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Extra Strength Supports a Healthy Urinary Tract Women's Health Other common names: Crane Berries, Marshwort, Fenne Berry Don't wait for Thanksgiving to benefit from the natural way to urinary tract health. Cranberry is one of Nature's best weapons against cystitis and urinary tract infections. It has helped to treat bladder and kidney infections and has also helped to dissolve kidney and gallstones. Moreover, it is said to possess antioxidant qualities that may protect against the invasion of serious malignant disease. There is also important new research being conducted with respect to Cranberry's beneficial effects on ovarian cancer treatments. Two species of Cranberry are used interchangeably in herbal medicine, and they are distinguished only by the size of their berries: Vaccinium macrocarpon (large berry) and Vaccinium oxycoccus (small berry). Currently, there are approximately 150 species of Cranberry, but the best known and most popular is the American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), because of the size and juiciness of its fruit. The colonists "Europeanized" the berry, using it stewed and sweetened in puddings and tarts, and the Europeans included the Cranberry regularly in their diets and considered it a fine treatment for scurvy (it has a very high vitamin C content). The United States presently produces about ninety-eight percent of the world's Cranberries. Cranberry is listed as an effective remedy for urinary tract infection in the United States Pharmacopeia, the official listing of drugs in the United States. Some of Cranberry's chemical constituents include tannins, lutein, triterpenoids, anthocyanins and catechin. It is also a good source of protein, fiber, beta-carotene, citric and malic acid, calcium, folate, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sulfur, zinc and vitamins A, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5, C and E. Often laden with sugar and high in calories, Cranberry is now available in supplemental form, including capsules, which are not only more potent, but also much less caloric and without the sugars often found in juices and other preparations. Beneficial Uses: The common Cranberry is one of Nature's best weapons against cystitis and urinary tract infections. It is a diuretic and urinary antiseptic that helps prevent the spread of bacterial infection in the urinary tract. In the early 1920s, American scientists discovered that Cranberry increased the urine's acid content, and because bacteria cannot survive in an acidic environment, the researchers speculated that this was the reason Cranberry was effective against urinary tract infections, which are commonly caused by bacteria known as Escherichia coli. Interestingly, however, recent laboratory studies (conducted in the mid 1990s) revealed that Cranberry's effectiveness is not due to its ability to acidify the urine as originally thought, but to its ability to prevent E. coli from adhering to the cells lining the wall of the

Cranberry Standardized Extract Powder 25% Proanthocyanidins (Vaccinium macrocarpon), 10 kg (22 Lbs): GL

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