POMEGRANATE

Pomegranate is a popular exotic fruit whose origins are from the Middle East and Asia.

TURKİYE

Pomegranates like a mild temperature and can be adapted to regions with cool winters and hot summers

Pomegranate TreeAttractive with red and white flowers

can grow up to 4 or 5 meters

Once a

pomegranate tree is planted, its fruit begins to develop after approximately one year.

They can live for many years and produce many fruits.

A pomegranate’s yellowish shell turns into a rich red color as it matures.

Inside the inedible husk are individual cells containing seed kernels.

Each seed is surrounded by a juice-filled sac, which is pressed out during processing. It is the juice of the pomegranate which interests most cooks andhealth food enthusiasts.

Drinking pomegranate juice is a great way to improve your health

It is a good, natural source of vitamins A, B, C and E as well as folic acid.

Benefits

Here are some of the health benefits

of pomegranate and its juice…

1)Pomegranate contains the highest antioxidant capacity

This is the main reason why many people have become interested in it.

Antioxidants

protect the body cells from the damaging effects of free radicals found in oxygen.

protect the blood vessels and increases blood circulation

2) It may help reduce the risk of having a heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes

3. It prevents from cancer.

4. It protects our teeth from Dental Plaque

Gum Disease

5. Lowers cholesterol 6. Unclogs arteries

7. Pomegranates are an excellent fruit for diabetics because they do not spark blood sugar. They protect them against atherosclerosis and hypertension, two major risks for diabetics.

The miracles of the pomegranate is not a new discovery; In ancient Babylonian mythology, pomegranates were known as the fruit of resurrection and in ancient Persia it was thought that pomegranate seeds would make warriors invisible .

PREPARED BY:

The Comenius team of Ord. Prof. Dr. Cahit Arf İlköğretim

Okulu İstanbul-Turkey

Presented by:

İlknur Bostanoğlu

Hilal Karagöz