Effects and functions of cranberry

1, the prevention of urinary tract infections.

Drinking about 350cc of cranberry juice or cranberry nutritional supplements every day is helpful in preventing urinary tract infections and cystitis.

2. Prevent stomach cancer.

Cranberries can effectively inhibit the attachment of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach and intestines. H. pylori is the main cause of stomach ulcers and even stomach cancer.

3, beauty.

Cranberries contain vitamin C, flavonoids and other antioxidants and rich pectin, which can improve beauty, improve constipation, and help discharge toxins and excess fat.

4, the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Eating more cranberries can prevent the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease.

5, lower blood pressure.

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a study on September 20, 2012 at a medical conference in Washington, D.C., saying that trials have shown that healthy adults who regularly drink low-calorie cranberry juice can moderately lower their blood pressure.

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Benefits of eating dried cranberries:

Dried cranberries contain arbutin to help inhibit melanin

Many whitening products are labeled as containing arbutin, and it turns out that this ingredient is found in cranberries too! Due to the sour taste of fresh cranberries, it is not easy to taste, so it is often processed into dried cranberries. China Medical University New Nutrition Food Generation dietitian Cheng Mingwei said, research has found that the dried cranberry arbutin content and fresh cranberries are about the same, help reduce melanin production, but also to protect the urinary tract.

Cranberries protect the cardiovascular urinary tract

In addition to arbutin, cranberries are also rich in A-type proanthocyanidins, flavonoids, benzoic acid, ursolic acid, etc., with antioxidant, antibacterial and other effects. One of the things that makes cranberries different from other fruits is that apples and grapes are predominantly B-type proanthocyanidins, but in vitro tests have shown that cranberry's A-type proanthocyanidins are much more effective in inhibiting bacterial attachment to the urinary tract.

In fact, the health effects of cranberries are quite diverse, with a particularly prominent role in cardiovascular protection. Dietitian Mingwei Cheng said that cranberries can inhibit the formation of blood clots. In addition, many studies have shown that cranberry juice helps reduce the degree of atherosclerosis, as well as lowering what is commonly known as bad cholesterol (LDL) and increasing good cholesterol (HDL).

Processed products to reduce be careful of high sugar

Based on taste considerations, the public intake of cranberries is mostly to drink diluted cranberry juice, or eat dried cranberries, there is no difference in nutritional value? In a comparison of antioxidant content, it is frozen fresh cranberries > 100% cranberry juice > dried cranberries.

Source of reference; Baidu Encyclopedia - Cranberry