Pomegranate: how to consume it
In juice. Fresh or bottled, studies have shown that it contains three times more antioxidants than green tea and red wine and has a much higher level of antioxidants than guava, mango, tomato, orange or papaya (Ugandan study sources forthcoming).
However, it is better to squeeze it yourself than to opt for a pasteurized juice.
In cocktails
Antioxidant: in a shaker half filled with ice, put 20cl of organic tomato juice, 15cl of pomegranate juice, 1 squirt of Worcestershire sauce, 1 squirt of tabasco and a pinch of celery salt. Serve chilled.
Anti-aging: in a shaker half filled with ice, put 10 cl of organic apple juice, 10 cl of organic peach juice or nectar, 15 cl of pomegranate juice. Add some crushed ice, some pomegranate arils (the seeds inside) and a straw.
To read, the very complete work of Gaël Sitzia, The pomegranate, a bomb of youth, ed. Practical Tredaniel
Pomegranate: anti-aging properties
The virtues of the pomegranate have been known since Antiquity. Hypocrates, in his Treatise on Women’s Diseases, believed that the pomegranate could relieve a number of diseases. Later, studies carried out in vitro endeavored to demonstrate these medicinal virtues. It turns out that the pomegranate, from the root to the leaves through the fruit, is rich in tannins, flavonoids, ellagic acid, fatty acids, vitamins and trace elements. Among others. And it works! For cell regeneration, as for certain age-related pathologies: cancers, hypertension, artherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease…
In cosmetics
The pomegranate is in fashion. It is found in care products (washing gel, body oil, etc.), especially in the “natural” or “organic” lines. The anti-aging cosmetic proposal is completed with capsules (powder or seed oil extract) and even pomegranate concentrate extract.
Its extracts are said to increase the protection index of sun products by 20% and by boosting aquaporins, the molecules that ensure the circulation of water, pomegranate is said to promote skin hydration. Protected, deeply hydrated, the tissues are more toned. And the epidermis looks younger.