Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This misleads consumers into thinking these products are one hundred percent pomegranate juice," explained Adams, "When in fact, they may only be five or ten percent pomegranate juice."
Some pomegranate juice products were found to be made with high fructose corn syrup or sugar. These were blended with water, then color enhanced with purple carrot extract to make them appear like more substantial juice products. One was found to be nearly three-fourths sugar water, containing only about 25 percent actual fruit juice. |
| Consumers can view the complete guide, including information about the health benefits of pomegranate juice, at www.NewsTarget.com or by directly visiting: http://www.newstarget.com/phototour_pomegranate_juice_1.html
The guide not only reveals the tricks some companies use to deceive consumers, it also names the top recommended pomegranate and blueberry juice products that are made with honest ingredients.
Author Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and author of hundreds of books, guides and special reports on nutrition and disease prevention. |
| While pictures on the front of the juice products show pomegranates and blueberries, the juice inside the bottle is often little more than apple and grape juice, said Mike Adams, nutrition author and producer of the free online consumer guide. Consumers can view the guide online at www.NewsTarget.com
The consumer shopping guide covers both pomegranate and blueberry juices, and it reviews nearly a dozen top brands to show which ones are telling the truth about their products vs. which ones are deceiving consumers with dishonest labeling. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Where does all the pomegranate concentrate come from for the products that use concentrate? Nobody knows! One company does say their concentrate is from Turkey, but other companies list nothing. I can tell you from experience that some of this stuff comes from China and is probably contaminated with various heavy metals or scary agricultural toxins. China is the cheapest sources for just about everything in the food and supplement business, but it's also the most highly contaminated source in the world. |
| Most of these pomegranate / blueberry juice products come in plastic containers. Plastics, you may know, often contain the bisphenol-A chemical which is thought to contribute to various cancers. The best products come in glass containers, not plastic. (I recommend buying fruit juices in glass wherever possible.)
3. There are likely pesticide residues in the non-organic juice products. Pesticides aren't listed on the ingredients label, but they're nonetheless present. |
| REPPED: This Q&A report is a follow up from our hugely popular pomegranate and Blueberry Juice Consumer Shopping Guide, which exposes dishonest juice products sold in grocery stores. Many readers are asking great questions about these products: Is raw better than pasteurized? Is reconstituted juice as good as freshly squeezed? Is the plastic bottle a threat to health? Must the juices be organic to be healthful?
This follow-up report attempts to answer these questions. Some of the information here is borrowed from the consumer shopping guide mentioned above. |
| Flash-pasteurization does not reduce the healthy antioxidants that are found in POM Wonderful pomegranate juice."
However, it is my experience that heating always results in some loss of nutritional value of plant juices. Although the amount of this loss may be small, it is not zero. The actual amount of nutrition that's lost varies on many factors, including the type of nutrients being measured, the temperature to which they are heated and the duration of exposure. The higher the heat and the longer the exposure, the more nutrients are destroyed. |
| One thing for sure is that drinking pomegranate juice has no negative side effects. You'll be healthier and happier by consuming this miraculous fruit on a daily basis.
Enjoy! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Some pomegranate juice products were found to be made with high fructose corn syrup or sugar. These were blended with water, then color enhanced with purple carrot extract to make them appear like more substantial juice products. One was found to be nearly three-fourths sugar water, containing only about 25 percent actual fruit juice.
Surprisingly, one popular brand owned by Coca-Cola (Odwalla) performed very well in this consumer guide review, earning four out of five stars for its use of honest ingredients and product labeling. |
| The guide not only reveals the tricks some companies use to deceive consumers, it also names the top recommended pomegranate and blueberry juice products that are made with honest ingredients.
Author Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and author of hundreds of books, guides and special reports on nutrition and disease prevention. Additional information about Adams is available at www.HealthRanger. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Additional information from the report
Here's a reprint of some summary information from our pomegranate and Blueberry Juice Consumer Guide:
1. All the products reviewed here are dead! In other words, even the "honest" products are still made of dead, pasteurized fruits. None of these juices are raw, freshly-squeezed juices, which means they don't even come close to the nutritional value of raw, fresh juices.
The POM Wonderful company disagrees with that statement. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 In experiments, pig and poultry tapeworms are susceptible to a diluted solution of the concentrated pomegranate bark. In-vitro experiments point to piperidinal alkaloids as agents against tapeworm. Alkaloids are the toxic contents of pomegranate bark. pomegranate stimulates the central nev-ous system.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Tape worm infestation and opportunistic intestinal worms. Astringent properties are used for diarrhea and dysentery. The drug has also been used as a gargling rinse in cases of sore throat and as an abortive. Used externally to treat hemorrhoids. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Mori-Okamoto J, Otawara-Hamamoto Y, Yamato H, Yoshimura H. pomegranate extract improves a depressive state and bone properties in menopausal syndrome model ovariectomized mice./Ethnopharmacol. 2004 May;92(l):93-101.
Pantuck AJ, Leppert IT, Zomorodian N, Aronson W, Hong J, Barnard RJ, Seeram N, Liker H, Wang H, Elashoff R, Heber D, Aviram M, Ignarro L, Belldegrun A. Phase II study of pomegranate juice for men with rising prostate-specific antigen following surgery or radiation for prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Jul 1;12(13):4018-4026. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 If you choose to use pomegranate extract rather than pomegranate juice, look for supplements that are standardized for punicalagins and provide about 78 mg per day—this is the approximate level of polyphenols that showed remarkable, atherosclerosis-reducing properties in the clinical studies.
Whey Protein Isolate
Whey is a protein found in milk. Studies indicate that whey protein can be useful in several ways when it comes to diabetes. |
| Israeli researchers, for example, found that patients with type 2 diabetes who drank pomegranate juice for three months dramatically reduced their intima-media thickness (IMT), an indicator of atherosclerosis. In a study published in 2006 in Atherosclerosis, pomegranate juice demonstrated potent antioxidant effects. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 Cultivation & harvesting pomegranate is widely cultivated as a crop (mostly from seeds), especially in the Middle East, Mediterranean region and India. Fruits are picked when fully ripe. Uses & properties The fleshy seeds are eaten fresh and the extracted juice is a popular beverage in the Middle East. pomegranate is best known as the source of grenadine, a bright red concentrate that is used for mixed drinks. pomegranate concentrate is also used in cooking and especially in Middle Eastern (Lebanese) and Mediterranean sauces, soups, meat dishes, salads and sweet couscous. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 In it, she called attention to published research showing that pomegranate juice significantly increased levels of nitric oxide.
Nitric oxide is an important molecule that plays a critical role in vascular disease. A lot of medications—and the amino acid L-arginine— work by increasing nitric oxide in the system, a very good thing indeed. (If you guys need any more motivation for including pomegranate juice in your daily diet, consider this: Nitric oxide is also involved in erectile dysfunction, since not having enough of it doesn't allow enough blood flow into the penis. |
Bill Sardi
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The consumption of 8 ounces of pomegranate juice daily after prostate surgery or radiation treatment has been shown to prolong the time it takes for PSA number to double (such as from 1 to 2, or from 2 to 4), from a mean of 15 months to 54 months (4.5 years). [Clinical Cancer Research 12: 4018-26, 2006]
Resveratrol and prostate cancer
Resveratrol, widely known as a red wine molecule, but also found in mulberries, peanuts and in other botanical sources, is by far the most promising molecule to prevent or treat prostate cancer. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Pomegranate seeds - see artiles on pomegranate or http://www.ats.org/news.php?id=32
Omega-3 oils / chia seeds - available from GoodCauseWellness.com
Rainforest herbs - There are many anti-cancer rainforest herbs, including graviola and Cat's Claw (Una de Gato). Recommended sources is Terry Pezzi of the high-integrity Amazon Herb Company (also helping to preserve the Amazon rainforest) - Another great source of rainforest herbs is Rain Tree with Leslie Taylor
Juice detoxification - Read books by Dr. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| Phase II study of pomegranate juice for men with rising prostate-specific antigen following surgery or radiation for prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Jul 1;12(13):4018-4026.
Sumner MD, Elliott-Eller M, Weidner G, Daubenmier JJ, Chew MH, Marlin R, Raisin CJ, Ornish D. Effects of pomegranate juice consumption on myocardial perfusion in patients with coronary heart disease. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Sep 15;96(6):810-813.
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Albert, NM. We are what we eat: women and diet for cardiovascular health. / of Cardiovas Nurs. 2005;20(6):451-460.
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Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Replenishing Lip Balm With pomegranate Oil ($3 for 0.15 ounce) has pomegranate oil, which is great, but it's downhill from there because this also contains irrirating cinnamon, sage, mandarin, anise, and cassia oils.
BURT'S BEES MAKEUP
FOUNDATION: © Tinted Facial Moisturizer ($11) is contradictory, because it's for someone who "doesn't want to load up their face with heavy foundation." Yet this tinted moisturizer has a thick, creamy texture that definitely makes its presence known. It is indeed sheer, but it blends unevenly and keeps skin feeling moist, almost greasy. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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| Pomegranate is best known as the source of grenadine, a bright red concentrate that is used for mixed drinks. pomegranate concentrate is also used in cooking and especially in Middle Eastern (Lebanese) and Mediterranean sauces, soups, meat dishes, salads and sweet couscous. Dried seeds are an important spice (anardana) for sweet-sour dishes in northwestern India (especially in Punjab and Gujarat).
Nutritional value pomegranate is low in calories (30-60 kcal per 100 g) and rich in phosphorus and potassium. Notes All parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Other Names: Delima, Grenadier actions and pharmacology
COMPOUNDS: pomegranate FRUIT PEEL
Tannins (25 to 28%; gallo tannins): including punicalin (granatine D), punicalagin (granatine C), granatine A, grana-tine B
COMPOUNDS: pomegranate STEMS AND ROOT
Tannins (20 to 25% gallo tannins): including punicalagin, punicacortein C, casuarin
Piperidine alkaloids (0.4% in the rind of the stem, up to 0.8% in the rind of the root): chief alkaloids isopelletierine, N-methylisopelletierine, pseudopelletierine
EFFECTS
The drug, which contains tannins and alkaloids, is anthelmintic and amoeboid. |
Bill Sardi
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| Nutrition & Cancer 23: 121-30, 1995] If pomegranate juice were a drug, its dry, tart sweetness would be missed. pomegranate is a good cancer preventive agent today, and a promising drug for tomorrow.
Gravida (Paw Paw)
Oh the promises of another cancer cure, this one from a "miraculous Amazon tree." The manufacturer of this herb offered testimony from a 26-year-old mother of three children, diagnosed with cervical cance.r According to the promotion, treatment was ineffective and the patient lost appetite and began to lose weight. Down to 80 pounds, she began to take the rain forest elixir. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Alkaloids are the toxic contents of pomegranate bark. pomegranate stimulates the central nev-ous system.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Tape worm infestation and opportunistic intestinal worms. Astringent properties are used for diarrhea and dysentery. The drug has also been used as a gargling rinse in cases of sore throat and as an abortive. Used externally to treat hemorrhoids.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. The high levels of tannin content can lead to gastric irritation. |
Jack Challem
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 With a knife, cut off the crown and rinse any dirt off the pomegranate skin. Pat it dry and score the skin in quarters. Place the pomegranate in a large bowl with enough water to cover it completely. Use your fingers to pull apart the quarters, then separate the seeds from the rind and the membrane. The seeds will fall to the bottom of the bowl, and most of the small pieces of membrane will float. Discard the pieces of skin and large chunks of membrane. Use a small strainer to scoop up the smaller floating pieces of membranes. |
Marshall Editions
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 Herbs that contain high levels of proanthocyanidins, found in grape seed, and catechins, found in green tea, protect blood vessels from toxin damage while improving the structural integrity of the vessels to withstand damage. pomegranate, high in antioxidant polyphenols, is possibly even stronger than grape seed and green tea. Take 150-300 mg of grape seed, up to 240 ml of pomegranate juice, or drink 3-5 cups of green tea daily.
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