| One of the first things that a person will reach for | | | | flavonoids that cranberries are capable of producing |
| when they have a urinary tract infection is some | | | | will kill off the bacteria that causes urinary tract |
| good old fashioned cranberry juice. So it only stands | | | | infections. |
| to reason that cranberry supplements would work | | | | Cranberries may also protect against heart disease |
| well too. Cranberry goes by these other names as | | | | and certain types of cancer, probably through the |
| well: American Cranberry, Arandano, Mossberry, and | | | | antioxidant and anti-tumor effects of flavonoids |
| Vaccinium species. | | | | found in cranberry. |
| Cranberry prevents bacteria from adhering to the | | | | Cranberry is also available in capsules that many find |
| cells within the lining of the bladder. North American | | | | very convenient as well as beneficial. The capsules |
| herbalists believe that cranberry will prevent kidney | | | | are made from dried and ground berries but it is |
| stones while also removing toxins from the blood. | | | | lacking fiber which allows your body to absorb the |
| There is no specified amount of cranberry that | | | | valuable nutrients much better. Another thing to |
| should be administered and since cranberry is all | | | | consider is that cranberry juice contains a lot of |
| natural, you can not take too much but you should | | | | processed sugar but the capsules have no sugar so |
| try to get at least 800 mg of concentrated | | | | you can take them without worrying about any |
| cranberry juice extract daily. | | | | calories. |
| Assuming that we are familiar with the most basic | | | | Now keep in mind that there is a huge difference |
| functions of the kidneys and how they go about | | | | between cranberry juice that you buy in the juice |
| producing and excreting urine we can then further | | | | aisle at the local grocery store and real genuine |
| understand how cranberry supplements can be so | | | | cranberry concentrate. The difference is about two |
| useful. At the cranberry plants earliest stage it will | | | | gallons, in other words one shot glass of cranberry |
| naturally produce molecules that are called flavonoids. | | | | concentrate would equal about two gallons of |
| Several studies have indeed indicated that the | | | | cranberry juice. |
| flavonoids that produced by the cranberry have a | | | | It is also fine for children to take because it is all |
| good amount of antibacterial properties. The | | | | natural. It is a good idea to keep cranberry around |
| cranberry produces a sugar molecule that is very | | | | the house and use it regularly to ensure the best |
| essential as a nutrient in the urinary tract. The | | | | urinary health possible. |