Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Another great option is to splash some cranberry extract into your water. cranberry juice is famous for its antioxidant properties and support of a healthy urinary tract; its organic acids and fatty acids help keep bacteria from sticking to urinary tract cells. cranberry can also decrease the incidence of constipation and urinary incontinence as well, especially in older people. If you don't have extract on hand, you can simply add an ounce of unsweetened cranberry juice (a good one is Just cranberry) to an 8-ounce glass of water. |
Mike Adams
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 You can't just drink one cranberry juice and think that that's going to solve your problem— especially if that cranberry juice has been sweetened with sugar, which is the case for most commercial cranberry juice products. What you want is non-sweetened cranberries or cranberry juices that you can consume several times a day for many days in a row. That is an effective treatment for UTIs.
If you're a woman, be sure to wipe from front to back after a bowel movement, so that you don't transfer E. coli and other bacteria from your digestive tract to your urinary tract. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 Cultivation & harvesting cranberry is wild-harvested and of local importance but commercial cranberry is now almost entirely derived from the American cranberry. Plants are grown in sandy marshes (flooded for the harvest) and are harvested by loosening the berries so that they float on the surface of the water. Ripe berries are selectively scooped into the processing machines, as the unripe ones float deeper in the water. Uses & properties Cranberries have a tart flavour and are best known for cranberry sauce, traditionally served with roast turkey. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Actual FDA quote is gobbledygook
Here's an actual FDA statement from the CAM Guidance report:
For example, naturopathic cranberry tablets might be labeled for use to maintain the health of the urinary tract. In this example, the cranberry tablets generally would be regulated as "dietary supplements" ...if they were labeled for use to "maintain the health of the urinary tract" rather than "prevent urinary tract infections." The cranberry tablets would be regulated as "drugs" ...if they were labeled for use to "treat urinary tract infections" even if they were labeled as dietary supplements. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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| Origin & history American cranberry is indigenous to North Asia and North America (USA and Canada) while the small or common cranberry is found in Northern Europe, Northern Asia and North America. cranberry has been wild-harvested in Europe for centuries. The closely related but larger American cranberry became an important crop plant in the early part of the twentieth century (currently about 9 000 ha are under cultivation with an annual yield of more than 150 000 tons).
Parts used Ripe fruits. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Servings: 1 Prep Time: 3 minutes
Serving Size: 1 open-faced sandwich Total Time: 3 minutes
Volume: 1 open-faced sandwich
2 tablespoons canned cranberry sauce
2 tablespoons Yogurt Cheese (see recipe page 217)
1 slice whole wheat bread
3 ounces cooked turkey breast
2 romaine lettuce leaves % teaspoon black pepper
In a small bowl, combine the cranberry sauce and yogurt cheese, stirring until smooth. Spread the mixture on each side of the bread, and then top with the turkey, lettuce, and a sprinkling of black pepper. Slice the sandwich on the diagonal and serve. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Take the following supplements:
Combination herbal product: 1-2 capsules daily cranberry extract: 400 mg twice daily cranberry juice: 8-16 oz daily
Postmenopausal Women
• Urinate upon urge and after intercourse.
• Use condoms for intercourse.
• Increase fluids. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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| Servings: 1 Prep Time: 3 minutes
Serving Size: 1 open-faced sandwich Total Time: 3 minutes
Volume: 1 open-faced sandwich
2 tablespoons canned cranberry sauce
2 tablespoons Yogurt Cheese (see recipe page 217)
1 slice whole wheat bread
3 ounces cooked turkey breast
2 romaine lettuce leaves % teaspoon black pepper
In a small bowl, combine the cranberry sauce and yogurt cheese, stirring until smooth. Spread the mixture on each side of the bread, and then top with the turkey, lettuce, and a sprinkling of black pepper. Slice the sandwich on the diagonal and serve. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| If you don't have extract on hand, you can simply add an ounce of unsweetened cranberry juice (a good one is Just cranberry) to an 8-ounce glass of water.
Detox Broth
During your cleansing regimens, you may choose to drink vegetable broth throughout the day, which will count as water intake. The recipe for this broth is in Chapter 11. It's the only recipe that is especially meant for use during your active detox.
Rally Around Raw Superfoods
There are many benefits to eating raw foods including the phytonutrient and live enzyme content. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 Serve the following:
Marinated vegetable potpourri
Simple Cheese Toast*
Spinach dip and raw vegetables
Sparkling water with a splash of cranberry or orange juice served in champagne glasses; drop in a few raspberries for color and zing. (Make sure the cranberry juice is 100% fruit juice and not the kind that is sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup.)
Dinner
6 ounces grilled Salmon with Dill and Lemon* A cup spinach salad
A cup brown rice; may cook in organic chicken, beef, or vegetable broth for flavor Water with lemon
Breakfast
1 egg, scrambled in olive oil. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| Take the following supplements:
Combination herbal product: 1-2 capsules daily cranberry extract: 400 mg twice daily cranberry juice: 8-16 oz daily
Postmenopausal Women
• Urinate upon urge and after intercourse.
• Use condoms for intercourse.
• Increase fluids. |
Andreas Moritz
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 See details on malic acid below.) cranberry juice also contains malic acid and can be used instead of apple juice. (See below.)
The aforementioned herbs are also effective in softening gallstones and, therefore, can be used as a preparatory step for the liver cleanse, although it may take a little longer than with using apple or cranberry juice. The proper dosage for the tincture is 1 tablespoon-ful once daily on an empty stomach, about 30 minutes before breakfast. Keep this regimen for 8 to 9 days before the day of the liver cleanse. |
Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson
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 The phytochemistry of cranberry is not well documented. The proanthocyanidin constituents may be important for the antibacterial activity of cranberry. Some studies have suggested that an unknown high-molecular-weight constituent may also be important. Anthocyanins, acids (e.g. citric, malic and quinic acids) and carbohydrates (including oligosaccharides) are also present.
Pharmacological effects and clinical efficacy
In in vitro studies, cranberry cocktail (containing cranberry juice, fructose and vitamin C) and proantho-cyanidins have been shown to markedly inhibit adhesion of E. |
| European cranberry, mossberry and small cranberry. V. macrocarpon is a small shrub which grows throughout North America, usually in boggy, swampy or forest regions. cranberry juice in particular, and also crushed cranberries, have a long history of traditional use in the treatment and prevention of UTIs. Cranberries have also been used for unrelated disorders such as kidney stones. Cranberries are frequently used in foods, especially as a jelly as an accompaniment to turkey, and the juice is popularly mixed with vodka.
The phytochemistry of cranberry is not well documented. |
Andreas Moritz
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| There is added benefit if some cranberry juice is used each day for two or three weeks before liver cleansing.
Another alternative is gold coin grass. Use the same directions as given for those who are intolerant to apple juice. You may try malic acid or cranberry juice during one cleanse and gold coin grass during the next, to see which works best for you.
A fourth alternative is apple cider vinegar: mix 1 to 2 tablespoons in a glass of water and drink 4 servings per day, for 6 days. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Most of the "cranberry juice drinks" in the supermarket are full of sugar and have no more than about 10 percent cranberry juice. Go for the real deal. Dilute it, drink it, sweeten if you must with xylitol or stevia, but get the powerful health benefits of this terrific berry.
Low-Carb Diet for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
WHEN I HEAR the three words polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the first thing I think of is insulin resistance And the next thing I think of is low-carb diet Let me explain.
PCOS is both a metabolic and a hormonal disorder. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Marucci Center for Blueberry cranberry Research at Rutgers University, and Jess Reed, Ph.D., professor of nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an 8-ounce serving of cranberry juice cocktail—but not the equivalent single servings of grape juice, apple juice, green tea, or chocolate—prevented E. coli (the bacteria responsible for the majority of UTIs) from adhering to bladder cells in the urine of six volunteers. (UTIs occur when bacteria in the urine bind to cells of the urinary tract wall. |
Stacy Malkan
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 Some of them don't give a lot of directions," she found — for instance, the cranberry lip gloss that didn't say how long to cook the cranberry and ended up running down people's faces. "I haven't had the guts to try that again." She's What's in that Make-up? had much better luck with Strawberry Sea
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ScoreCard.org summer, feels great and is a good groupatsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html building exercise." toxnet.nlm.nih. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In this example, the cranberry tablets generally would be regulated as "dietary supplements" ...if they were labeled for use to "maintain the health of the urinary tract" rather than "prevent urinary tract infections." The cranberry tablets would be regulated as "drugs" ...if they were labeled for use to "treat urinary tract infections" even if they were labeled as dietary supplements. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, showed that cranberry juice cocktail had the highest total phenol content of twenty fruit juices tested. (Phenolic compounds are natural antioxidants. They help neutralize harmful free radicals in the body that are linked to most chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.)
Zuo and his team stated that "cranberry has the highest radical-scavenging capacity among the different fruits studied." Even more wonderful, Catherine Neto, Ph.D. |
Stacy Malkan
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| Some of them don't give a lot of directions," she found — for instance, the cranberry lip gloss that didn't say how long to cook the cranberry and ended up running down people's faces. "I haven't had the guts to try that again." She's What's in that Make-up? had much better luck with Strawberry Sea
Cosmeticdatabase.org Salt Hand and Foot Scrub, which "smells like
ScoreCard.org summer, feels great and is a good groupatsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html building exercise." toxnet.nlm.nih. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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 For Bladder Infections: cranberry Juice
Doctors often recommend drinking lots of fluids to help prevent painful bladder infections, because fluid dilutes the urine and flushes out the bacteria. But there's something about cranberry juice that makes it even more effective.
Cranberry juice works because it prevents the bacteria that cause the infection from sticking to the lining of the urinary tract. If you're prone to these infections, drink eight ounces of cranberry juice every day to lower your risk. |
Marshall Editions
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 Evidence suggests that it is the antioxidant flavonoids called proanthocyanidins that prevent bacteria from adhering to the walls of the urinary tract. cranberry juice should be unsweetened, especially if it is used by people with suppressed immune systems. Drink three 4 oz glasses throughout the day. Eat watermelons, celery, and parsley, which act as natural diuretics and will help flush out infection from the urinary system.
Supplements: Vitamin C enhances immune function, inhibits growth of E. |
| Herbs: Take 400 mg of a standardized cranberry extract twice a day; it has been shown to reduce urinary calcium in those with a history of kidney stones. Drinking aloe vera juice may also reduce urinary crystals. Uva ursi is traditionally used for urinary tract infections, and relieves pain and cleanses the urinary tract. Take 250-500 mg three times a day, but do not use this herb for more than two weeks. Drink 2-4 cups of juniper berry tea, a strong diuretic kidney cleanser, every day until the stones pass.
Horsetail also has diuretic qualities. |
Bill Sardi
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 J Agriculture Food Chemistry 50: 7449-54, 2002] For example, one study ranked fruits which inhibit liver cancer in this order: cranberry, lemon, apple, strawberry, red grape, banana, grapefruit, and peach. [J Agriculture Food Chemistry 50:7449-54, 2002] The more acidic fruits were found to be more protective against cancer. Oddly, salt is alkaline, yet it has been found to increases the risk of stomach cancer. [International Journal Cancer 10: 34-36, 1997]
The Acid-Ash Theory
It's not whether a food is acidic or alkaline that determines its ability to control pH. It is its ash value. |
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