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Cranberry Extract Vaccinium macrocarpon
Anthocyanosides Anthocyanidins Cranberry Extract Vaccinium
macrocarpon Anthocyanosides Anthocyanidins What Is It?
Generations of American women have known that the bitter
native cranberry isn't just the basis of a Thanksgiving
relish. In fact, these small, dark red berries have
a long medical history in addition to a colorful culinary
one. Specifically, cranberry juice and cranberry extract
appear to help prevent and even eliminate urinary tract
infections. Most women develop this type of problem
at least once in their lives, and some suffer from constant
recurrences. The name "cranberry" evolved
from "craneberry" (a common name for the low-growing
shrub Vaccinum macrocarpon) because the plant?s flowers
resemble the heads of cranes frequently spotted in the
bogs where cranberries thrive. Health Benefits Early
American physicians successfully applied crushed cranberries
to tumors and wounds. They also used cranberries as
a remedy for the age-old malady known as scurvy, a disease
caused by a lack of vitamin C. It wasn?t too surprising,
therefore, when modern scientists discovered that cranberries
contain plentiful stores of this common antioxidant
vitamin. Recently, Israeli researchers discovered that
a compound in cranberry juice is effective against various
plaque-forming bacteria that can bind to teeth and cause
gingivitis and gum disease. If you?re considering using
cranberry juice for this purpose, however, stick with
the natural (and unsweetened) variety. Commercial cranberry
juice cocktails are very high in sugar, a gum-disease
culprit in its own right. Researchers have also found
that cranberry juice may deodorize urine, a real boon
for individuals who suffer from incontinence. In fact,
the most popular medicinal uses by far for cranberry
relate to urinary tract conditions. Specifically, cranberry
may help to: Prevent and relieve symptoms of urinary
tract infections (UTIs). Over the decades, countless
women have used pure cranberry juice or cranberry juice
cocktail to self-treat their UTIs. This common infection
typically causes a burning sensation while urinating
as well as a frequent and often intense urge to do so.
For a long time, cranberries were thought to directly
fight the infection by acidifying the urine to such
an extent that bacteria such as Escherichia coli would
languish or die. Today, the prevailing theory is that
cranberry juice inhibits microorganisms from adhering
to the mucosal cells lining the urinary tract, making
it a less hospitable environment for the proliferation
of E. coli and other infection-causing bacteria. Several
clinical trials now corroborate that this folk remedy
does indeed work. In one of the best-designed studies,
published in the prestigious Journal of the American
Medical Association in 1994, Harvard researchers reported
that regular consumption of cranberry juice led to reduced
amounts of potentially infectious bacteria in 153 older
women. The number of white blood cells--markers of the
body's response to infection--were also less. And over
a six-month period, the participants who drank 10 ounces
of cranberry juice daily developed significantly fewer
cases of UTIs. Studies in younger women have been similarly
positive. In addition, when taken at the same time as
prescription antibiotics for a UTI, cranberry juice
or cranberry extract in supplement form may lessen the
duration of the infection and help to ease such symptoms
as itching, burning, and pain. In general, however,
this herbal remedy is better taken to prevent recurrent
UTIs than to treat a potentially serious infection that
has already developed. Reduce the risk for kidney stones.
Anecdotal reports indicate that cranberry may help to
reduce the risk of infection when you have this painful
condition, also commonly referred to as urinary stones
and "bladder gravel."
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