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Don’t Take Your Pomegranate for Granted

by Lawrence La Raia
Posted on Nov 12, 2007

Pomegranates are good for you. We know that much already.

Some consumers will purchase fresh pomegranates, but many others will look for pomegranate juice in the grocery aisles. How do you select a juice? Do you go with 100% pomegranate juice or perhaps a blend of other juices? What will the label tell you?

Labels. That’s the key, isn’t it? We can find out exactly what’s in our food, but only if we pick the product up and turn it around. The black and white print on the back is quite informative, a combination of science, nutrition, and measures. Yet we’ll never get there unless we select the product by it’s front, the colorful, sensational and sometimes deceptive design of marketers seeking to put our dollars in the manufacturer’s pockets.

Mike Adams at NewsTarget has put together an exhaustive guide to purchasing pomegranate and blueberry juice. It includes photos of both front and back of packages, and discusses in depth what makes one product superior to its neighbor on the shelf. He cuts through the marketing enabling you to get more potency in your pomegranate product, while getting the best value for your paycheck.


About the Author
Lawrence La Raia is a freelance writer working as the house blogger at askdrmanny.com. Lawrence has developed and produced multimedia content for over 100 college textbooks at Pearson Education, primarily involving the subjects of biology and anatomy. His opinions have been featured in the now defunct Silicon Alley Daily. His writing may also be found at thisblogismyblog.com, his personal blog. In addition to writing, Lawrence also works as a freelance web designer and has contributed to the development at askdrmanny.com. Lawrence resides with his wife and children in the beautiful garden state of New Jersey.

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