Pomegranate juice could help reduce birth defect- study

04/07/05 The United States, A study finds that drinking pomegranate juice may reduce the severity of some brain injuries associated with premature births.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine mimicked hypoxic ischemic birth defects in mice by temporarily lowering brain oxygen and blood flow in the newborns.

They found that newborn mice whose mothers had been given water mixed with pomegranate concentrate lost 60 percent less brain tissue than those whose mothers had drunk sugar water.

The study was published in the June issue of Pediatric Research and was done in collaboration with POM Wonderful, a company that makes pomegranate juice.