Studies have reveled Pomegranates are anti cancerous properties, it contains polyphenols which are good in preventing cancers such as prostrate cancer and breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, etc…One study showed  pomegranate juice while consumed during pregnancy, protected neonatal brains against damage as a result of an injury.

Pomegranates are good for heart related diseases it can prevent cardiovascular disceaces like strockes and heart attacks, it also have the ability to raise the levels of good cholesterols which are essential for cell buding and normal cell function

Other benefits of pomegranate include the decrease of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL). Pomegranate juice is also beneficial in regulating platelet motion. Normal vascular contraction can be maintained with Pomegranate juice. The motion of antiotension converting enzyme (ACE) is reduced as another benefit of pomegranate juice. Pomegranate juice can also promote dental health as well. Pomegranate juice prevents the build up of the plaque on the teeth.

Grapes contain Resveratrol ( poly phenol antioxidant )which is capable of inhibiting cancer, heart disease, degenerative nerve diseases, mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and viral infections, most recent research has found that resveratrol, may help to prevent fat from building up in the liver, thus suggesting that it may help to protect against, or even treat, alcoholic fatty liver. Resveratrol is concentrated mostly on the skin and seeds of a grape, so please don’t avoid eating them. Grape pulp got only 1 percentage of total Resveratol of an entire grape !

Anthocyanins  is the main polyphenolics in red grapes and flavan-3-ols (e.g., catechins) are the more abundant phenolic in white varieties. Anthocyanins is concentrated on the skin of red grapes itz due to that red wines is superior in itz antioxidant properties than white grapes.

Also a grapes vitamin contents vary according to soil in which it is grown

A Special mention to grape seeds

More and more new Scientific discoveries are showing light to the wonders of grape seeds and its significant anti oxidant properties, Together with tannins, poly-phenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, these seed constituents display inhibitory activities against several experimental disease models, including cancer, heart failure and other disorders of oxidation stress. Grape seed extracts are used in cosmetic medicines and grape seed oil is high in vitamin E.
New findings has shown that an extract from grape seeds is capable of destroying leukemia cells by forcing them to commit undergo  programmed cells death.

Grape seed extract has  been shown to be active against a number of different types of cancer cells, including skin, breast, colon, lung, stomach and prostate cancers. However, until this study it had not been tested on haematological cancers and no one had managed to find out exactly how the extract induces cell death.

Professor Xianglin Shi and colleagues at the University of Kentucky exposed leukemia cells to different doses of a commercially available grape seed extract. At higher doses the extract killed 76% of the leukemia cells within just 24 hours. Further investigations revealed that the extract appears to induce apoptosis by activating a pathway called JNK. Studies also relieved that the extract does not harm healthy cells.

Grape Wine

Grape wine got a great significance from ancinet days onwards but only recently we discovered its health benefits because it got the vitamins of grape seed and skin.

My Advice

There are seedless hybrid grapes available in the market, it may taste good, but if you are really conscious about your health then you should go for natural grapes with seeds and don t forget to eat whole grape along with crunchy seeds, if you are buying grapes that are not organic don’t forget to keep them in water for a while and after that wash them in running water before you eat..