2. Pomegranate juice helps to prevent middle-aged obesity. Scientists from the School of Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, found that participants drank 1 bottle of pomegranate juice every day. After one month, their abdominal fat cells are less and their blood pressure is relatively low, which helps to reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.
3. Drinking pomegranate juice to prevent Alzheimer's disease (pomegranate glycoside) has a protective effect on brain health, thus providing a new way for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
4. Pomegranate juice may help to delay the aging process. Antioxidant is a special substance in human body. Proper supplementation of antioxidants every day can greatly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Pomegranate has always been called the king of antioxidation in fruits and vegetables. The antioxidant energy of pomegranate juice far exceeds that of red wine, green tea and other juices.
The content of pomegranate acid in polyunsaturated oil extracted from dried pomegranate seeds is as high as 80%, which is a very unique and effective antioxidant and can be used to resist human inflammation and the destruction of oxygen free radicals.
5. Pomegranate juice helps to reduce platelet production by 44%. At the same time, pomegranate juice can reduce the amount of bad cholesterol that makes platelets in the body, because the more platelets accumulate, the greater the chance of heart disease.
Another advantage of pomegranate juice in preventing platelet aggregation is that it can prevent stroke. Patients with hypertension are very suitable for drinking pomegranate juice, which helps to reduce hypertension, which is one of the main causes of heart disease.
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Drinking pure pomegranate juice protects the brain. The latest research from the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom shows that a compound in pomegranate (pomegranate glycoside) can protect brain health, thus providing a new way for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
It is worth noting that excessive consumption of pomegranate is risky. Xu Meichang, director of the Department of Nephrology, Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, reminded everyone that pomegranate juice is high in potassium and there is a risk of potassium overload, especially for patients with chronic kidney disease and those with limited potassium diet. In addition, the intake of pomegranate juice may affect the metabolism of some drugs and increase the concentration of drugs in the blood, thus affecting patients.
People's Daily Online-Interpreting the Health Function of Pomegranate Pomegranate Juice to Prevent Middle-aged Obesity