Reduces common carotid intima-media thickness

I would suggest that the whole fruit be eaten, not just the
juice, as many of the antiox goodies are lost and remain in
the pulp along with fiber and other good stuff.

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Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun;23(3):423-433. Related Articles, Links

Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with
carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media
thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation.

Aviram M, Rosenblat M, Gaitini D, Nitecki S, Hoffman
A, Dornfeld L, Volkova N, Presser D, Attias J, Liker
H, Hayek T.

The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Family Institute
for Research in the Medical Sciences, Rambam Medical
Center, Haifa 31096, Israel.

Dietary supplementation with polyphenolic antioxidants to
animals was shown to be associated with inhibition of LDL
oxidation and macrophage foam cell formation, and
attenuation of atherosclerosis development. We investigated
the effects of pomegranate juice (PJ, which contains potent
tannins and anthocyanins) consumption by atherosclerotic
patients with carotid artery stenosis (CAS) on the
progression of carotid lesions and changes in oxidative
stress and blood pressure. Ten patients were supplemented
with PJ for 1 year and five of them continued for up to 3
years. Blood samples were collected before treatment and
during PJ consumption. In the control group that did not
consume PJ, common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)
increased by 9% during 1 year, whereas, PJ consumption
resulted in a significant IMT reduction, by up to 30%,
after 1 year. The patients' serum paraoxonase 1 (PON 1)
activity was increased by 83%, whereas serum LDL basal
oxidative state and LDL susceptibility to copper ion-
induced oxidation were both significantly reduced, by 90%
and 59%, respectively, after 12 months of PJ consumption,
compared to values obtained before PJ consumption.
Furthermore, serum levels of antibodies against oxidized
LDL were decreased by 19%, and in parallel serum total
antioxidant status (TAS) was increased by 130% after 1 year
of PJ consumption. Systolic blood pressure was reduced
after 1 year of PJ consumption by 21% and was not further
reduced along 3 years of PJ consumption. For all studied
parameters, the maximal effects were observed after 1 year
of PJ consumption. Further consumption of PJ, for up to 3
years, had no additional beneficial effects on IMT and
serum PON1 activity, whereas serum lipid peroxidation was
further reduced by up to 16% after 3 years of PJ
consumption. The results of the present study thus suggest
that PJ consumption by patients with CAS decreases carotid
IMT and systolic blood pressure and these effects could be
related to the potent antioxidant characteristics of PJ
polyphenols.

PMID: 15158307 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Subject: Re: Reduces common carotid intima-media thickness
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Date: 5/26/2004 12:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time
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I would suggest that the whole fruit be eaten, not just the
juice, as many of the antiox goodies are lost and remain in
the pulp along with fiber and other good stuff.

So based on this article you would recommend eating the
equivalent of how many pomegranates ..?

Based on this article you would NOW state .. "pomegranates
reverse atherosclerosis .."

What you should do maybe is to go into another line of work
..

DO .. you .. work ..?

You seem to spend alot of time out here ..

Grunting and groaning and being no use at all ..

How's that .. feel ..

Who loves ya. Tom

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Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun;23(3):423-433. Related Articles, Links

Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with
carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-
media thickness, blood pressure and

LDL

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oxidation.

Aviram M, Rosenblat M, Gaitini D, Nitecki S, Hoffman A,
Dornfeld L, Volkova

N,

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Presser D, Attias J, Liker H, Hayek T.

The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Family Institute
for Research in

the

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Medical Sciences, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
31096, Israel.

Dietary supplementation with polyphenolic antioxidants to
animals was shown

to

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be associated with inhibition of LDL oxidation and
macrophage foam cell formation, and attenuation of
atherosclerosis development. We investigated

the

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effects of pomegranate juice (PJ, which contains potent
tannins and anthocyanins) consumption by atherosclerotic
patients with carotid artery stenosis (CAS) on the
progression of carotid lesions and changes in

oxidative

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stress and blood pressure. Ten patients were supplemented
with PJ for 1 year and five of them continued for up to 3
years. Blood samples were collected before treatment and
during PJ consumption. In the control group that did

not

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consume PJ, common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)
increased by 9%

during

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1 year, whereas, PJ consumption resulted in a significant
IMT reduction, by

up

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to 30%, after 1 year. The patients' serum paraoxonase 1
(PON 1) activity was increased by 83%, whereas serum LDL
basal oxidative state and LDL susceptibility to copper ion-
induced oxidation were both significantly

reduced,

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by 90% and 59%, respectively, after 12 months of PJ
consumption, compared to values obtained before PJ
consumption. Furthermore, serum levels of

antibodies

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against oxidized LDL were decreased by 19%, and in
parallel serum total antioxidant status (TAS) was
increased by 130% after 1 year of PJ

consumption.

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Systolic blood pressure was reduced after 1 year of PJ
consumption by 21%

and

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was not further reduced along 3 years of PJ consumption.
For all studied parameters, the maximal effects were
observed after 1 year of PJ

consumption.

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Further consumption of PJ, for up to 3 years, had no
additional beneficial effects on IMT and serum PON1
activity, whereas serum lipid peroxidation was further
reduced by up to 16% after 3 years of PJ consumption. The
results of the present study thus suggest that PJ
consumption by patients with CAS decreases carotid IMT and
systolic blood pressure and these effects could be related
to the potent antioxidant characteristics of PJ
polyphenols.

PMID: 15158307 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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"So based on this article you would recommend eating the
equivalent of how many pomegranates ..?"

It didn't give amounts of anything, so one can't answer your
question, but we are glad to answer when possible, an open
mind is a mind ready to strech and learn and to adjust once
ernestly held beliefs in the face of new info and insight
from others; glad to help.

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Subject: Re: Reduces common carotid intima-media thickness
From: [email hidden]
Date: 5/26/2004 5:19 PM Mountain Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

"So based on this article you would recommend eating the
equivalent of how many pomegranates ..?"

It didn't give amounts of anything, so one can't answer
your question,

One could .. IF .. one KNEW how many pomegranates it takes
to make a glass of juice .. eh ..

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but we are glad to answer when possible,

We .. ?

You got a team ..?

So when I kick your ass .. I kick the collective asses of
your team .. ?

May I suggest you get a better .. team ..

My team seems to be constantly kicking your ass ..

Or .. collective asses ..

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an open mind is a mind ready to strech and learn and to
adjust once ernestly held beliefs in the face of new info
and insight from others; glad to help.

No .. I believe you didn't actually ADD a .. fkg .. thing ..

Just more sht from your head ..

Which .. I may add .. didn't decrease the AMOUNT of sht IN
your head by any appreciable amount ..

So you can STILL .. be .. called .. a .. shthd ..

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They didn't say how much juice was used, cup or not. For
all we know, the juice of one fruit was used, and eating
it would have gained all it's nutrition that the juice
is missing.

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Mark De Toad days: "So based on this article you would
recommend eating the equivalent of

how

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many pomegranates ..?"

It didn't give amounts of anything, so one can't answer
your question,

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Doe comments: One could .. IF .. one KNEW how many
pomegranates it takes to make a glass

of

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juice .. eh ..

Buy several of them and then juice them and measure the
results. Off hand, I suspect one might do it, depending on
the glass size. Six ounces perhaps?? Ellagic acid is good
search word for pomegranates. They are an ancient food.