Some thoughts on vascular and triglycerides

March 15, 2010

Hey all, just wanted to post some info....Having read multiple studies on the

POM Wonderful juice and its help with vascular issues....I decided to buy some

at Costco...(something like 9.99 for 64 oz) and began drinking this daily...a

Cup at a time...not more because it does have sugar in it...anyway...after a

couple months...I did not feel any different...BUT

My long time Internist did some labs and oddly enough, my triglycerides...were

now normal....Shocked us both! My diet had not changed, nor had I made any

changes and the statins do not work on the high triglycerides...mine had always

been abnormally high, close to 400...for some reason after 3 months of drinking

POM Wonderful...they were now normal...with no other diet changes...we were both

shocked...so she repeated the labs...still normal...Since my triglycerides have

never been normal since my cholesterol has been tested, needless to say we were

both veryyy pleased...I looked over all their studies and did not see any

mention of this little bonus...but still...

I do drink another drink, Kombucha Wonder Drink...also on a rather reg basis...I

am addicted to that stuff...I get it at Whole Foods...a case is 10% off....and I

usually drink 1/2 a bottle every other day...so I suppose the sudden lowering of

the trigs could have been the Kombucha Wonder Drink as well....who knows...The

Kombucha is great, I get the Asian Pear Ginger...made with organic Oolong

tea...Since I drink both on a reg basis I cannot be sure what lowered the trigs,

but they are down and staying down...so....just wanted to put it out there for

anyone struggling with their triglyceride levels...

The study that led me to the POM pomegranite drink was the one wherein they

measured atherosclerosis in the veins of patients with problems in this

area...the ones on the POM, in the study had a lessening of this...whereas the

patients not drinking POM had more...gives specifics...I am sure it is on their

website...but I found it promising...and wanted to try...

Hope this helps some of you...I know its not a rheumatic issue but we do have to

deal with other health issues as well....Have a great day all of you.

Debbie in Loveland, Ohio

(Scleroderma, RA, OB, Sjogrens S)

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