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Pomegranate Juice Was Linked to Lower Blood Pressure
Pomegranate · ทับทิม · Punica granatum
Pomegranate — ทับทิม (thap-thim) — Punica granatum.
Pomegranate — tap-tim — hundreds of glassy ruby arils you eat by the spoonful or press into deep-red juice, and what the trials tested. Whole arils are eaten fresh or juiced, and juice is the form those trials tested. Randomized trials found modest blood-pressure reductions with pomegranate juice. Pomegranate nutrition brings fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium. Whole arils keep their fiber, which juice mostly strains out; that fiber can slow how fast carbs digest. Vitamin C helps your body make collagen, the protein that gives skin its structure. Vitamin K helps your blood clot normally. Potassium helps your muscles and nerves signal properly and keeps your fluids in balance. Yam Trinarong tosses pomegranate arils with prawns and chicken in a sweet-and-sour dressing, served over jasmine rice. Nam Thapthim presses those arils into juice, chilled with a pinch of salt beside spicy green papaya salad. For growers, pomegranate shrugs off drought, but uneven water during fruiting can split the skins. If you take blood-pressure medicine or blood thinners, ask your doctor before drinking the juice regularly.
Yam Trinarong — ยำตรีณรงค์ (yam-tri-na-rong)
Nam Thapthim — น้ำทับทิม (nam-tap-tim)
Food and nutrients
Rich in: fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium
Research context
Pomegranate juice trials lowered blood-pressure readings — Pharmacol Res, 2017 (meta-analysis)
Sources
Source: Sahebkar A et al. (2017). Pomegranate juice & blood pressure: systematic review/meta-analysis of RCTs. Pharmacol Res 115:149-161. DOI:10.1016/j.phrs.2016.11.018 (PMID 27888156)
Narration transcript
Opening
Split a pomegranate open and it's packed with hundreds of glassy, ruby-red seeds, each one a little sac of tart-sweet juice. Pomegranate — ทับทิม, thap-thim. You eat those arils fresh by the spoonful, toss them through a Thai salad, or press them into a deep-red juice.
Yam Trinarong (ยำตรีณรงค์)
For yam trinarong, pomegranate arils are tossed with prawns and chicken in a sweet-and-sour dressing, served over jasmine rice.
Nam Thapthim (น้ำทับทิม)
Nam thapthim is a chilled juice pressed from the ruby arils and served with a pinch of salt beside spicy green papaya salad.
Nutrition summary
A bowlful of pomegranate arils is a good source of copper, fiber, and vitamin K, plus a little vitamin C.
Fiber
Fiber adds bulk to meals and can help with fullness.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is used to build collagen and helps protect cells from oxidative stress.
Vitamin K
Vitamin K contributes to normal blood clotting and helps maintain healthy bones, working alongside calcium in your body.
Potassium
Potassium helps with normal fluid balance and muscle function.
Closing
For growers, pomegranate is tough — it shrugs off drought — but water it unevenly while the fruit is swelling and the skins can split. If you take warfarin or another blood thinner, check with your doctor before drinking pomegranate juice regularly, since it may nudge your INR, the measure of how fast your blood clots. Follow Longevity Biome, and LIKE this video for regular updates.
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