a little tart.

--- Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have too and they were awful as I reemeber.
>
> 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 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Emailing: Pomegranate Juice For Moms
> May Help Babies Resist
> Brain 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
> > > > > file or link
> > > > > attachments:
> > > > >
> > > > > Shortcut to:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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
>
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