As we move into the summer, try making this lovely fruit salad, and take your lunch outdoors! Using the delicious and healthy pomegranate, this recipe helps you to incorporate one truly amazing fruit into your diet that has presented in major clinical research to aid in overall health. Scientists have found a component in pomegranates called punicalagin to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and remarkably, increase the pace in which heart blockages melt away. The fruit has been show to inhibit various types of cancers and to protect against cancer growth. As experts on the plant-based diet have been discovering for years, a diet rich in plant foods can both prevent and reverse illness, and the pomegranate is a popular summer food that certainly fits the bill.