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Pomegranate compound improves heart function by up to 80% in study

Source: FlexChar · Published Sep 28, 2026, 12:49 PM · 1 views

A compound the body can make after eating pomegranates, walnuts, and some berries improved measures of heart function by up to 80% in animal models of a difficult-to-treat form of heart failure. Urolithin A helped stiff heart tissue relax and reduced scarring and abnormal enlargement.

It also improved relaxation in engineered human heart tissue.

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Pomegranate compound improves heart function by up to 80% in study

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