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| Who Knew Cranberry Juice Did This |
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| Kathy |
| 03/27/03 at 08:38:51 |
| [slm] Just a wondering... do cranberries grow in your country? [code]Who Knew Cranberry Juice Did This? By Cathryn Conroy Add cranberry juice to your grocery list. Turns out that drinking just two 8-ounce glasses of cranberry juice daily will significantly raise the level of HDL "good" cholesterol and increase the blood's plasma antioxidant levels. The takeaway: Cranberry juice lowers your risk of deadly heart disease by as much as 40 percent. Eat your cranberries, too...in an ice cream pie, candied, and in a trifle. Get amazing recipes using cranberries as an ingredient. Scientists have long suspected this was true, but until now there were no human studies to confirm it. "This study gives consumers another reason to consider drinking cranberry juice, which has more health benefits than previously believed. People should consider drinking it with their meals, perhaps as an alternative to soda," Joe Vinson, the study's lead author and a professor of chemistry at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, said in a news release. The study was presented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. How cranberry juice changes the level of HDL cholesterol is not known, but Vinson suspects it has something to do with the fruit's high levels of polyphenols, which is a potent antioxidant. Vinson recommends drinking low-sugar cranberry juice with an artificial sweetener for the greatest health benefit. Previous research has shown that cranberries can help prevent urinary tract infections and may reduce the risk of gum disease, stomach ulcers, and cancer. A study last fall by researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor showed it can help prevent ear infections in children. [/code] |
| Re: Who Knew Cranberry Juice Did This |
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| SisterHania |
| 03/27/03 at 11:51:01 |
| [slm] 'can help prevent urinary tract infections' That is very true. Don't ask me how I know this :-[ |
| 03/27/03 at 11:52:47 |
| SisterHania |
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