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Cranberry Concentrate - 100
Caps
Now Foods
 Cranberry Concentrate capsules are a
convenient way of obtaining the benefits of cranberry juice. It
takes over 8 pounds of whole cranberries to produce 1 pound of
Cranberry Concentrate powder.
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.
Originally, scientists believed drinking cranberry juice
cocktail acidified the urine, hindering bacterial
proliferation. At the time, this practice was one of the few
effective treatments for women with recurrent bladder
infections.
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.
Cranberry Juice or Cranberry Extract?
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
$9.09
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