Animal studies suggest that pomegranate extracts may have an important role in preventing diet-induced obesity. In a 2011study, "Pomegranate seed oil, a rich source of punicic acid, prevents diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice," published in the journal Food Chem Toxicol. 2011 Jun;49(6):1426-30. Epub 2011 Mar 31, the authors researched pomegranate seed oil, a rich source of punicic acid, to see how the oil helped to prevent diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice. Can the study's results be applied to humans? Most studies on pomegranate and health benefits have been done on rodents. In one study, researchers suppressed the appetite in animals fed a high-fat diet....
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