Contrary to popular belief, the grenade is called that way not because of the external similarity with the combat grenade. The name of this incredibly useful fruit comes from the Latin "granatus", which means "faceted".
What is useful for a pomegranate and its bones?
Garnet refers to the rare variety of fruits in which everything is useful, from the peel to the bones. It is noteworthy that even the membranes between the grains have a number of useful properties. And pomegranate seeds are a deposit of minerals and vitamins. By the way, about vitamins, there are plenty of them in the grenade. Useful properties of pomegranate are valued not only in cooking, it was also appreciated by beauticians and even doctors.
Useful properties of pomegranate seeds
The fruit is a rich red color with a juicy pulp inside and small white bones. The taste of a pomegranate can differ both in the direction of sweetness, and in the direction of sourness. But we should not consider the flesh of the fetus, but the most interesting part of the pomegranate , namely, its bones.
Useful properties of pomegranate seeds:
- increase hemoglobin - for people who suffer from anemia grenades - it's just a godsend. Just three glasses of pomegranate juice per day, and you can significantly improve your well-being and overall health.
- lowering the pressure - eating pomegranate grains helps to gently and gently lower the pressure, without creating stress for the body. People who know how to properly eat a pomegranate with stones, problems with pressure does not happen.
- improving sleep, and calming the nervous system - all you need to do is simply dry the membranes of the pomegranate seeds, and add them to tea, or simply pour boiling water. Problems with sleep and nervousness will go away, and will never be visited again. It's not for nothing that people who consume pomegranate seeds in tea differ in stoic calmness and stress resistance.
- increased activity of hormones.
Depending on personal preferences, garnet is eaten with bones or not. But doctors recommend eating pomegranate with bones.
Use of pomegranate seeds for the body
It's no secret that in the life of any woman, sooner or later there comes a period called the climax, and with this period headaches, hormonal "games", irritability and depression come. The use of pomegranate with bones allows women to forget about such unpleasant things as irritability, migraine and other unpleasant menopausal manifestations. And this is not all useful properties of the grenade.
The fruits of pomegranate practically do not lose their useful properties during heat treatment and long-term storage. Regular use of pomegranate also allows you to get rid of worms, diarrhea, reduce blood sugar, clean up your skin and solve problems with potency. Pomegranate juice is popular with diabetics and in people who live in areas with an increased radiation background, as pomegranate juice can remove radionuclides from the body, and harmful substances.
How to properly eat a pomegranate with stones, so as not to harm your health?
Still, do not treat the grenade with fanaticism, because, overdoing with the same broths from the fruit of the pomegranate, you can easily earn a burn. This is explained by the fact that there are a lot of alkaloids in the garnet. Also do not forget that excessive use of pomegranate in food can negatively affect tooth enamel.
How to clean a grenade?
- Cut the tip with the tail so that the white veins can be seen.
- Shallow notches are made along the veins.
- Turn the grenade upside down and start tapping on the skin with a tablespoon. Pomegranate seeds should begin to fall out, while none of them will remain intact.