Some researchers say that pomegranates and pomegranate juice have the potential to prevent cancer growth. Most of the research has been done on breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer.

Pomegranates are making a big splash in nutrition research, with scientists searching for the latest health benefits of this antioxidant-rich fruit.

You may have heard about "functional foods." Nutritionists and marketers use this term to describe foods that go beyond the basics of supplying nutrients to the body and appear to help ward off and combat certain chronic illnesses.

The past decade has presented an explosion of clinical research to show specifically what health benefits individual foods can offer, identifying the various nutrients associated with these benefits.

An acid found in pomegranates appears to block aromatase, an enzyme that converts androgen to estrogen, a hormone that plays a role in the development...

Antioxidants are fast becoming the new superheroes of the health food movement. Everyone from scientists to spiritual gurus have taken to extolling th...