Cranberry for Your Health, yes, and get some FREE

I have always been a great fan of the cranberry.  I like it because it has differing enzymes than found in most other fruits and it has long been known to help you keep a healthy UT (urinary tract).
Recently, a new product has emerged in the rapidly growing "shots" market.  This time, one that's a healthy choice.
Northland's Cranberry Care™ liquid supplement is made from whole cranberry and hibiscus extracts – clinically proven* to support urinary tract health – and blended with antioxidant-rich blueberry and pomegranate juices for a powerful, all-natural, straight shot. This tiny drink also provides an excellent source of vitamin C with only 40 calories per serving.
Two clinically proven, all-natural ingredients* create one super shot. PACran^® (whole cranberry extract) has been shown to help support urinary tract health by harnessing the powerful antioxidants found in the skin and seeds of the cranberry. UTI Rose™, which is extracted from the Hibiscus flower, has unique properties that have also been proven to support UT health.
Priced at $19.99 for the familiar 2.5 ounce 'shot size' bottle, the 10 pack can be found at Northwest Costco stores and through their web site.
If you're looking for an option to support UT health, this might fit the bill.
And if you'd like to try it for free, send us an email  with your name and shipping address as we're giving away a month's supply to three lucky readers. 

Selections from Natural Health News

Natural Health News: Devil in the Details

Feb 03, 2011

You can also make your own cranberry juice from whole cranberries. Simmer them in water until they pop, then blend the water and berries on high in your blender. Use one pound of berries to one quart of pure, filtered water.

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Natural Health News: Antibiotics Up Birth Defect Risks

Nov 04, 2009

Pure cranberry juice, the very tart kind with no additives that you get in the health food section is an excellent help. Adding a small amout of pure apple juice is good for a bit of sweetness if you aren't used to cranberry juice's ...

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Natural Health News: New Level of Insanity

Nov 16, 2010

We all know there is the issue of personal hygiene, cranberry nectar, cranberry sugar extract, and even something as simple as drinking more pure water... Vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections due to E. coli bacteria ...

Natural Health News: Removing Your Right of Access to Health ...

Aug 27, 2010

A sneak preview obtained by NutraIngredients of 100s of herbs that have been processed by EFSA's health claims panel but not yet published, indicates an exhaustive list has been assessed including cranberry, ...

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Natural Health News: Natural Blood Thinning

Nov 08, 2009

This week we're published the most recent issue of our long-standing column, "Natural Notes" featuring the cranberry, another healthy food offering natural blood thinning. Once it is published the links where you can find it will ...

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Natural Health News: More Foods for Health

Apr 22, 2010

Cranberries Alleviate prostate pain Fight lung, colon and leukemia cancer cells Prevent urinary tract infection. Green Cabbage Promotes healthy blood clotting Reduces risk of prostate, colon, breast and ovarian cancers ...

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Natural Health News: Energy Drinks: Again!

Aug 20, 2010

I so wish all products would have Stevia as their sweetner of choice. As for a Energy drink...I have discovered Oceanspray pure cranberry juice! This has so many health benefits and for me, it's helping my R.A. inflammation!

Devil in the Details

It seems as if everyone these days is trying to put the frontline attack on things we've known for years.

This time it is the cranberry.  And then it is the benefit from cranberry that helps you if you get an infection in your bladder, commonly called a UTI.

If you read closely, the tell tale sign of spurious research is the fact that this report is based on the use of a product only 27% cranberry.

For the unenlightened, it is important to use a product that is organic, and 100% cranberry.

Cranberry offers some unique enzymes not found in other food.  I mentioned this a few years ago in an interview I did as a guest on the Jeff Rense program.  

In that discussion of easy things to do to protect your health my suggestion was to take 2 ounces daily of pure cranberry juice. With a UTI, add a cranberry capsules and drink much more water.

Another suggestion is to add 100% pure unsweetened cranberry juice to your daily fluid intake (1 oz juice to 7 oz water).  The keyword is "unsweetened".


You can also make your own cranberry juice from whole cranberries.  Simmer them in water until they pop, then blend the water and berries on high in your blender.  Use one pound of berries to one quart of pure, filtered water.

Just remember, the use of cranberry juice for UTI has been effectively used for decades.
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The New York Times recently reported on cranberry’s spotted affect on bladder infections. The mechanisms responsible for the berry’s affect are still unclear. Theories such as its vitamin C content may sterilize the urine, but that was debunked. In 1998 a team of researchers proanthocyanidin—which is found in blueberry and cranberry juice—does slow bacterial growth, suggesting it is perhaps the ingredient responsible for preventing bladder infections, but does it?.
Fast forward 11 years to 2009, when researchers in Scotland reported a daily cranberry supplement may prevent recurring bladder infections almost as well as an antibiotic. But now, new research is  turning up different results. A 2011 double blind, placebo-controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, sponsored by a grant from the National Cener for Alternative Medicine, found, “Among otherwise healthy college women with an acute urinary tract infection (UTI), those drinking 8 oz of 27-percent cranberry juice (from Ocean Spray) twice daily did not experience a decrease in the six-month incidence of a second UTI, compared with those drinking a placebo (2011;52(1):23-30).
The trial studied the effects of cranberry on risk of recurring UTI among 319 college women presenting with an acute UTI. Participants were followed up until a second UTI or for six months, whichever came first. A UTI was defined on the basis of the combination of symptoms and a urine culture positive for a known uropathogen. The study was designed to detect a two-fold difference between treated and placebo groups, as was detected in unblinded trials. Researchers assumed 30 percent of participants would experience a UTI during the follow-up period.
Overall, the recurrence rate was 16.9 percent and the distribution of the recurrences was similar between study groups, with the active cranberry group presenting a slightly higher recurrence rate (20 percent versus 14 percent). The presence of urinary symptoms at three days, one to two weeks, and at more than (or equal to) one month was similar between study groups, with overall no marked differences.
According to The New York Times, senior author of the study Betsy Foxman, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, said she is going to continue researching the cranberry.