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Article: 5 ways to obtain Pomegranate.
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- Life Extension
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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Pomegranate is freely sold in the United States as a fruit juice. Those who can afford the high price and sugar calories drink 4-8 ounces of pomegranate juice each day to obtain its benefits.
Grocery store pomegranate juices are not usually standardized, which means the amount of active anthocyanidins, tannins, and flavones found in them can vary widely. When buying pomegranate juice in stores, a large part of the price you pay goes to cover the cost of shipping the heavy glass bottles, which contain mostly water.
The good news is that it is now possible to obtain the full spectrum of polyphenols found in whole pomegranate fruit in a low-cost dry powder extract. This ...