Pomegranate is a shrub with multiple spine branches and extremely long lived. The fruit is round shaped and has thick reddish skin grown in dry areas. Each seed is surrounded by water laden pulp. It is unique and are rich sources of antioxidants. It is good for health and skin. The peel contains more antioxidants and are great sources of ellagic acid and punicic acid. A single glass of pomegranate juice contains maximum amount of folic acid and vitamin A, C, E. Let us now discuss the various benefits of Pomegranate juice.
Benefits of pomegranate:
- Pomegranate juice is extremely beneficial for heart patients to keep bad cholesterol combining with oxygen.
- It acts like a painkiller which stops plague formation in blood vessels.
- It contains fibres which helps to release many enzymes and relieves from constipation.
- It reduces the risks of cancer and maintains the blood sugar levels of diabetic patients.
- This juice contains vitamin C which increases the skin colour and increases the blood flow and blood circulation. It has an anti-inflammatory property which gives relief from sore throat.
- It helps to maintain the estrogens levels in women and provide relief from menstrual problems.
- It reduces the possibility of premature babies and avoids less birth weight for new born babies.
- Provides the people with youthful and glowing skin and also helps to control aging problems like wrinkles.
Heart disease:
Natural pomegranate contains more antioxidants that prevents from hardening of arteries. The seeds prevents our body from blood clots and increases blood circulation. Pomegranate juice increases the level of oxygen in heart. It consists of health and medical benefits due to flavonoids and polyhenols. This fruit contains photo-chemicals that helps to reduce coronary heart disease and strokes.
Skin cancer:
A pomegranate seed contains fibrous components which is delicious and acetic in nature. It is mainly used in salads to enrich taste. Both seeds and juice are equally beneficial. The extracted seeds are applied over the skin to reduce the chances of skin cancer. It is one of the healing processes to heal wounds and manage infections.
Pregnancy diet:
Pomegranate juice is very good for pregnant women’s because during pregnancy, the mother requires more energy in daily basis. It contains many nutrients such as vitamin D, calcium, iron and protein. This juice helps to reduce the risk of placenta injury. The antioxidants prevents placenta from free radicals and helps to reduce blood pressure.
Dental care:
Pomegranate juice protects your teeth naturally from decaying. It has an anti-bacterial effects and anti-viral effects from dental plague. The powdered pomegranate peel taken with water twice a day prevents from bad breath. Massage the teeth with powdered pomegranate to get rid of gum and bleeding gum. It is applied as a tooth paste along with grinded black pepper.
Risks of cancer:
Take a glass of pomegranate juice daily , which can slow down the growth of cancerous cells in prostate cancer. The high level of antioxidants in the body stimulates the white blood cells to neutralize toxins and promoting healthy and strong immune system. The prostate cancer blocks aromatase, an enzyme that convert androgen to estrogens hormone which plays a vital role in development of breast cancer.
Anaemia:
A pomegranate supplies iron to the blood and helps to reduce symptoms of anaemia including dizziness, hearing loss and weakness. This fruit maintains a healthy blood flow throughout the body.
Diabetes:
Drinking pomegranate juice, helps diabetes patients, can reduce the coronary heart disease, reduction in hardening of arteries which can prevent from the growth of various heart diseases.
Diarrhea treatment:
Pomegranate peel is very much useful in treating diarrhea and dysentery. It is also used in the case of inflammation and piles. The ingredients to cure diarrhea are pomegranate peel, butter milk half cup and cumin seeds half teaspoon. Take a pomegranate peel and soak it in water for 30 to 40 minutes and mix with all ingredients and finally grind the ingredients and have it twice a day to get rid of dysentery and diarrhea.
Making of pomegranate juice:
Step-1: Take a pomegranate and cut into pieces and soak it in a bowl filled with water.
Step-2: Remove all seeds in the fruit under water so that the seeds will sink to the bottom, then the yellow or white membrane float over the top.
Step-3: Discard the membranes or peel.
Step-4: Strain the water in the bowl and collect the seeds. Put the seeds into the blender and run your blender for few minutes so that the seeds are broken up.
Step-5: Add water to the mixture and again run your blender for few minutes. After that take a mesh strain and keep it over the bowl and pour the seed mixture through the strainer.
Step-6: Then press the pulp against the strainer to extract the juice as possible.
Step-7: After extracting add half cup of sugar per one and half pomegranate juice.
Step-8: Mix the juice with sugar, add some little water and have it.