Pomegranates beat apples for antioxidant boost
"The juice of pomegranate is more effective than apple in boosting the body's antioxidant defences, which decline naturally with age, reports a new study.
The antioxidant capacity of the blood of 26 elderly subjects increased by almost 10 per cent after drinking pomegranate juice, whereas changes were negligible after apple juice, report the researchers from the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine in Tianjin, China.
Pomegranate, known as the royal fruit because of the 'crown' on top, is a rich source of antioxidants. It is these antioxidants, and particularly ellagitannin compounds like punicalagins and punicalins, which accounts for about half of the fruit's antioxidant ability, that are reportedly behind the proposed health benefits." *
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*Source: Nutrition Research (Elsevier)
February 2008, Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 72-77
"Pomegranate juice is potentially better than apple juice in improving antioxidant function in elderly subjects"
Authors: C. Guo, J. Wei, J. Yang, J. Xu, W. Pang, Y. Jiang