This amazing fruit contains three times as many antioxidants as either wine or green tea.
Pomy granite fruit.
Pomegranate is a tree.
Various parts of the tree and fruit are used to make medicine.
Pomegranates have been eaten throughout history for their health benefits.
The pomegranate punica granatum is a fruit bearing deciduous shrub in the family lythraceae subfamily punicoideae that grows between 5 and 10 m 16 and 33 ft tall.
Wondering what makes pomegranates good for health.
They dry out as they re stored and older specimens will have started to shrink a bit as the thick skin starts to close in on the seeds.
Pomegranates should feel heavy for their size and be free of cuts slashes or bruises.
Pomegranates do not ripen after they re picked but bruise easily when ripe.
It is red round and looks kind of like a red apple with a flower shaped stem.
Look for plump rounded pomegranates.
Young pomegranate in side turkey.
Pomegranates have anti viral and anti tumor properties and contain vitamins and minerals including calcium potassium zinc vitamin k niacin and folate as well as antioxidant vitamins a c and e.
Nowadays the juice of this fruit is a popular part of healthy diets.
This means a lot of pomegranates are picked a bit under ripe.
Pomegranate seeds get their vibrant red hue from.