Cranberries, also know as the fruit of thanksgiving contains chemical compounds called proanthocyanidins that can prevent E. coli bacteria from sticking to a person's bladder walls. It is also a more commonly used in the aid of preventing urinary tract infections.
Cranberries also strive in helping you boost your mouth's health by hindering harmful acid production and bad bugs, like Streptococcus mutans, from invading your mouth and teeth.
A recent study was found that polyphenolic extracts from cranberries inhibit the growth and spread of colon, breast, lung, prostate and even esophageal tumor cells that can cause cancer. The effects of cranberries active components cause the harmful cells in the body to die off.
There are lots of ways you can incorporate cranberries in your daily diet. By adding fresh cranberries to your breakfast oatmeal, you can also toss dried cranberries into a salad, mix up a nice and refreshing beverage with one of the many forms of cranberry juice, or create a holiday dessert with fresh or dried cranberries.
Amy Howell, an associate research scientist at the Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research said, "Cranberries help in preventing the first step of the infection process in the E.coli outbreak"
Dr. Howell explained that because of cranberries effects on the body, bacteria couldn't stick to a cell and because of that they cannot multiply and produce toxins.
You are more likely to find that the ways to enjoy cranberries are as abundant as its potential health benefits.
Dr. Howell said, that it is good to at least drink 8 to 10 ounces of cranberry juice a day. Although, let us choose wisely because majority of cranberry products and juices being sold in the grocery store, contain sweeteners or are mixed with sweeter juices. It is good to find a product that has at least 25 percent pure cranberry juice, since it will have more of the active ingredient.
