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Pomegranate Compared to Resveratrol
The benefits of resveratrol for extending life appear to be very similar to the benefits demonstrated for caloric restriction for senior health. Both of them work to promote longevity, because they change the way our genes are expressed. Both turn off the senescence genes and turn on the youth genes that promote cellular vitality. Medical research has shown that pomegranate protects against age-related diseases such as atherosclerosis, cancer, and type 2 diabetes by altering gene expression in a way similar to the action of resveratrol. Pomegranate extracts work in a multifold manner to prevent atherosclerosis and to undue the effects of atherosclerosis that has already attacked the arteries. Pomegranate juice has been shown to reduce total cholesterol and LDL levels which effectively increases cardiovascular health by reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Pomegranate has an amazingly broad spectrum of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, it is no surprise that it has shown excellent results in preventing certain cancers and reversing the progress of already existing cancers. Folks treated with pomegranate extracts, juice, and oils have experienced beneficial results for breast, colon, and prostate cancer.
Delicious Juice Drink for Senior Health

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One of the enemies of senior health is clogged arteries. Several options that are available to provide relief for folks with this condition include, bypass surgery, angioplasty, and chelation supplied by an alternative medicine doctor. If a patient opts for chelation they are in for a long procedure that is unpleasant and expensive. Angioplasty does not always insure a long time remedy, because up to 40% of them suffer re-narrowing of their arteries in less than half a year’s time. The third option bypass surgery is expensive and carries an element of danger, because a small percentage of patients die on the operating table.
There is some good news for seniors who are concerned about taking preemptive aging steps to foster their senior cardiovascular health. It turns out that there is a fourth option that does not require any drugs, surgery or IVs. This option is safe, inexpensive and best of all it is effective. The fourth option is delicious pomegranate juice which is already known for a number of health benefits. Pomegranate juice is already known to supply a rich source of antioxidants and be a defense against prostate cancer, but it can also prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol which results in preventing arterial plaque or clogged arteries. In a controlled test folks that drank about 2 ounces of pomegranate juice a day reduced their plaque measurements by 13% in 3 months and more than 33% in a year. Over 2,300 years ago Hippocrates the ancient Greek physician who is known as the Father of Medicine said that we should “Let food be your medicine”. Today the words of Hippocrates are being verified in our time by findings such as this about the benefits for cardiovascular health from drinking pomegranate juice.
Pomegranate Seed Oil Fights Cancer

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The benefits of pomegranate juice and pulp have been well documented for their ability to help combat a wide range of degenerative diseases. Two of the leading diseases include cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer. Recently researchers have discovered that other parts of the pomegranate plant can confer significant health benefits. for example the extracts of pomegranate flowers provide excellent protection against type 2 diabetes and many of the collateral effects of obesity. It turns out that pomegranate seed oil provides powerful chemoprevention against reproductive cancers.
In particular pomegranate seed oil is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme aromatase that produces estrogen from testosterone. As men age the balance of high testosterone to low estrogen tends to become inverted which fosters the growth of prostate cancer. Pomegranate seed oil reduces the amount of testosterone that can be converted to estrogen in older men which promotes their prostate health. Pomegranate seed oil provides another health benefit, because it greatly inhibits the proliferation of human prostate cancer cell lines by interrupting the cell growth cycle and also by inducing cell death known as apoptosis. Thirdly it greatly suppresses the invasion of cancer cells. Finally when pomegranate seed oil is teamed with other pomegranate components it acts synergistically to suppress prostate cancer proliferation and matastasis more effectively than any of the components alone.
Can Pomegranate Protect against Age-Related Diseases?

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The health news has been full of reports about the benefits of resveratrol for extending life similar to benefits demonstrated for caloric restriction for senior health. Both caloric restriction and resveratrol work to promote longevity, because they change the way our genes are expressed. Both turn off the senescence genes and turn on the youth genes that promote cellular vitality. Recent research has shown that pomegranate protects against age-related diseases such as atherosclerosis, cancer, and type 2 diabetes by altering gene expression in a way similar to the action of resveratrol. Pomegranate extracts work in a multifold manner to prevent atherosclerosis and to undue the effects of atherosclerosis that has already attacked the arteries. In addition pomegranate juice has been shown to reduce total cholesterol and LDL levels which effectively reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Thanks to pomegranate’s broad spectrum antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, it is no wonder that it has shown excellent results in preventing certain cancers and reversing the progress of already existing cancers. Beneficial results of treating folks with pomegranate extracts, juice and oils have been shown
for breast, colon, and prostate cancer.
Finally pomegranate juice and extracts have demonstrated powerful preventative effects at multiple levels for folks who are pre-diabetic and those who are diabetic. In lab tests the juice lowered blood sugar and in human trials it improved the lipid profiles in diabetics. The juice reduced the markers of tissue oxidation in diabetics by more than 50% which reduces the amount of atherosclerosis.



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