Cranberries are a type of slightly tart and acidic red berry that are rich in vitamin C, along with many other health benefits.  One benefit that stands out is that they are excellent for fighting infection.  In this article, you will discover 5 marvelous and amazing benefits of the cranberry.

Some Basic Facts About The Cranberry

Cranberries are a fruit and native plant of North America.  Our Native Americans were the first to use the cranberry as food. The botanical name is Vaccinium Macrocarpo.

The 5 Amazing Benefits of Cranberries

Benefit Number 1 – They Counteract and Soothe Urinary Tract Infection – Many studies have conclusively shown that cranberry juice has beneficial effects on the urinary tract.  The reason why this is so, is because the juice has the therapeutic property of reducing the number of bacteria adhering to the lining of the urinary tract such as in the urethra which is the tract which allows urine to be expelled from the body, located in the penile shaft of the male and internally in the female.

Cranberry juice acts as a bactericide (an agent which kills bacteria in the body) and helps to reduce the acidity of the urine thus disrupting and making difficult the development of kidney stones.

Benefit Number 2 – They Can Help Counteract and Overcome Asthma Attacks – Take fresh, whole cranberries and crush them.  Boil them with their skin in distilled water, and drink it once the mixture has cooled off.  Cranberries can effect relief from asthma attacks because their naturally active ingredients are similar to the drugs prescribed by doctors to control asthma – but – without the side effects!

Benefit Number 3 – They Reduce Bad Cholesterol – Laboratory results have shown that cranberry juice drunk on a daily or regular basis helps remove and lower “bad cholesterol”.

Benefit Number 4 – They Prevent Ulcers – Recent studies have shown that cranberries have the ability to prevent peptic ulcer by inhibiting the adhesion of bacteria to certain areas of the stomach lining.

Benefit Number 5 – Cranberries Contain An Anti-Aging Agent – Exciting new research has shown evidence that cranberries can possibly help protect the brain from neurological damage.

Now, go out and make cranberries a part of your regular diet.  Eat the fresh berries, or you can purchase 100% fresh pressed bottled cranberry juice in your nearest health food store.  Warning.  The pure 100% variety of this juice is pricey.  A 64 ounce bottle of 100% pure cranberry juice can cost you about $59.00.  (But prescription medicines are much more expensive – and they do come with a lot of side effects.) Good health is what we are talking about here.  And, what price good health?

Yours in  health,

Charles Prosper

“The 12-Week Fitness Guru”

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