Prostate cancer and Pomegranate

well I bought 4 poms today. So I’ll start taking it tomorrow- Just in case they keep me awake and see how they go.

So, do you like them? I found 100% juice today at the supermarket. Pricey, twice the price of “freshly pressed 100% oranges” or similar. Only lasts two days after opening the carton, it says.

Yes, it is pricey and the one I found is the same twice the price difference from other juices. My juice is pasteurized though and I haven’t had any trouble with it lasting a week, which is about the time I need to finish the bottle.

BUT when you look at the amount of cranberry juice (% of volume) etc in the “regular” juices then suddenly it seems OK. The pomegranate 56% regular juice is about half the price of the 100% version. And the price for the 8 fruits that they claim make up a liter is higher than the juice itself.

Ever tried using one of those juice pressers?

Well I’ve been on pomegranate for about a week now, It seems to be having an effect
But will using a juicer also push the pith into the juice. I bought a couple of quite large poms and there is a great deal of pith in them, which is a pain to separate.

I haven’t seen Pom juice anywhere here.

Pom is not the only source. The brand I buy is Old Orchard 100% pomegranate in 64 ounce plastic bottles. It is in the juice aisle in the store with the Welches grape juice.

With Pomegranate juice, be very careful in purchasing it:

“Pomegranate juice - 100% juice” - likely a mix of many types of juice.
“100% Pomegranate juice” - that’s the ticket.

Best thing to do is read the ingredients. A shorter way is to look at the price. If it’s expensive, absurdly expensive, you’re set. ;)

I’m a fan.

I get the same - it’s the cheapest 100% source I could find. I pay about $7 for 64 oz.

45 SEK for a quart here. That’s $5.40

Seems to have an effect - how? Please describe.

The only juicer I’ve had closer look at had a nifty separating thing, so that wouldn’t be a problem. But I just chomp down the lot.

Thanks Gprent! But, I live in the UK having asked around. I ‘m told there is a 40% mix available but it’s made from concentrate and contains the usual additives - sugar, preserves So how much is actually in it is difficult to say.

Mgus, Thanks for the tip!

It’s a bit easier to pee and it doesn’t cut off so quickly. So I’m getting rid of more per pee but it does seem to vary with what I eat. Mixed vegetables seem to help.

If it’s of any interest the best way of eating those I find is to make a packet vegetabale soup up add a red onion - Taking off the outer skin and first onion ‘ring’ (It contains most of the unsocial elements it seems) Add the mixed vegetables , salt and ground peppercorns , boil it all and serve.

You can eat the ‘soup’ then add the vegetbles to the main meal.

It makes dull vegetables very interesting.

I did try the pith it does have a slight flavour so it’s not a problem. But if it doesn’t have any adverse effects I might as well down that as well. The larger fruits seem so have disproportionally more pith though.

Well, since the eqyptians and everyone else just uses the entire seed in their salads and down the lot, I don’t think there should be a problem. I’ve never had one, nor have I read anything negative about it. I figure it would say on the wiki if the seeds were bad for you in some way.

Trouble is with Egyptians is that the men do those weird dances :)

It wasn’t the seeds I was worried about M, but the white pith of which there is quite a lot in the large Poms. It has a faint taste of the fruit. But there is quqite a lot of it in the large ones, and they are cheaper . But they definitely are more ripe than the smaller ones.But I’ll give it a try and see how they go. Not today though as I have a hospital appoinment tomorow for an assessment prior to a general anaesthetic to remove a wisdom tooth.

I looked in the supermarket shelves this morning and the only Pommy drinks available were the Pom fruit juice variety. So I’ll stick with the real McCoy,

Pith = the white skinlike crap that separates the layers of seeds? Oh, I thought that was pit, as in seed. Go look for a juicer, one of those that has a separate collector bin for the waste, so that you don’t have to turn the entire machine upside down under pouring water.

I think I just might have one which came as an accessory to a Food Processor. I’ve never used it But I’ll have a search tomorrow. and see how it goes.

Thanks again