石榴是永葆青春的长生不老药

　　你知道吗，石榴可以帮助对抗心脏病，缓解压力，提高性生活质量。简直就是大自然的长生不老药。石榴的作用其实还远不止这些，它已经被誉为是永葆青春的长生不老药。

　　英国研究者的研究发现，石榴不止可以预防心脏病缓解压力，还能减缓皮肤的老化程度。长期坚持食用石榴能够减慢我们身体细胞生锈氧化的过程，记得要把果核和果皮都吃了哟!

　　Pomegranate helps fight heart disease, relieves stress and improves sex life - now it's nature's elixir of youth, claims study.

　　It can help to prevent heart disease, relieve stress and has even been shown to improve your sex life.

　　And if that was not enough to convince you to try pomegranate, the fruit is now being hailed as the elixir of youth.

　　A £2million study has found a daily dose could slow the ageing process of DNA.

　　An extract of the whole fruit – including pith, peel and seeds – was given to 60 volunteers every day for a month in the form of a capsule.

　　Researchers monitored the activity of chemicals in their bodies compared with those who took a placebo.

　　They found a significant decrease in a marker associated with cell damage, which can cause impaired brain, muscle, liver and kidney function as well as ageing effects on the skin.

　　This decrease – a hitherto unknown benefit of consuming pomegranate – is thought to slow down the oxidation, or ‘rusting’, of the DNA in cells which naturally occurs over time, according to researchers at the private ProbelteBio laboratory in Murcia, Spain.

　　Dr Sergio Streitenberger, who led the study, said: ‘We are very excited about this study which we believe demonstrates that regular consumption of this pomegranate extract can slow down the process of DNA oxidation.

　　'One way to look at ageing is to think of it as rusting, or oxidising, a damaging process. Being able to guard against this process would be a significant breakthrough.’

　　Dr Streitenberger’s team – whose study will be published later this month – found a decrease in levels of a chemical marker called 8-Oxo-DG in the participants’ urine tests.

　　It is associated with damage to DNA caused by a host of chemicals we eat, drink and breathe in.

　　Pomegranate has been renowned as a superfood for centuries, and has been found to contain vitamins A, C and E as well as iron and antioxidants – chemicals which help neutralise harmful oxygen molecules called free radicals.

　　Last year, researchers at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh found pomegranate juice could combat middle-aged spread and even reduce stress at work.