29/09/2023
What are the health benefits of eating pomegranate?
Does eating it prevent cancer?
Does taking it interfere with different medications including cancer ones?
♦ Pomegranate is rich in elements that may help prevent arthritis, reduce heart disease, treat bacterial and fungal infections, reduce the body's resistance to insulin, and contribute to the control of diabetes.
♦ Pomegranate seeds contain powerful antioxidants called tannins and anthocyanins, which are much stronger in their effect than the antioxidants found in green tea.
♦ Not only that, but pomegranate is rich in highly effective compounds in the fight against cancer, stopping the carcinogenicity of healthy cells, stopping the proliferation of cancer cells, and cutting off food from them. Therefore, it has preventive and therapeutic benefits in cancers such as prostate, skin, lung, and colon.
♦ As for breast cancer, studies have proven that polyphenols in abundance in pomegranate have anti-estrogen properties and therefore, stop the growth of cancer and eliminate it in many cases.
♦ The best time to drink pomegranate juice is early morning on an empty stomach.
♦ Pomegranate juice may interfere with the work of treatments such as treatments for high blood pressure, high blood lipids, heart electrical disorders, and fluidity, so we always advise patients on these treatments to be careful when eating pomegranate and first refer to the treating doctor. For diabetics, pomegranate may raise the blood sugar level, so you should ask your doctor about it as well.
♦ We do not recommend eating pomegranate or its juice in the event of colic or diarrhea, as eating it may worsen these symptoms.
♦ For patients on hormone therapy: It is not recommended to consume pomegranate or its juice while taking hormone therapy type antiaromatase inhibitors, this family includes treatments namely Femara – Letrozole, Arimidex – Anastrazole, and aromasin – Exemestane. There is no information available on the prohibition of taking pomegranate with Nolvadex (Nolvadex – Tamoxifen).) but we do not recommend it in this case also under the principle of safety. The prohibition applies to all of the above hormonal treatments with grapefruit juice as well.
♦ For patients on CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Pomegranate and grapefruit juices also interfere with them, so we don't recommend taking them in this case just like hormone therapy.
Dr. Ahmed Mamoun Nofal
Senior faculty member and consultant of early diagnosis and management of breast, gynecologic, and adult solid cancers, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University and the International Medical Center - Cairo - Egypt. Certified member of the European Society of Oncology
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