A type of antioxidant found in pomegranates can reduce prostate cancer and prevent the disease in others. Pomegranates can also help slow down arthritis and improve cardiovascular disease.

www.empowereddoctor.com A type of antioxidant found in pomegranates may contribute to prostate health, according to a study by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles. Antioxidants known as ellagitannins and their metabolites accumulated in the prostates of mice in this laboratory study. The researchers then grafted prostate cancer cells onto mice whose immune systems had been deliberately hampered. One group of mice was then treated with ellagatannins and their …