Cranberry Concentrate - 100 Caps
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For centuries, cranberries have been known to provide specific urinary health benefits when included in the diet. However, most people do not and cannot eat enough of this tart little berry to get all the urinary system benefit needed to dislodge bacteria from the lining of the bladder and flush it out of the system.

However, modern research has now led us to the discovery that cranberry helps relieve bladder infection not by any process of acidification, but rather due to its ability to prevent microorganisms from adhering to the epithelial cells that line the urinary tract.

Escherichia coli (E. coli), the most common bladder infection-causing bacteria, produces chemicals known as adhesions, enabling the organism to cling to epithelial cells where they proliferate and cause infection.

Cranberry juice was found to contain a substance which inhibits the adhesion activity of bacteria - an, as yet, unidentified polymeric compound.

It is now known that cranberries, due to their antibacterial properties, can reduce the bacteria responsible for urinary tract infection.

The beneficial effect of cranberry juice for urinary tract infections is due in part to the presence of hippuric acid, a compound with antibiotic activity. However, cranberry's effects on full blown infections have not been studied.

Because of the high sugar and moderate calorie content of cranberry juice, coupled with the amount required each day for optimum effect, you may prefer to take a cranberry extract instead of juice.

Cranberry juice, like all fruit juices is high in fructose. The fructose, like nearly all simple sugars, is metabolized quickly and disrupts insulin levels, leading to diabetes - one of the most chronic illness.

PRODUCT #: NF3230
SRP: $12.95

Cranberry Concentrate 700mg 100 caps
Price $9.95

Servings per container:50

Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, take 2 capsules 1-2 times daily, preferably with meals.

Free of: salt, sugar, yeast, corn, wheat, milk, preservatives

Other Ingredients: magnesium stearate

Warnings: None

Disclaimers: None