Can This Fruit Be the Key for All Women With Menopause

There is a new kid on the block that has been found to be beneficial to menopausal women, because of its ability to mimic estrogen. This can help menopausal women deal with mood swings, depression, bone loss, and fluctuating estrogen levels.

Even though pomegranates are new to the menopausal world they have in fact been around for centuries. They first date back to 750 B.C. and are often called the Chinese apple. And has also been used as the symbol for fertility by the Zoroastrians and other ancient cultures because of its resemblance to the female ovary.

Not only does it look similar to the female ovary but it also produces the same hormones - estradiol, estrone and estriol. It may therefore provide relief from depressive moods, and lower the risk of osteoporosis, breast cancer and heart disease.

How pomegranates can help:

Bone loss reversed - A study in 2004 removed the ovaries from rats and found that there was accelerated bone loss, a common symptom of menopause. They were then feed an extract of pomegranate juice and seeds for 2 weeks and found their bone mineral loss reverted back to normal rates.

Mood improvement - in this same 2004 experiment they found that the rats that were given the pomegranate juice extract had lower levels of depression indicators. The researchers feel that pomegranate juice would be clinically effective for women exhibiting a depressive state.

Heart health - pomegranates can help with the incidence of heart disease with menopausal women by:

• Lowering cholesterol - A 2000 study showed that pomegranates are rich in antioxidants, which prevent bad (LDL) cholesterol from oxidizing and leading to atherosclerosis.


• Lower blood pressure - in a small clinical study in Israel in 2004 showed that drinking one glass of pomegranate juice may lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol oxidation, and reversed the plague build up in their carotid arteries by up to 29%.


• Blood clotting - in another study in The Journal of Medicinal Foods showed pomegranate juice thins the blood and prevents platelet aggregation and clotting.


• Improves coronary heart disease - pomegranate juice helps heart health because it reduces plaque, increases nitric oxide as shown by studies.


• Increases oxygen flow - in a 2007 study they drank eight ounces daily for three months increased oxygen flow to the heart muscles in coronary patients.

Breast cancer - pomegranates have anti-cancer effects because of them containing anthocyanidins (sugarless plant pigments, flavonoids, and oils.

Pomegranates are a food that have estrogenic properties, although there is no risk of increase breast cancer because it is a natural adaptogen, that means it increases the levels of estrogen when they are low but they block stronger estrogens when it's too high. Even food has an innate intelligence to adapt its function, which is a much safer and more reliable way to restore health rather than pharmaceuticals that don't have this ability.

In a study researches suggested that pomegranate juice could prevent estrogen dependent breast cancers. This was compared in a 2011 study with Tamoxifen and Estradiol and turned out better.

All about pomegranates

Pomegranates have many benefits, for you to compare an 8 ounce glass contains 40% of the RDA of vitamin C, it is also rich in vitamins A and E and folic acid. It contains antioxidants called phytochemicals, antioxidants act on free radicals preventing cellular death. The level of antioxidants is one of the highest, even higher than cranberry, blueberries and green tea.