23 Jan 2025
Pomegranates
Fresh Pomegranate are round, red fruits. They feature a white inner flesh that's packed with crunchy, juicy edible seeds called arils. They may be best known for the vibrantly colored juice they're often used in, but these unique fruits have a lot more to offer.
Nutrition Facts:
Overall, pomegranates are low in calories and fat but high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
Below is the nutrition for the arils in one Trusted Source average pomegranate:
· Calories: 234
· Protein: 4.7 grams (g)
· Fat: 3.3 g
· Carbohydrates: 52 g
· Fiber: 11.3 g
· Vitamin C: 32% of the Daily Value (DV)
· Folate: 27% of the DV
· Magnesium: 8% of the DV
· Phosphorus: 8% of the DV
· Potassium: 13% of the DV
Benefits:
The benefits of the Pomegranates will be as follows:
1. Heart Health: (Organic pomegranate can improve heart health by positively influencing the blood lipid profile and cholesterol)
2. Blood pressure: (Drinking pomegranate juice daily may help lower systolic blood pressure)
3. Fight inflammation: (Fights Inflammation. Inflammation has been found to be associated with just about every health condition)
4. Antioxidant properties: (Pomegranates are chock-full of polyphenols (anthocyanins, punicalagins, and hydrolysable tannins) containing potent antioxidant properties.)
5. Memory: (Studies have shown that juice from pomegranates can be helpful when it comes to improving memory)
6. Promote brain health: (According to some studies, hydrolysable tannins, another antioxidant group at work in pomegranates, has been connected to slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease by increasing the survival of brain cells.)
7. Help fight cancer: (When it comes to cancer, more and more research shows that pomegranate seeds may act as a potent cancer-fighting food)
8. Skin Health: (Promotes Skin Health)
9. Cancer Risk: (The compounds in pomegranates may have anti-cancer properties.)
Categories
- Chilled & Fresh Food
- Fresh Fruit & Vegetables