Posted: Jul 31, 08 2:39am
Healing Foods of the Bible: Pomegranates
The Scripture and your diet:
Pomegranates
Num 20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Deu 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Pomegranates may help with:
Pomegranates have been signs of fertility, rebirth and health since they were first cultivated.
Pomegranate juice was once used as part of a cocktail to treat leprosy and stomach pain, according to Consumer Labs, LLC., which tests and publishes information about health, wellness and nutritional products. Extracts of the bark, leaves, fruit rind and immature fruit have been employed as remedies for bleeding, diarrhea, dysentery, tapeworm and parasites.
Although pomegranates once treated a host of illnesses, Western medicine has been slow to adopt them into their practices, although a number of studies have shown they can be beneficial. One study showed that drinking a cup of pomegranate juice a day for three months improved blood circulation in the heart. Another study showed that drinking three tablespoons of pomegranate juice concentrate for a year reduced arterial thickening for people with atherosclerosis. Laboratory research suggests that pomegranate fruit extract may inhibit prostate tumor growth, according to a Consumer Labs article on pomegranates. Monica Reinagel, MS, CNS and chief nutritionist for www.nutritiondata.com. cautions that marketers may make more of the pomegranate’s health benefits than a person can gain from eating an occasional pomegranate.
