Hades Green

by Budman on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 | Comments Off

Hades Green

Affectionately known as the "jewel of winter", the pomegranate is receiving growing acclamation for its ability to fight disease in large Partly because of its amazing antioxidant power. Traditional medicines Middle East and India have used the grenade for centuries - leaves, skin and rind included - to cure everything from conjunctivitis and sore throats to baldness and hemorrhoids.

This mystical fruit, a symbol of birth, death and eternal life because of their seeds and filled with blood, juice, is steeped in mythology. The prophet Mohammed encouraged his followers to eat the fruit to purge their systems of envy and hatred. In tales of ancient Greece, Persephone, daughter of Demeter the goddess of agriculture, was offered the fruit by Hades, god of the underworld. In succumbing to temptation is doomed to spend some time each year with Hades in the underworld. For the Greeks of today, the pomegranate is often a feature at weddings to symbolize fertility, and in China, a sugared version of the seed of pomegranate is eaten on the wedding day to bless the newlyweds.

The spicy meat juicy ruby-red seeds of the fruit is delicious and worth every bit the patience required to extract them from their core. Today you can easily buy pomegranate juice as pomwonderful or pomegreat of general and health food stores. The rise of pomegranate juice sales in the UK reflects the growing popularity of this fruit, food RJA report an increase in sales of its brand Pomegreat from 50,000 to 500,000 liters per month in 2005.

Pro-Heart

Pomegranates are a superfood hugely beneficial for the heart, and neutralizing harmful free radicals prevent oxidation of LDL "bad" cholesterol "associated with the accumulation of plaque in blood vessel walls. Pomegranate juice has also shown to preserve nitric oxide in the body, a key chemical responsible for regulating blood flow and maintain the health of blood vessels.

One study on 19 elderly people with atherosclerosis, where plaque has already been incorporated into a dangerous level, found that consumption of only 8 oz of 100 percent pure pomegranate juice daily for one year by thinning of the walls of the arteries by 30 percent, where the controls experienced a real increase of 9 percent. Additionally, in those who drank the pomegranate juice also had a 21 percent decrease in blood pressure (Aviram et al. 2004; of Clinical Nutrition). Juice grenade also decreases the activity of an enzyme in the body known as ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme), which can lead to hypertension as a result of atherosclerosis.

Cancer Control Properties

Research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, led by Dr. Ephraim Lansky (2001) found that pomegranate seed oil triggered cell death (apotosis) in breast cancer cells. A recent study by the University of Wisconsin Medical School (2005) also showed anti-cancer effects, the discovery of pomegranate juice killed human cells of prostate cancer in lab tests and significantly reduced prostate cancer progression in mice (published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).

Aid for Arthritis

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found that extract of pomegranate inhibited the stimulation of certain enzymes that contribute to degradation cartilage in osteoarthritis, a condition that currently lacks a vision for treatment. This is reassuring when considering the vast and growing number of suffering from the disease.

As well as heart health, cancer control, and protection of arthritis, the shells of all kinds offer protection against aging and disease because of its antioxidant. Studies suggest that pomegranate juice may contain almost three times the antioxidant power of tea Green and red wine, due to its flavonoid content. They also provide significant amounts of potassium, iron, folic acid and vitamin C and vitamins A and E, niacin, and fiber.

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