11 Reasons to Love Plums

October 15th, 2021

By Sayer Ji

Contributing writer for Wake Up World

They can be easily transformed into sauces, jams and chutneys; they can also add a nice sweet touch to your meat dishes or turnovers. Plums, though, aren’t just a tasty treat whether eaten fresh or dried. They also offer a bevy of health-promoting properties that are hard to ignore.

Mounting research on plums shows promising outcomes on their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and memory-improving qualities.[i] Researchers are particularly drawn to this fruit for its high phenolic content, primarily antioxidants called anthocyanins. Here’s a rundown of 11 reasons to love and eat plums with gusto today.

11 Top Health Benefits of Plums

1. Promote Bone Health

Dried plum or prunes, scientifically known as Prunus domestica L., are believed to be effective in preventing and reversing bone loss.

To test this, researchers recruited 236 women, one to 10 years postmenopausal, to their study and found that dried plum significantly reduced the blood levels of bone turnover markers in the subjects.[ii] They concluded that dried plum can improve bone mineral density in postmenopausal women partly by suppressing the rate of bone turnover.

Similar findings on dried plums emerged in male animal models, where they increased bone mass, suppressed pro-inflammatory cytokines and promoted peak bone mass.[iii] They also prevented bone loss in a male osteoporosis model via varying pathways.[iv]

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