevent dental plaque.

Article Source: http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/11-health-benefits-of-pomegranate-juice.html

]]> http://thepomegranate-juice.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=77 0 http://thepomegranate-juice.com/blog/?p=80 http://thepomegranate-juice.com/blog/?p=80#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:11:12 +0000 admin http://thepomegranate-juice.com/blog/?p=80 Salad “Pomegranate bracelet”
Spread and stack salad on a dish in the form of a ring, interlay each layer with mayonnaise: grate cooked beet, potatos and carrots, finely cut onions and boil hen. From above to strew kernels of a pomegranate.

Pomegranate pie
Grease a round pie pan. Mix two eggs, add 3/4 cups of sugar, and continue to mix, while the mix does not become airy. To sift 1 cup of flour and one tea-spoon of baking powder. To connect dry components with liquid, add one cup of pomegranate juice. A ready dough to pour in the form and to bake at 190 degree Centigrade within 10-15 minutes. To get from the form, to strew powdered sugar and to cover with sugar glaze.

Fish with pomegranate
Use a deep frying pan to kindle butter. Then place a fish fillet, rolled in a flour, in salt and in spices in pan. Fry one side, then turn, put from above thin cuts of onions, close lid and cook under a low fire. When the onions is almost ready, to strew grains of the whole sweet pomegranate and again to close cover until fish is ready to be served.

CHICKEN LEGS IN POMEGRANATE JUICE

Ingredients for 4 portion: 8 chicken legs, 2 spoons of melted butter, 3 spoons of olive oil, 1 peeled onion, 1 peeled tomato, 3-4 carnation buds, 1.5 cup of chicken broth, 1.5 cup of natural pomegranate juice, salt and ground black pepper.

Preparation Way: Dry the chicken legs with a napkin, fry on both sides on a slow fire in a mixture of butter and olive oil in a big fry-pan on a slow fire. When fried, take the poultry off the pan and remove its fat. Then you can fry the onion in the remained oil until softness
(20 minutes), add tomato and carnations. Pour in a pan the broth and pomegranate juice and stew it a few more minutes on a big fire. Then put the chicken legs on a fry-pan again and stew them in a sauce until softness. Once more take the poultry off the sauce and keep stewing the sauce until 1.5 glass of the broth will remain. Put the chicken legs on a dish, sauce them and serve with pomegranate seeds.

PUFF SALAD WITH POMEGRANATE JUICE

Ingredients for 6 portion: 8 boiled potatoes, 5 middle-sized cucumbers, 4 sweet big pink tomatoes, bunch of parsley, some mint leaves, bunch of estragon, 3 big onions, 0.5 liters of pomegranate juice, salt and pepper.
Preparation Way: Take one deep (of 10-15 sm deepness) bowl or crystal vase. Lay the sliced boiled potato on the bottom of bowl, then lay over it the sliced onion, tomato, some odorous greenery (parsley, mint, dill, estragon). At the end lay the sliced cucumbers on the top of salad. Sauce the salad with pomegranate juice and refrigerate it for a half an hour.

BAKU STYLE COOKED CHICKEN

Ingredients: 250 gr of boiled chicken fillet, 1 celery root, 1 apple, 1 orange, 0.5 glass of natural pomegranate juice, 0.5 glass of mayonnaise. Cooking time: 25 minutes.
Preparation Way: Slice chicken fillet, peel apple and orange, then grate the celery root. Make ready natural pomegranate juice keeping a few pomegranate seeds for decoration.
Lay all prepared products to the glasses, add mayonnaise, then decorate with cream mixed with natural pomegranate juice, orange segments, pomegranate seeds and greenery.