Thrive! Pomegranate Season

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Thrive! presents practices that can improve life. This post explores delicious pomegranates, long known for healing.

The Gapin Institute is described as a precision health and performance center that offers personalized programs for women and men. Purpose, to optimize health, energy, and longevity. For men, their post, “5 Benefits of Pomegranate For Your Sexual Health” lists:

1. Testosterone boosts
2. Erectile dysfunction causes addressed by
   • Improving blood flow
   • Preventing heart disease
   • Reducing obesity
3. Lowering prostrate cancer risks
4. Improving sperm quality
5. Read more 

The Cleveland Clinic’s post on inflammation reports that the body naturally warms when fighting germs, toxins and other invaders. Beyond these brief situations, recurring inflammation connect with autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatic arthritis, psoriasis, some cancers, like Crohn’s disease and inflammatory bowel disease lung diseases, like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Type 2 diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases, mental health issues such as depression and anxiety as well as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

The Cleveland Clinic article includes low physical activity, excess weight around the belly, disrupted sleep, tobacco and eating “foods high in trans fat or salt” among several more causes for chronic inflammation.

One autumnal fruit that helps is described in Healthline.com’s “What are the  Health and Nutritional Benefits of Pomegranate?”  It’s low in fats and calories while high in vitamins and minerals. Pomegranates contains antioxidants that protect cells “from free radical damage.” In addition, pomegranates are good for the brain, “contain compounds that help fight off potentially harmful bacteria, fungi, and yeasts,” and much more.

Consider these New York Times pomegranate recipes.   Also, Delish.com’s “21 Pomegranate Recipes That Make Taking Out All Of Those Seeds Actually Worth It.”

Fortunately, a google search offered this one minute, easy process for opening and seeding a pomegranate. Slice in two. Hold one half over a bowl of water and repeatedly whack the rind with a wooden spoon. Seeds will sink while the white membrane floats.

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