I just read in a magazine that POM juice is really gaining popularity in controlling blood pressure and cholesterol. I guess really heart health overall. Does anyone have any experience with this juice? I have seen it in the grocery stores and didn't really know what it was. I am going in for my annual check up tomorrow and hope those two numbers are down a little. My BP and cholesterol have started creeping up a little. I really need to lose weight and am working on that.

I lost a lot of wieght just drinking loads of water. It fills you up and cleans you out.

I just read in a magazine that ...If you read it in a medical journal or scholarly publication of some sort I might be interested, however ...

I've read in Reader's Digest and a women's mag. that pomegrant juice is gread for lowing bp and cholesterol. I tried it and it does work. However, it does take time, atleast for me it did. I have very high cholesterol.

I'm so surprised that it too people this long to figure out how nutritious a pomegranite is. I love just sitting down and eating the fruit fresh.

A fun and easy way to add pomegranate to the diet is sprinkling in salads. It looks really nice with baby spinach and shredded carrots, and the tart sweet seeds adds great texture!

To clean easily, cut off blossom end, score the skin and peel it off. Immerse in a bowl of water, pull the fruit apart, and separate the seeds (fruit) with your fingers. The seeds will sink. Drain well, pat dry, and enjoy.

For convenience, the seeds will keep fresh like this for a day or two.
Store whole uncut fruit in a bag in the fridge up to a couple weeks, it will dry out outside the fridge. :wave:

Mellowfish, thanx for the info. I eat the fruit as well as drink the juice. I've lowered my cholesterol from 337 to 243. Im still at it though.

Mellowfish, thanx for the info. I eat the fruit as well as drink the juice. I've lowered my cholesterol from 337 to 243. Im still at it though.
Great for you and keep on going! Another dietary remedy that has been proven to work extremely well at lowering cholesterol is a daily bowl of oatmeal (oat bran is a lot better because it contains more soluble fiber).

Strange as it may be, it seems to have a more dramatic effect in men than in women. Personally, I have two friends that have brought their cholesterol down (no meds) with oatmeal alone, among a myriad of nonstop bad habits.

(I like to eat the bran, 1/4 cup + 1 cup water, heat to boil [stirring when hot], cook 1-2 mins. I like to add chopped apples, raisins, cinnamon, and honey.)

I hate oatmeal, but i have tried eating it with log cabin sugar free syrup and walnuts. Can i buy oat bran in the supermarket? Also, what about wheat germ for lowering cholesterol?

I hate oatmeal, but i have tried eating it with log cabin sugar free syrup and walnuts. Can i buy oat bran in the supermarket? Also, what about wheat germ for lowering cholesterol?
The high amounts of vitamin E found in wheat germ make it an excellent addition to your diet.

The specific reason oatmeal works is because of the beta glucans, the soluble fiber that is "gummy" and jells in the digestive tract. It interferes with the production/absorption of cholesterol by binding it out of the blood so that your body has to tap its cholesterol reserves out from the liver. Those who seem to get the biggest benefit from it are people who have higher cholesterol levels (230+), and for some reason it seems to work better for men than women. For a few people, it does not work very well at all.

You can find oat bran in a health food store/section of your supermarket, look for the brand highest in fiber if possible. If you cannot find oat bran, oatmeal is still very good.

Over the past few years, I have really forced my palate accept many foods that I used to find intolerable. I have grown to love stuff I never thought I would. This may be purely psychological, but when I am trying to eat something for my health that I am not very fond of, I focus on why I am eating it and the amazing health benefits that I will reap from its nutrition. Afterwards, this gives me an overall, feel good, sense of well being. I also have found it easier to accept something as a daily part of my diet if I vary the flavors (or what it is I am using to help get it down!) and then start to reduce the amount of extra stuff I am adding. It is then that I truly appreciate the goodness of what I am eating!

We have a relatively small "supermarket" in this small community, and it has oat bran in the cooked cereal section of the store, along with wheat germ and the like. I don't like oatmeal, either, but what I've done is make drop biscuits and muffins with oat bran, substituting oat bran for about half of the flour in the recipe and using whole wheat for the rest. Then I use canola oil instead of any shortening in the recipe. You might need to adjust the proportions of liquid added a bit, but that is do-able.

I just made a TRIPLE batch of oat bran drop biscuits today. Not much more work to make a lot, then I have plenty for the freezer and can take out only enough for a few days at a time. I use them instead of cereal for breakfast and instead of crackers with soup for lunch. Never eat regular bread any more.

I've been drinking a cup of POM juice a day for a while now. It's delicious. I drink it because I read that it's chock full of antioxidants, more than green tea, even. Beauty juice!