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Article: DOES CRANBERRY JUICE PREVENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS?
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2006
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Yes, say researchers who study the gorgeous berry although the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which is
sponsoring several clinical studies, says the data are "not
conclusive."
The queen of cranberry science, Amy Howell, an associate research
scientist at Rutgers University in Chatsworth, N.J., said that
overall, research suggests that eight to 10 ounces a day of cranberry
juice cocktail drink, sweetened with either sugar or artificial
sweetener, has been shown clinically to reduce urinary tract
infections by 50 percent.
For years, people thought cranberry juice might combat urinary
tract infections by making urine more acidic, thus making it harder
for bacteria ...