Pomegranate Juice - Exploding with Health Benefits

Pomegranate anyone?!

This pomegranate has been sitting on our kitchen counter top for like, forever already! I have been looking at it several times in the last few days, thinking how best to eat this nutritious fruit.

I love the sweet, tangy taste of pomegranate. However, I have issues opening the fruit and getting these small juicy pellets (arils) off their coat. It's too time consuming for me!

I cannot wait any longer!

Apart from the fruit is getting old, I am really craving for something sweet and sour to eat/drink today. So I cut open the fruit and diligently put these tasty arils on a bowl.

Hmmm... juice it? Or eat as it is?

I decided to juice it, because though you can really eat the small white seeds, I just don't and it bothers me to spit them out ... errr, I know you know what I mean! Lol.

So juice it is!

I chose to use our manual juicer over our electric centrifugal fruit juicer, simply because it is easier to clean (though I need to exert more effort in rotating the lever!).

Caution: Careful, the red juice can leave indelible stain on your clothes!

It did not take me a lot of time, in a matter of 5 minutes I already had a cup of pomegranate juice. I enjoyed it with my peanut butter sandwich. Hah! Lunch done. :D

Tip! If you are avoiding softdrinks, try adding sparkling water to your fruit juice and get that same carbonated effect minus the artificial sugars.

The Pomegranate Fruit and its Benefits

Pomegranate is a round red(to purple) fruit, which has a hard outer skin. Inside, you will find hundreds of red seeds called arils enclosed in a white membrane. These are the edible part, which can be eaten as it is or juiced.

Pomegranates are great antioxidants and are high in nutrients. One cup of arils (174g) contain:

Fiber: 7 grams.
Protein: 3 grams.
Vitamin C: 30% of the RDA.
Vitamin K: 36% of the RDA.
Folate: 16% of the RDA.
Potassium: 12% of the RDA.
(Source)

Kick starting a healthier routine

I love juicing. It makes me feel great and when the body feels good, your actions and everything else will turn positive too. However, I am inconvenienced by the cleaning part - who is not?! So I am not able to really consistently do it.

I also make smoothies from time to time but still, not on a daily basis. Oh! I need to go back to that habit of making myself a protein shake. We'll see. I will keep you posted on that.

How about you? I would like to hear how you eat (or drink) your fruits and veggies. Let me know in the comments below.

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