गणपति’s form महागणपति carries pomegranate in his hand. This is the season of worshiping him.
This is also season when many suffer from food infection and poisoning.
This is also season dental issues like gingivitis and pyorrhea.
Worshiping Ganesha during this month (भाद्रपद) and eating pomegranate after meals will save you from any type of bacterial infection and food poisoning. It will maintain optimum GUT microbes.
It also helps against aging related memory loss.
Src: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00260
What modern medicine shares are physical benefits of pomegranate. In my understanding, they are not complete unless we start worshiping Ganesha who represents Muladhara!
Reference for pomegranate
The antiplaque efficacy of pomegranate mouthrinse.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206931
Pomegranate extract mouth rinsing effects on saliva measures relevant to gingivitis risk.
Punica granatum (pomegranate) extract is active against dental plaque.
Gut bacteria make pomegranate metabolites that may protect against Alzheimer’s disease
Pomegranate’s Neuroprotective Effects against Alzheimer’s Disease Are Mediated by Urolithins, Its Ellagitannin-Gut Microbial Derived Metabolites
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00260
Pomegranate shows neuroprotective effects against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in several reported animal studies. However, whether its constituent ellagitannins and/or their physiologically relevant gut microbiota-derived metabolites, namely, urolithins (6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-6-one derivatives), are the responsible bioactive constituents is unknown. Therefore, from a pomegranate extract (PE), previously reported by our group to have anti-AD effects in vivo, 21 constituents, which were primarily ellagitannins, were isolated and identified (by HPLC, NMR, and HRESIMS). In silico computational studies, used to predict blood-brain barrier permeability, revealed that none of the PE constituents, but the urolithins, fulfilled criteria required for penetration. Urolithins prevented β-amyloid fibrillation in vitro and methyl-urolithin B (3-methoxy-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-6-one), but not PE or its predominant ellagitannins, had a protective effect in Caenorhabditis elegans post induction of amyloid β1–42 induced neurotoxicity and paralysis. Therefore, urolithins are the possible brain absorbable compounds which contribute to pomegranate’s anti-AD effects warranting further in vivo studies on these compounds.
Pomegranate finally reveals its powerful anti-aging secret
Intestinal bacteria transform a molecule contained in the fruit with spectacular results
Urolithin A induces mitophagy and prolongs lifespan in C. elegans and increases muscle function in rodents
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v22/n8/full/nm.4132.html
Are pomegranates really the superfood we’ve been led to believe will counteract the aging process? Up to now, scientific proof has been fairly weak. And some controversial marketing tactics have led to skepticism as well. A team of scientists from EPFL and the company Amazentis wanted to explore the issue by taking a closer look at the secrets of this plump pink fruit. They discovered that a molecule in pomegranates, transformed by microbes in the gut, enables muscle cells to protect themselves against one of the major causes of aging. In nematodes and rodents, the effect is nothing short of amazing. Human clinical trials are currently underway, but these initial findings have already been published in the journal Nature Medicine.
