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> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 7/1/2005 12:43:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Emailing: Pomegranate Juice For Moms May Help Babies
ResistBrain              Injury
>
> you think it is that bad? i have eaten them.
>
> --- Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, but who would drink the stuff?
> >
> > Bobby
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: Emailing: Pomegranate Juice For Moms
> > May Help Babies Resist
> > Brain Injury
> >
> >
> > > isn't this interesting?, a natural preventative.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The message is ready to be sent with the
> > following
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> > > >
> > > > Shortcut to:
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> > >
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/print.php?url=/releases/2005/07/050701062536
> > > > .htm
> > > > Source: Washington University School of Medicine
> > > > Date: 2005-07-01
> > > > URL:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050701062536.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> > > > --------
> > > >
> > > > Pomegranate Juice For Moms May Help Babies
> > Resist
> > > > Brain Injury
> > > > St. Louis, June 28, 2005 -- Expectant mothers at
> > > > risk of premature birth
> > > > may want to consider drinking pomegranate juice
> > to
> > > > help their babies
> > > > resist brain injuries from low oxygen and
> > reduced
> > > > blood flow, a new
> > > > mouse study from Washington University School of
> > > > Medicine in St. Louis
> > > > suggests.
> > > >
> > > > In humans, decreased blood flow and oxygen to
> > the
> > > > infant brain is linked
> > > > to premature birth and other irregularities
> > during
> > > > pregnancy, birth and
> > > > early development. The phenomenon, which is
> > called
> > > > hypoxia ischemia,
> > > > causes brain injury in approximately 2 of every
> > > > 1,000 full-term human
> > > > births and in a very high percentage of babies
> > born
> > > > before 34 weeks of
> > > > gestation. Hypoxic ischemic brain injury can
> > lead to
> > > > seizures, a
> > > > degenerative condition known as hypoxic ischemic
> > > > encephalopathy, and
> > > > mobility impairments including cerebral palsy.
> > > >
> > > > When scientists temporarily lowered brain oxygen
> > > > levels and brain blood
> > > > flow in newborn mice whose mothers drank water
> > mixed
> > > > with pomegranate
> > > > concentrate, their brain tissue loss was reduced
> > by
> > > > 60 percent in
> > > > comparison to mice whose mothers drank sugar
> > water
> > > > or other fluids.
> > > >
> > > > "Hypoxic ischemic brain injury in newborns is
> > very
> > > > difficult to treat,
> > > > and right now there's very little we can do to
> > stop
> > > > or reverse its
> > > > consequences," explains senior author David
> > > > Holtzman, M.D., the Andrew
> > > > B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor and head of
> > the
> > > > Department of
> > > > Neurology. "Most of our efforts focus on
> > stopping it
> > > > when it happens,
> > > > but if we could treat everyone who's at risk
> > > > preventively, we may be
> > > > able to reduce the impacts of these kinds of
> > > > injuries."
> > > >
> > > > The study, which appears in the June issue of
> > > > Pediatric Research, was
> > > > conducted in collaboration with POM Wonderful, a
> > > > U.S. producer of
> > > > pomegranates and pomegranate juice, and
> > scientists
> > > > at the University of
> > > > California, Los Angeles. Lead author David
> > Loren,
> > > > M.D., formerly a
> > > > neonatal critical care fellow in the Department
> > of
> > > > Pediatrics, performed
> > > > the research. He is now at the University of
> > > > Washington in Seattle.
> > > >
> > > > Holtzman's lab has been studying neonatal brain
> > > > injury for more than a
> > > > decade by temporarily reducing oxygen levels and
> > > > blood flow in the
> > > > brains of 7-day-old mouse and rat pups. The
> > model
> > > > produces brain
> > > > injuries similar to those seen in human infants
> > > > injured by hypoxia
> > > > ischemia.
> > > >
> > > > Pomegranates contain very high concentrations of
> > > > polyphenols, substances
> > > > also found in grapes, red wine, and berries that
> > > > scientists have linked
> > > > to potential neuroprotective and anti-aging
> > effects.
> > > >
> > > > Scientists gave pregnant female mice water with
> > > > pomegranate juice, plain
> > > > water, sugar water or vitamin C water to drink
> > > > during the last third of
> > > > pregnancy and while they suckled their pups for
> > > > seven days after birth.
> > > >
> > > > After performing the procedures that exposed
> > mouse
> > > > pups to low oxygen
> > > > levels, scientists examined the brains,
> > comparing
> > > > damage to the cortex,
> > > > hippocampus and the striatum. Researchers who
> > > > conducted the examinations
> > > > were unaware of what the pup's mother drank.
> > Mice
> > > > whose mothers drank
> > > > pomegranate juice had brain injuries less than
> > half
> > > > the size of those
> > > > found in other mice.
> > > >
> > > > Much of the damage from hypoxia ischemia results
> > > > when oxygen-starved
> > > > brain cells self-destruct via a process known as
> > > > apoptosis. Scientists
> > > > found an enzyme linked to apoptosis, caspase-3,
> > was
> > > > 84 percent less
> > > > active in mice whose mothers drank pomegranate
> > > > juice.
> > > >
> > > > Holtzman says the results suggest the need for
> > > > studies of pomegranate
> > > > juice's effects in humans, but he cautions that
> > > > because of the relative
> > > > unpredictability of hypoxia ischemia in
> > newborns, it
> > > > would be difficult
> > > > to assemble a sufficiently large study group.
> > > >
> > > > Hypoxic ischemic brain damage is frequently
> > > > associated with premature
> > > > delivery. The lungs, brain and circulatory
> > systems
> > > > in some premature
> > > > babies are insufficiently mature to supply the
> > brain
> > > > with enough
> > > > nutrients and oxygen outside the womb.
> > Scientists
> > > > know some of the
> > > > factors that increase risk of premature birth,
> > > > including diabetes, low
> > > > economic status, youthful mothers, weakness in
> > the
> > > > cervix and a personal
> > > > or familial history of miscarriage.
> > > >
> >
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