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Pomegranate juice as an aid for Diabetes
Fresh pomegranate juice may be helpful for people with diabetes to decrease their risk of coronary disease. A preliminary new study shows that diabetes sufferers who drank pomegranate juice for a duration of three months had a reduced chance of atherosclerosis (or hardening of the arteries). Also, the pomegranate juice appeared to slow up the absorption of unhealthy LDL cholesterol by the sufferer's immune cells. Folk with diabetes have increasing probability of atherosclerosis, which contributes to heart disease, strokes and other cardiovascular difficulties. These studies illustrate that the antioxidants in pomegranate juice might be extremely effective in decreasing the risk of coronary complications associated with diabetes. "In most juices, sugars are present in free, and harmful, forms," says medical expert Michael Aviram, of the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa, Israel, in a news release. "In pomegranate juice, however, the sugars are attached to unique antioxidants, which actually make these sugars protective against atherosclerosis." Folk with diabetes aren't able to react to sugar normally and are usually advised to monitor their intake of food and beverages high in natural or processed sugars, which includes fruit juices. In the research, discussed in the journal 'Atherosclerosis', experts analyzed the effects of drinking a specially produced strong pomegranate juice that is the equivalent to a normal sized glass of fresh pomegranate juice, each day for 3 months in 10 healthy adults and 10 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Pomegranate juice drinks did not affect overall levels of cholesterol, however specialists discovered it diminished the uptake of oxidized "bad" LDL cholesterol by immune cells, which is a major contributing factor to atherosclerosis. Although pomegranate juice contains a similar level of sugars as many other popular fruit juices, Aviram suggests they were surprised to find that the sugars in pomegranate juice did not worsen diabetes mellitus markers, such as sugar levels, in the participants partnered with diabetes. |
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