text_1: Extracting the facts about pomegranate pills
text_2: This was not one of the LA Times’ Healthy Skeptic columns, but it may as well have been. As that column often does, this story dampened the hype surrounding claims for pomegrante juice and pills. We especially appreciate the point-by-point analysis of evidence that the story undertook. A cardiologist quoted in the story said, “If people want to take them, that’s fine, but it’s not based on any scientificallly valid information….There’s no definitive clinical trial demonstrating a beneficial effect of pomegranate fruit, juice or pills in people.”