Real Superfruit Information

If you're wondering why an entire book is devoted to one fruit, the pomegranate, wonder no more. With its complex qualities, including its highly concentrated supply of antioxidants, its ability to regulate hormones, and its antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral qualities, this fruit stands out in high profile, even among all the marvels of contemporary natural medicine and therapeutic nutrition.

This book, Pomegranate: The Ultimate Health Food, investigates why the pomegranate deserves to be called "The Most Medicinal Fruit" and discusses how pomegranate can help:

• reduce the risk of various cancers, cardiovascular disease, and stroke;
• slow or prevent the harmful effects of chronic inflammation and oxidation;
• prevent postmenopausal conditions in women and prostate problems in men;
• maintain brain function, joint health, and a strong immune system;
• prevent Alzhemier's disease, osteoarthritis, and infection.

After many centuries in which the pomegranae's medical usefulness was revered, but then forgoten in the stampede of pharmaceuticals, the pomegrnate is again approaching center state as a modern-day fountain of health.

About the Author

Robert A. Newman, M.S., Ph.D., received postgraduate training in pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Georgia Medical School, the University of Vermont School of Medicine, and Stanford University. He is a faculty member at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Ephraim P. Lansky, M.D., completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. For the past twenty-three years, Dr Lansky has practiced general Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), and has certification in acupuncture, classical homeopathy, hypnosis, medical herbology, and emergency medicine. Melissa Lyn Block, M.Ed., is a writer and editor who specialize in health and medical titles. She has authored, coauthored, contributed to, and edited more than a dozen books.