This Popular Juice May Reduce Your Heart Disease Risk
This potent juice has undoubtedly been advertised on daytime TV or spotted in the produce cooler case.
Pomegranate seeds (called "arils") and juice are more than wonderful. Pomegranate fruit offers many benefits, including weight loss and skin rejuvenation.
Recent Mexican biology research suggests that pomegranate juice may lower heart disease indicators.
A high-calorie diet was used to create obesity in rats, who received pomegranate juice. Next, scientists examined the animals'
inflammation, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels, which commonly signal obesity and heart disease.
The researchers found that pomegranate juice reduced LDL, the "bad" cholesterol, by 39% and boosted HDL, the "good cholesterol," by 27%.
The researchers suggest these characteristics alone reduced cardiovascular disease risk by 12-18%.
The researchers suggest these characteristics alone reduced cardiovascular disease risk by 12-18%.
The scientists say further research is needed to prove that pomegranate juice reduces heart disease risk in adults.
This evidence is encouraging, and may be enough to eat more fruit! See 21 Great Pomegranate Recipes and The Best Way to Cut One.