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Cranberries

About Cranberries

Cranberries grow on a shrub native to North America.  The Native Americans were the first to use cranberries as food.

Nutrition Benefits of Cranberries

Cranberries are considered by many to be a superfood, primarily due to their antioxidant content.  They are filled with phytochemicals, polyphenols in particular.  Some research has shown potential benefits of cranberries with urinary tract infections, cardiovascular health, immune system, and cancer.

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Cranberries scores well for 12 health goals

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Urinary Tract Infections

Recipe Score:100

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Erectile Dysfunction

Recipe Score:98

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Recipe Score:98

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Cholesterol

Recipe Score:96

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Gastrointestinal

Recipe Score:90

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:88

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Immune System

Recipe Score:86

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Prostate

Recipe Score:86

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Breast Cancer

Recipe Score:84

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Cancer

Recipe Score:84

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Fat Loss

Recipe Score:84

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Colon Health

Recipe Score:82

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The Research

Urinary Tract Infections

Urinary Tract Infections: Score 100

Summary:

Human: Cranberry is effective in preventing urinary tract infections in women who are subject to recurrent infections. Cranberry improves biomarkers of antioxidant status and inhibition of bacterial adhesion in urine. Cranberry compares favorably to the drug trimethoprim in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections without increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance, super infection or fungal infection. Cranberry induces an anti-microbial effect in the urine against klebsiella bacteria. It decreases the number of patients experiencing at least 1 symptomatic urinary tract infection a year. Cranberry has inhibitory activity on the bacterial adhesiveness of pathogenic E. Coli. It showed a clinically relevant, dose dependent and significant reduction in lower urinary tract symptoms in men. Cranberry has significant bacterial anti-adhesion activity against uropathogenic escherica coli. It has a protective effect against asymptomatic bacteriuria and symptomatic urinary tract infections in pregnancy. Cranberry significantly prevents recurrent urinary tract infections. It has anti-uropathogenic bacteria effects in the urine of healthy volunteers. Cranberry may reduce the risk of urinary tract infections by inhibiting biofilms in the bladder. There is a reduction of bacteriuria and pyuria after ingestion of cranberry juice. Regular drinking of cranberry juice reduces the recurrence of urinary tract infection. Review: Cranberry has a clinical benefit in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections. Cranberry reduces bacteriuria and pyuria.

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Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction: Score 98

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Cranberry improves HDL cholesterol levels. It improves circulation function in people with coronary artery disease. It reduces cholesterol oxidation and clogging from cell adhesion. Cranberry improves blood lipid profiles and antioxidants in people eating a bad diet. Cranberries can play a positive role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Circulatory System (Cardiovascular): Score 98

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Cranberry improves HDL cholesterol levels. It improves circulation function in people with coronary artery disease. It reduces cholesterol oxidation and clogging from cell adhesion. Cranberry improves blood lipid profiles and antioxidants in people eating a bad diet. Cranberries can play a positive role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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Cholesterol

Cholesterol: Score 96

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Cranberry improves blood lipid levels in people with diabetes. They have a beneficial effect on HDL cholesterol levels. They reduce cholesterol oxidation and cell adhesions. Cranberries have a favorable effect on blood lipid levels and antioxidant status in animals eating a bad diet.

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Gastrointestinal

Gastrointestinal: Score 90

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Human: Cranberry contributes to improving the rate of H. pylori infection in females receiving antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor. It suppresses H. pylori infection in endemically afflicated populations.

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes (Type 2): Score 88

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Human: Cranberry has a favorable effect on blood lipid profiles in patients with diabetes.

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Immune System

Immune System: Score 86

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Bacterial: Cranberry exhibits anti-MRSA and anti-biofilm properties. In Vitro: It has antiproliferative activity. It inhibits influenza virus adhesion and infectivity. It has an antiviral effect on rotavirus. It has potential against pneumococcal infections

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Prostate

Prostate: Score 86

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Animal: Cranberry exerts preventative effects on chronic bacterial prostatitis.

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Score 84

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Lab: Cranberries cause apoptosis and inhibit human breast cancer cell proliferation.

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Cancer

Cancer: Score 84

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In Vitro: They have preventative properties for colorectal cancer. They induce cell death and prevent proliferation in esophageal cancer. They have anti-ovarian cell activity.

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Fat Loss

Fat Loss: Score 84

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Animal: Cranberries may have therapeutic value in metabolic syndrome.

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Colon Health

Colon Health: Score 82

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

  • 1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
  • 2Amount of Research
  • 3What the Research Says
  • 4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)
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