Pomegranate – a source of health and beauty
Pomegranate plays an important role in medicine and cosmetics. High content of vitamins, bring the pomegranate juice in the top 10 (of juices rich in vitamins), 1st place.
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(Punic granatum) currently grown in both Mediterranean regions, as well as in other countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, the Himalayas, northern India, Asia, Malaysia, Spain, USA (California, Arizona).

Properties nutrients per 100 g
a 79 Calories
a 0.7 g protein
a 0.6 g Fat
a Sugars 16.9 g
a Calcium 9 mg
a Potassium 264 mg
Phosphorus 18 mg a
Pomegranate Punicaceae belongs to the family.
The plant is a shrub or a bush with many branches, and can grow between 2 and 5 m. The leaves are glossy and the flowers are red-orange color. And that bloom all summer, many are keeping their terraces, or gardens for infrumosetarea / their surroundings.
The fruits are large, almost round, have a shiny skin, reddish-pink.
How to check fruit
When the Coptic, gives little to pressure of the finger. If you are too soft, not good, can even be altered.
If the fruit has a matte skin, or stained, old.
Fresh fruit can be stored in cool, within a month. Stored for a long time to cool, the skin becomes dull and hardens the fruit. It is good to eat, or juice, but it can recover the seeds, or you can grind and use as a mask to refresh skin.
Pomegranates are picked ripe fresh. After harvest the fruit does not produce sugar.
How are the seeds
Inside the fruit is composed of many grains / grain meat – juicy. Each grain contains a seed.
Seeds can be dried.
Use as a condiment. They taste sour.
Pomegranate plays an important role in medicine and cosmetics.
High content of vitamins, bring the pomegranate juice in the top 10 (of juices rich in vitamins), 1st place. Being rich in phosphorus, calcium, iron, magnesium, is recommended to prevent cardiovascular disease and anemia. Protects prostate, colon and small intestine. It is even shown to lower cholesterol.
A single fruit covers 40% of the RDA of vitamin C of an adult. It is rich in vitamin A and E, folic acid and contains many antioxidants.
Natural Cosmetics
In cosmetics it was found that extracts of pomegranates are very good for your skin. The fruit contains ellagic acid which has anti-cancer effects, antimutagenic, anticarcinogene, antiviral and helps pigmentation spots caused by sunburn, so it was anti-age creams, based on which seems pomegranates are very effective.