{"id":203,"date":"2006-02-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/02\/the-upwardlymobile-pomegranate.html"},"modified":"2006-02-23T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-23T12:00:00","slug":"the-upwardlymobile-pomegranate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/02\/the-upwardlymobile-pomegranate.html","title":{"rendered":"The Upwardly-Mobile Pomegranate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbev.com\/products_seltzer_pomegranate.html\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/blogs\/pomseltzer_060223.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:5px;border:1px solid #000\"><\/a>The trendy, high-in-antioxidants pomegranate (read all about it in <a href=\"http:\/\/web.odu.edu\/webroot\/instr\/sci\/plant.nsf\/pages\/pomegranate\" target=\"_new\">The Bible and Qu&#8217;ran<\/a>!) now occupies a place of status alongside the reliable lemon, lime, and cherry. Polar Beverages is peddling a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbev.com\/products_seltzer_pomegranate.html\" target=\"_new\">pomegranate-flavored seltzer<\/a>. I saw it in the grocery store last week.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, what I&#8217;ve been getting is organic, unrefined, unsweetened pomegranate juice (look around, there are several brands). Then I pour a generous splash of it into a large glass of organic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytidings.com\/2004\/1026\/102604c1.shtml\" target=\"_new\">kefir<\/a> in the mornings. This sometimes passes as my pre-blogging breakfast of champions. Throw in some ground flax seed and you&#8217;re doing even better. I got this idea from the best-selling author and anti-aging guru  <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvperriconemd.com\/templates\/infomessage.cfm?wherefrom=INFOMESS2&amp;whichord=32436060&amp;pagename=Dr%2E%20N%2EV%2E%20Perricone&amp;CFID=227748&amp;CFTOKEN=b0f08d7090bb9233-97E9BF61-65B8-C83C-2B5B0C056EDF9EF9\" target=\"_new\">Dr. Nicholas Perricone<\/a>. He says you&#8217;ll keep down the calories by flavoring the kefir with only a tablespoon of pomegranate juice; I have to admit, I&#8217;m pouring in a good quarter cup. Delicious.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trendy, high-in-antioxidants pomegranate (read all about it in The Bible and Qu&#8217;ran!) now occupies a place of status alongside the reliable lemon, lime, and cherry. Polar Beverages is peddling a nice pomegranate-flavored seltzer. I saw it in the grocery store last week. Actually, what I&#8217;ve been getting is organic, unrefined, unsweetened pomegranate juice (look&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-of-chattering-mind"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Upwardly-Mobile Pomegranate - Chattering Mind<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/02\/the-upwardlymobile-pomegranate.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Upwardly-Mobile Pomegranate - Chattering Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The trendy, high-in-antioxidants pomegranate (read all about it in The Bible and Qu&#8217;ran!) now occupies a place of status alongside the reliable lemon, lime, and cherry. 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