| Have you had your pomegranate juice today? If not, | | | | disease. Patients with this disease can experience a |
| you may want to grab a tall glass for a multitude of | | | | decrease in oxygen to the brain during exercise as |
| therapeutic reasons. The pomegranate grows on a | | | | the blood flow can be decreased. Increasing the |
| shrub or small tree, and is native to Iran. It was | | | | blood flow with pomegranate juice can significantly |
| introduced into Latin America and California by | | | | help combat this problem. Pomegranates are listed as |
| Spanish settlers in 1769, and is now cultivated in | | | | high fiber in nutritional charts. That fiber, as well as |
| Arizona and California for the production of juice. The | | | | the unsaturated fat they offer is entirely contained in |
| growing season in the northern hemisphere is | | | | the seeds. People who chose to discard the seeds |
| September to February, and in the southern | | | | forfeit nutritional benefits. |
| hemisphere from March to May. It is mentioned in | | | | More benefits mentioned by NEWSWISE is its ability |
| Europe as early as the Iron-Age Greek mythology in | | | | to improve the symptoms of erectile dysfunction; |
| the Homeric hymns. | | | | increase nitric oxide levels in the body; reduce artery |
| Pomegranate juice has been shown to lower LDL | | | | plaque; be used as an ACE inhibitor; reduce systolic |
| which is known as bad cholesterol. It is important to | | | | blood pressure; and reduce expected plaque buildup in |
| keep LDL levels low, and there aren't many | | | | advanced atherosclerosis. When ingested by a |
| treatments for doing so. Another of the many | | | | woman during pregnancy, the juice can help protect |
| therapeutic benefits is the fact that it has skin repair | | | | an unborn baby from experiencing brain damage or |
| functions. It is also clinically effective for a depressive | | | | injury related to or during a traumatic birth incident. |
| state and bone loss related to menopause; has | | | | One example could be when the umbilical cord is |
| possible therapeutic and preventive effects on | | | | wrapped around the baby's neck. It also contains folic |
| prostate cancer; and may even reduce the risk of | | | | acid and other essential nutrients for the expectant |
| Alzheimer's disease. That is a great number of | | | | mother. People who drink it regularly feel better |
| benefits, but the benefits don't end there. According | | | | physically, and claim their energy decreases when |
| to NEWSWISE, a knowledge-based news data base, | | | | they stop taking it. |
| pomegranate juice can also increase blood flow to | | | | It is wise to contact your physician before |
| the heart in those affected by ischemic heart | | | | undertaking or stopping any therapeutic program. |