Post by aka on Oct 31, 2007 21:01:27 GMT -5
Cranberry Juice.
Cranberry juice is purported to be helpfully for a number of ailments, in particular, urinary tract infections.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry#Health_benefits
Health benefits
Cranberries are a source of polyphenol antioxidants, phytochemicals under active research for possible benefits to the cardiovascular system, immune system and as anti-cancer agents.
There is potential benefit of cranberry juice consumption against bacterial infections in the urinary system. While much of the evidence is equivocal, hypotheses suggest that an effect occurs from a component of the juice competitively inhibiting bacterial attachment to the bladder and urethra, allowing the bacteria to be flushed out more easily.
Although promising for anti-bacterial activity, long-term consumption of cranberry juice has only limited evidence for beneficial effects against urinary tract infections in women[9]. Similar applications have not been successfully proved in other clinical trials of consuming cranberry juice or tablets by people with spinal cord injury associated with bladder catheterization, neurogenic bladder or infrequent urination, any of which may be associated with increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.
An autumn 2004 caution from the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the UK agency dealing with drug safety, advised patients taking warfarin not to drink cranberry juice after adverse effects were reported, possibly resulting from the presence of salicylic acid native to polyphenol-rich plants such as the cranberry.
Cranberry juice contains a chemical component, a high molecular weight non-dializable material (NDM), as noted above, that is able to inhibit and even reverse the formation of plaque by Streptococcus mutan pathogens that cause tooth decay.
Cranberry juice components also show efficacy against formation of kidney stones.
Raw cranberries are by far the most abundant food source of the anthocyanidin flavonoid, peonidin, and are also rich in two other anthocyanidins, cyanidin and petunidin. These compounds have an unknown effect on human health. Although they are extraordinarily powerful at inhibiting and even killing many kinds of human cancer cells in vitro, their effect when ingested by humans is unproven, and substantial questions about their effectiveness are raised by their poor absorption into human cells, and their rapid elimination from the human bloodstream.
Nonetheless, since 2002, there has been an increasing focus on the potential role of cranberry polyphenolic constituents in preventing several types of cancer.
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I have never used Canberry juice, but I know ladies who have used it, for treating urinary tract infections and they tell me that it was helpful.
aka.
Cranberry juice is purported to be helpfully for a number of ailments, in particular, urinary tract infections.
The following post come from wikipedia, to read the whole article click on the link below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry#Health_benefits
Health benefits
Cranberries are a source of polyphenol antioxidants, phytochemicals under active research for possible benefits to the cardiovascular system, immune system and as anti-cancer agents.
There is potential benefit of cranberry juice consumption against bacterial infections in the urinary system. While much of the evidence is equivocal, hypotheses suggest that an effect occurs from a component of the juice competitively inhibiting bacterial attachment to the bladder and urethra, allowing the bacteria to be flushed out more easily.
Although promising for anti-bacterial activity, long-term consumption of cranberry juice has only limited evidence for beneficial effects against urinary tract infections in women[9]. Similar applications have not been successfully proved in other clinical trials of consuming cranberry juice or tablets by people with spinal cord injury associated with bladder catheterization, neurogenic bladder or infrequent urination, any of which may be associated with increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.
An autumn 2004 caution from the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the UK agency dealing with drug safety, advised patients taking warfarin not to drink cranberry juice after adverse effects were reported, possibly resulting from the presence of salicylic acid native to polyphenol-rich plants such as the cranberry.
Cranberry juice contains a chemical component, a high molecular weight non-dializable material (NDM), as noted above, that is able to inhibit and even reverse the formation of plaque by Streptococcus mutan pathogens that cause tooth decay.
Cranberry juice components also show efficacy against formation of kidney stones.
Raw cranberries are by far the most abundant food source of the anthocyanidin flavonoid, peonidin, and are also rich in two other anthocyanidins, cyanidin and petunidin. These compounds have an unknown effect on human health. Although they are extraordinarily powerful at inhibiting and even killing many kinds of human cancer cells in vitro, their effect when ingested by humans is unproven, and substantial questions about their effectiveness are raised by their poor absorption into human cells, and their rapid elimination from the human bloodstream.
Nonetheless, since 2002, there has been an increasing focus on the potential role of cranberry polyphenolic constituents in preventing several types of cancer.
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I have never used Canberry juice, but I know ladies who have used it, for treating urinary tract infections and they tell me that it was helpful.
aka.
