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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 5, 346-348, March 5, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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The Pomegranate: Nature’s Power Fruit?

Robert Longtin

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Mention pomegranates to Ephraim Lansky, M.D., and he will gladly offer you his opinion, though he probably won’t mention whether he likes to eat the seed-filled fruit. What interests Lansky about pomegranates is, in his words, the "extraordinary" medicinal properties of the tree itself, an idea that dates to Biblical times and which, he says, has been oddly overlooked by Western medicine.


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  		Reports of the pomegranate’s medicinal qualities have echoed throughout the millennia. Several Middle Eastern, Asian, and South American peoples continue to chew small bits of its bark, petals, and peel to treat ailments ranging from dysentery to diseases of the mouth and gums.

 
So bullish is Lansky on the health-promoting properties of the pomegranate tree—fruit, leaves, bark, and all—that he launched a start-up company 3 years ago in Israel to move his idea into the marketplace. Already, the company has created a fermented, antioxidant-rich juice supplement that it . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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