{"id":1980,"date":"2012-10-08T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/fertility-fruit-octobers-healthiest-foods-w-video.html"},"modified":"2016-09-19T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:52:27","slug":"fertility-fruit-octobers-healthiest-foods-w-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"Fertility Fruit: October’s Healthiest Foods (w video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>This fruit won’t make you pregnant, but it has been a symbol for fertility, for prosperity, and also eternal life for thousands of years. <\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>Actually, people started planting this fertility fruit about 5,000 years ago! <\/span>

<\/b><\/span>Why is it associated with fertility? <\/b><\/span>
Maybe its because this fruit is nothing more than a bunch of tart little seeds, that have the potential to produce thousands more pomegranates. <\/span>

<\/span>That’s some reproductive potential!! <\/span>

<\/span>But maybe because, for 5,000 years, the people who eat this are less likely to die from things like cancer (here’s the data<\/a>) or heart problems for diabetics (here’s the data<\/a>) as well as for everyone else (here’s the data<\/a>)!!<\/span>

<\/span>So What’s The Problem?<\/b><\/div>\n

The problem is that many people don’t know about them, don’t know how to prepare them, or even how to get the seeds out without becoming a red, juicy mess. <\/span><\/p>\n

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So here is a great video showing you an easy way to de-seed this beautiful (if seedy) fertility fruit. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Include the Food! <\/b>(you don’t need to bathe in pomegranate juice, just have a little from time to time)<\/span><\/div>\n

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Check out this super simple supper recipe for a salad with carrots (just run them through a chopper) and pomegranate seed (just throw them in there) and finish it off with your own salad dressing — a squeeze of lemon and a couple of Tablespoons of olive oil. <\/span>

<\/span>Oh, salt and pepper too. <\/span>

<\/span>It’s also awesome because it combines two of  October’s healthiest foods. <\/span>

<\/span>It’s ALSO awesome because its a salad that you can make for dinner, and then have it for lunch. Even though it’s a salad, it keeps really really well.    <\/span>

<\/span>Get this recipe for pomegranate\/carrot salad here.<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n

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See Also: <\/b>Food Res Int. 2011 August 1; 44(7): 1856\u20131865.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
Exotic Fruits as Therapeutic Complements for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome<\/span><\/i><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
Samir Devalaraja<\/span><\/a>, Shalini Jain<\/span><\/a>, and Hariom Yadav<\/span><\/a>1<\/span><\/sup><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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