Archive for July, 2009

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.

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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. (more…)

Interview with professor of medicine

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  (more…)

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”. (more…)

The list of benefits of pomegranate juice:

• 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. (more…)

Have you eaten a pomegranate? The fruit features in Greek mythology in the story of Persephone, daughter of the harvest goddess Demeter. Hades, the lord of the underworld, kidnapped the beautiful maiden. Because she ate a few pomegranate seeds before being rescued, she had to spend several months every year in the underworld with him. According to the myth, that?s when the earth was forced to endure winter.

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

Pomegranate juice has become popular in the past few years, but does it really live up to the hype? It looks like it.

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

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. (more…)

Tea is red color and it has pleasant sourish taste, reminds tea from colors of hibiscus. From plentiful crape scarlet colors brushing away to a carnation only the fifth, and even the twentieth flower is fastened in the juicy fruit named by botanist granatine. A poppy head of a fruit crowns atavistic from flower stigma crown – fruit is really imperial and crowned. Splashing on juice of pomegranate grains are extremely rich with ascorbic acid (up to 14%), other fruit acids, sugar and tannins. From pomegranate is prepared wine, punches and a drink with a derivative from fruit a name grenadin. Inherently grenadin – it is simple pomegranate juice. Ripe pomegranate slowly are knead by fingers directly in a peel, until the juicy grains are burst, then cutt the crown of a fruit and squeeze out juice, as if from the whole lemon. (more…)