Pomegranates are great because they are low in calories and high in fiber, vitamins,
and minerals. They are also a great way of getting in your antioxidants and polyphenolic compounds,
which we talk about a lot on this channel. And they have been used for a number of different
conditions like reducing kidney stones, reducing oxidative stress, keeping inflammation controlled,
and boosting brain benefits since they contain ellagitannins,. And in this
video we will look at what would happen if you had pomegranate everyday for 14 days.
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anymore time, lets get straight into it. In 2012, a very interesting study came out
and followed 60 volunteers from different work locations, 22 males, and 38 females. And they
took daily saliva samples, in the AM, noon, and in the PM. And they were able to find 3 changes after
the 14 day mark. The first benefit they saw was a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic
blood pressure. Their Systolic dropped an average from 123.7 give or take to 119.6 give or take,
which is the top number of your blood pressure, and Diastolic from 74.9 to 72.4 give or take,
which is bottomnumber. This is probably because Pomegranates are believed to reduce blood pressure
through reducing levels of Angiotensin converting enzyme or (ACE). And ACE is a protein that plays
an important role in controlling blood pressure through controlling the size of blood vessels in
the body. The second thing they noticed after 14 days is,in the beginning the volunteers took whats
called the PANAS mood questionnaire, which is a self-reported measure that is available to help
practitioners identify your strengths and symptoms of mental wellbeing through positive and negative
emotions. Their overall score increased from 73 to 77, and their ; positives increased from 29 to
31,; and their negatives decreased from 16 to14. Which basically means there mood was more positive
and less negative. And this could possibly be due to the effect on how pomegranates lower cortisol,
which is your body's main stress hormone. And dialing down high cortisol levels often times
leads to stress reduction, which puts you in a better mood. And lastly after the 14 days,
the most interesting thing happened. There was an increase in salivary testosterone,
in both men and women from ELISA results. And that got me thinking about that older
study in rats,which found that pomegranate juice increased testosterone levels, and helped protect
Leydig cells, which are the cells that produce testosterone when they get the signal from LH.
But not just that, pomegranates can also protect against obesity-induced inflammation, which can
lower testosterone levels, which is why people who have Moderate obesity, see a decrease in total
testosterone due to insulin resistance-associated reductions in sex hormone binding globulin. Which
is where about 45% to 65% of testosterone in blood is normally bound already. So in 14 days,
you saw lower blood pressure, lower stress, and higher testosterone. Which is crazy because,
if pomegranates can do all that in just 14 days, I wonder what else it could do if taken longer. ANd
keep in mind ideally, more studies are needed to gain more validity, but its an interesting
starting point to understanding pomegranates as whole. And there about 8 or more different types
of the fruit each having their own seasons of ripeness, which you can see here. And the secret
to picking one up if you choose to start by eating its fruit before the liquid is knowing thatThe
ripest pomegranates aren't shaped like balls. They have angles, that are flattened around the sides,
not rounded. Secondly, a ripe pomegranate should feel heavy for its size, the smaller and heavier,
the better. And as for the liquid pomegranate, The ones used in the study were the ones by pomegreat,
just fyi. Which are about 4 times more concentrated than regular pomegranate juice.
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