Here's another Did you know? A clinical study has found that adding one simple food to your diet has the power to restore health, reduce the risk of heart disease, and even reverse illness in heart disease patients. Yes, that one food is pomegranate! Both the fruit and delicious juice will have your heart singing.
In this study published in the journal Atherosclerosis, researchers confirmed that pomegranate extract may prevent and / or reverse the primary pathology associated with heart disease. In this case, that's the progressive thickening of the coronary arteries, caused by the accumulation of fatty materials. (1)
In fact, the study showed that pomegranate extract effectively reduced the following:
- The amount of plaque in the arteries
- Levels of oxidative stress
- A chemical messenger (chemokine) that is associated with inflammation in the arteries
- Lipid accumulation in the heart muscle
- Cardiac enlargement
- ECG abnormalities