undoubtedly by now you've heard abo...

undoubtedly by now you've heard about the cardiovascular benefits firmly linked to the antioxidants in r wine. Not to mention new tea. But--if British researchers can confirm an earlier study--the on the same level greater heart benefits from pomegranates may make them the of the present day superfood. Scientists in Haifa Israel, had globular back in the year 2000 that drinking a glass of pomegranate juice daily can resolve into the risk of cardiovascular disease. unites in pomegranates were found to diminish the retention of LDL--or "bad" cholesterol--and to make an incision in oxidation of cholesterol by half.

unrestrained radicals alter cholesterol in a proces known as oxidation, which is idea to speed up the hardening of the arteries.

The original work appeared in the May 2000 edition of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

moreover the gold standard for verifying the Israeli findings is to copy them. And now, scientists at Hammersmith Hospital in London have announced a just discovered study to see if they can replicate the pomegranate results

In the meantime, we can betray you that pomegranates--the round, r leathery fruit satiated of edible seeds nestled in tiny juice sacs--are rich in iron, vitamins A, C and E as well as polyphenols, tannins and anthocyanins.

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