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Claims about the health benefits of pomegranate juice are everywhere and many people are asserting that it is good for a wide range of illnesses. How much truth is there in these claims? Is it the miracle juice it is alleged to be? Let’s have a look at the facts about pomegranate juice and see if there is any proof for these claims.

Drinking pomegranate juice for its health benefits is not new, it has been practiced for hundreds of years. In the Ayurvedic system it is used to combat the effects of having an unhealthy diet and it has been used by many people for the relief of dysentery and to cure intestinal parasites. The rind, bark and juice have been used to stem nose bleeds and to tone the skin.

What are the facts about pomegranate juice?

Let’s start with the nutritional content. The juice, in common with many fruits, is high in vitamin C and it also contains a high concentration of vitamins B5, A, E and folic acid. There are also high levels of natural anti-oxidants. The seeds are high in fibre and unsaturated oils although most people discard the seeds and rind.

Do we have any scientific proof of the health benefits of pomegranate juice?

Most of the studies undertaken have been in vitro (in glass) laboratory experiments so cannot be directly used to confirm benefits in vivo (in life). A few studies with limited participants have found some benefits but larger scale trials would be needed to confirm this. In these studies there was a reduction in some factors that are linked to heart disease but not a direct link with heart disease itself. A slight drop in blood pressure was also noted. Some studies have also claimed that pomegranate juice can have an effect on viral infections.

No claims have been approved by the FDA for pomegranate’s health benefits and some manufacturers are still making unproven claims about their product. The American Heart Association  does support the view that anti-oxidant rich foods are a help in preventing cardio vascular disease although they have not indicated pomegranate juice specifically.

Conclusion

Although the somewhat wild claims for the health benefits of pomegranate juice are not substantiated by scientific research to date the high levels of anti-oxidants and vitamins make it a healthy drink, although perhaps not the miracle drink it has been claimed to  be.

Anybody who suffers from arthritis truly wants to believe that they have just found the cure for it, or at least something to help ease the pain. Just ask your arthritic grandmother how many home remedies or cure all she has tried. In addition, at first, they seem to help, but sooner or later, most of them gather dust in the medicine cabinet because they did not really help at all. It is really hard to tell if something is helping with the inflammation of arthritis because so many things can affect it. Arthritis can go into a natural remission, the barometric pressure also affects it, so you might think a medication or home remedy is working, only to find it was one of these things.

The home remedy or folk remedy, whichever you prefer, called the golden raisins and gin remedy has been around for quite awhile, and as you would expect with something passed down by word of mouth, there are some variations in the recipe and dosage. The basic recipe consists of a box of golden raisins poured into a shallow bowl and covered completely with gin. After the gin has totally evaporated, usually a couple of weeks, you eat nine each day. Although there has been no study proving whether or not this works, there are some theories explaining why it might. Some say it is the sulphur that is used in the raisins to give them their golden color, while others say it is the juniper berries used to flavor the gin.

While there is no proof one way or the other, you should not worry about it. If you are worried about the alcohol content, check with your doctor, then if it feels good, do it. Even if it is the placebo effect of just believing you feel better, that will not hurt you either. If there is a chance it works, why not try it? All you have to lose is pain.

a) Mediterranean diet is high in fat content. Can people enjoy weight loss and optimum weight management if they follow this diet?
Mediterranean diet is high in fats. But these consist of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These are healthy fats needed by your body. In contrast, the typical American diet is rich in saturated fats. It should be noted also that fat content in your diet does not determine weight loss. It is your calorie consumption that will generally influence weight loss and optimum weight management. Mediterranean diet provides lots of healthy benefits but it is still essential to lower your calorie consumption to achieve better results.

b) Is there a major difference between Mediterranean diet and American diet?
For starters, the typical American diet consists of red meat, eggs, and poultry products. Meanwhile, Mediterranean diet focuses more on healthier options like vegetables, breads, cereals, potatoes, nuts, olive oils, and many more.

c) What is the effect of Mediterranean diet in lowering the incidence of heart disease?
Mediterranean diet plays a crucial role in lowering cases of heart diseases. Based on established research, this diet promotes a holistic approach so that you can have a healthier body.

d) What is the role of exercise in the Mediterranean diet program?
Mediterranean diet was developed in the sixties. During those times, exercise and regular physical activities were part of the culture in the Mediterranean region. This is the reason why Mediterranean diet emphasizes on the importance of regular exercise to achieve better health. As a general rule, you should perform a one-hour daily walk and once a week total exercise.

e) What is the difference between Low Carb and Mediterranean diets?
The main difference between these two types of diet programs is protein. Generally, Mediterranean diet has low protein content. You will only get about 15 percent of your daily calorie consumption from the proteins of Mediterranean diet.

f) Wine has always been part of the Mediterranean diet. What is the recommended daily amount for wine?
Men should generally get 5 percent calories from wine while women should consume 2.5 percent calories. As a rule, always drink wine in low to moderate amounts daily to enjoy best results.

g) A word of advice for dieters –
Mediterranean diet is a good program that can help you achieve good health. This type of diet can help prevent cardiovascular diseases. The key is to eat foods that are rich in Omega 3 and combine these with root crops, vegetable, fruits, breads, and cereals.

About the Author – Eva Alexander writes for mediterranean diet recipes , her personal hobby blog focused on tips to eat healthy on the Mediterranean way.

We all want to have a healthy breakfast, it’s the best start to the day to eat a proper one.  Sometimes it’s not easy to get a healthy breakfast together with a filling one.  There’s not always time to munch on a big bowl of muesli and there may not be the right kinds of fruits to top it to add some freshness and vitamin C.  Also you may not be able to eat regular muesli if you are gluten intolerant or have Coeliac disease or are on a particular diet, for instance a low GI diet.  So you may be into the habit of eating eggs and mushrooms etc, for breakfast, but of course this makes it even harder to get in some vegetable matter.  by all means throw a tomato into the pan with your eggs  – when tomatoes are in season – but when they’re not, consider making yourself some invigorating fresh breakfast juice.

I like to use a masticating juicer to making my juice, because it preserves more of the enzymes and vitamins from the original fruit or vegetable.  But if you already have a different kind of juicer, even just a Breville juicer or a Jack LaLanne power juicer for instance, just use that.  Any juice is better than no juice!  Now take your ingredients, wash them up and cut them to the size that your juicer takes, for instance if you use a masticating juicer you will probably cut your vegetables and fruit into long sticks to push down the chute.  If you have a whole-piece juicer you may be able to just cut the tops off the carrots and throw the vegetables in whole!

Some really good breakfast juicer recipes includes the following. You can always add what you have in the fridge or leave out what you are missing.  It’s not a big problem, as I always say, any juice is better than no juice (oh did I say that again?! Because it’s true!).

2 oranges
2 apples
1 bunch of celery
2 pounds of carrots (give or take)
1 piece of ginger an inch or so long
1 green capsicum (green pepper) with the seeds and stalk removed

Wash all of the above and cut into the size required for your juicer.  Juice these and pour into bottles.

What I do is drink one glass as soon as I’ve made it, pour one glass to drink over breakfast (I juice before breakfast), pour one small size bottle to take to work with me and put the rest in the fridge.  You get about two litres of juice with this quantity of fruit and vegetables.

Invigorating breakfast juice at its best to get all your vitamin C needs in one tasty, drinkable solution!

The health industry seems to be [ad#Resveratrol Caps, 100 mg 60 vegetarian capsules]looking for the one miracle cure for all diseases and conditions, at all times. First there was fish oil, that still is popular. It helps with everything and we all should be eating more of it. Then there is resveratrol, that is supposed to be the reason for the french being so healthy, even if they eat a diet that is traditionnally considered unhealthy, And today there is vitamin-D, but in this article I will tell you a little bit about the facts that surround resveratrol.

First of all the best source to get it is not in resveratrol supplements, but instead in grapes, especially the dark ones. The biggest problem with grapes is that they are usually filled up with pesticides as they tend not to survive very well without it – the crops would be really poor, the French wouldn’t get their red wine, and we wouldn’t get it either. So they are poisoning these fruits. and a very large percentage of all the grapes that are imported to the United States are never sold, because the amount of pesticides is too high. These pesticides go inside the seeds where most of the fat is located in this fruit, and for that reason you shouldn’t eat the oil that is sold either.

This is a really good reason to use resveratrol supplements instead of eating grapes if they don’t naturally grow somewhere you can see for yourself how much chemicals are used in growing them. These supplements are usually made out of seedless grapes, and they don’t have to have a completely intact surface – they don’t have to be aesthetically pleasing – so they don’t have to use so much poison to keep the insects away. Actually the thinner the skin and the darker the color, the more there is resveratrol to be gathered.