Pomegranate personal taste, flavor, and health-promoting properties, most popular, is nutrient-rich fruits. More frequent "super fruit called functional foods, including fresh mango, berries and tropical, like adding some glamor."
About five to eight meters in height growing on trees. In the Indian subcontinent, Iran, Caucasus, and the wrist in most parts of the Mediterranean region has been growing on a commercial scale. Various types of trees to fully mature, spherical, red, purple or orange - yellow fruit is produced on a large scale. Each fruit weighs 200 grams and about the diameter of about 6-10. Rind hard and leathery outer skin or structure.
In a corner of a hard or soft, (over ripe) seeds around the small kitchen Juicy, red, pink flesh packed in bags and boxes filled with a white, spongy, membranous, separated by a bitter fruit in the tissue.
It is a common ingredient of pomegranate and the new functional foods, food, juice, flavor and color is one of the most widely grown fruit "super fruit."
Health benefits of Pomegranate
The fruit is moderate in calories; 100 g provides 85 calories, slightly more than that in the apples. It contains no cholesterol or saturated fats.
It is rich source of soluble and insoluble dietary fibers, providing about 4 g per 100 g (about 12% of RDA), which aid in smooth digestive and bowel movements. The fruit is suggested in the diet for weight reduction and cholesterol controlling programs. Regular inclusion of fruits in the diet helps protect from colon cancers.
Punicalagin is a polyphenolic anti-oxidant compound found abundantly in the pomegranate juice. Studies suggest that punicalagin and tannins are effective in reducing heart disease risk factors by scavenging harmful free radicals from the body.
It is also good source of antioxidant vitamin-C, provides about 17% per 100 g of daily requirement. Consumption of fruits rich in vitamin C helps body develop resistance against infectious agents by boosting immunity.
Regular consumption of pomegranate has also been found to be effective against prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diabetes, and lymphoma.
It is also good source of many vital B-complex group of vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), folates, pyridoxine and vitamin K, and minerals like calcium, copper, potassium, and manganese.
Selection and storage
World’s best pomegranates are grown in the southern states of Afghanistan in Kandahar, Balkh, Helmand, and Nimroz provinces.
The pomegranate fruit is judged ripe when it develops distinctive color and sound metallic when tapped with the finger. Fruits must be picked before over maturity oyherwise, the seeds become hard, inedible, and the whole fruit tend to crack open.
In the store, choose pomegranates that have smooth skin, free from any bruises, cuts or mold. At home, store the fruits in cool dark place at room temperature for 5-8 days or more. In general, they have long shelf life. You can also place them in the refrigerator for several weeks.
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