What is Cranberry Extract?
Cranberry has been used to prevent kidney stones as well as to remove toxins from the blood. Cranberries, also known as bear berry and Fenne berry, are the fruit of an evergreen shrub native to eastern regions of the United States and Canada. It grows in wet soils such as bogs and marshes or poorly drained meadows. What are the uses of Cranberry Extract? Urinary Tract Infections. Cranberry has long been recommended for persons with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Indeed, a 1994 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) of 153 women (mean age 78.5 years), conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., found that “the use of a cranberry beverage reduces the frequency of bacteriuria and pyuria in older women. Prevalent beliefs about the effects of cranberry juice on the urinary tract may have microbiologic justification.” The researchers found women who drank cranberry juice were less likely to develop a urinary tract infection compared to t
