By Study Finds A popular Thanksgiving ingredient may also help cultivate a healthier gut — cranberries! A new study has found that consuming cranberry extract for just four days can significantly increase levels of beneficial gut bacteria while reducing harmful ones. The research, led by…
By GreenMedInfo Research Group It’s widely known that drinking cranberry juice is helpful for urinary tract infections, but have you ever wondered why this is so? Folk remedies are increasingly validated by science, and so it is that cranberries really are great for infections—and that’s…
By Amanda Christmas Antioxidants are chemicals that help the body fight disease-causing molecules. With their antioxidant capacity, superfoods such as berries, vegetables, and nuts have been shown tо prevent diseases such as heart disease and even cancer. Cranberries are one оf the healthiest berries because…
Research conducted at McGill University and INRS has found that a cranberry extract makes bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics, a promising avenue for limiting resistance to these important drugs The global spread of antibiotic resistance is undermining decades of progress in fighting bacterial infections. Due…
By Michael Carolan, Colorado State University Name all the billion-dollar crops grown in the U.S. Midwest. The answer: Corn, soybeans and cranberries. Wait, what? Roughly 60 percent of the U.S. cranberry crop is produced in Wisconsin, generating close to US$1 billion in revenue and 4,000…
