cranberry juice and urinary tract infection

Cranberry juice and urinary tract infection

One often hears that cranberry juice will cure or prevent a urinary tract infection. Is this medically supportable?  Use the internet to research this issue and write a short statement about the validity of this therapy.

Support your conclusions with references.

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Cranberries have for long been associated with the treatment of urinary tract infections. However form a chemical perspective this may not be entirely true. In order to separate facts form fiction, we consider the chemical that makes these berries so special. According to Bratskeir, “there is an active ingredient in cranberries…..

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