Key Takeaways

Eating pomegranates might help blood sugar over time because they have fiber.

Pomegranate juice causes a bigger blood sugar spike than eating the seeds.

Pomegranates have been shown to help improve high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and oxidative stress, and may even be good for your blood sugar over time.

Why Pomegranates May Cause Blood Sugar Spikes

Both pomegranates and pomegranate juice can cause your blood sugar to spike.

“Simple sugars found in fruits like pomegranates are easily digested and absorbed by your body, so they will be used for the sugar in your blood more quickly than other foods that have less sugar,” Samantha Cochrane, MPH, RDN, LD, a dietitian at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, told Verywell.

However, the fiber in pomegra

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