LONDON:
If scientists at the Lipid Research Laboratory in Haifa are to be
believed, the secret to a healthy heart might just lie in a glass of
pomegranate juice.Pomegranate juice has been found to slow down
heart muscle damage caused by factors like cholesterol and also reduces
blood pressure, reports the Daily Mail.
Biochemists have shown that the juice can reduce the size of
atherosclerotic lesions, which narrow arteries and results in heart
disease - by almost half.
It also fights against the oxidation of bad cholesterol, a high
level of which has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and
stroke.
"The potential exists for high-risk patients to be spared bypass
surgery simply by drinking pomegranate juice," claims Dr. Michael
Aviram, a biochemist at Lipid Research Laboratory.
He is working to develop a pill with the same medicinal attributes
as the juice, which is rich source of flavonoids that have protective
qualities for the heart.
Roger Corder, a professor of experimental therapeutics at the
William Harvey Research Institute in London, says that a glass of
pomegranate juice is equivalent to two glasses of red wine, ten cups of
green tea, six cups of cocoa or four glasses of cranberry juice, all of
which contain flavonoids.
(ANI)
|
email this page
