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Cranberry Ultra, (60 capsules)
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What is Cranberry Ultra? Cranberry is the red acidic fruit of the shrubby viburnum of North America and Europe. A long-standing folk remedy for urinary infection, there is actual science to this use of cranberry. Cranberry contains components that prevent the ability of e-coli and other infectious agents to adhere to the lining of the urethra and bladder.1,2 Without the ability to adhere, these agents cannot infect.
Unfortunately, the sugars present in sweetened cranberry juice may actually harm your immune system, and since unsweetened cranberry juice is so difficult to come by and extremely tart, encapsulated extract is the preferred means for taking cranberry.
Why Is Our Cranberry Ultra Better? Our Cranberry Ultra™ product contains a standardized 36:1 cranberry extract with a pH-neutral form of vitamin C, encapsulated in gelatin-free vegetarian capsules. Thirty-six pounds of whole cranberries are used to make just 1 pound of the extract. Our extract contains the whole fruit from US and Canadian grown cranberries where the product is manufactured immediately after harvesting to ensure freshness and potency. Many lesser extracts are made from just the juice and are grown or shipped abroad for processing.
The vast majority of cranberry extract contains artificial or natural food coloring to make the bright red color many consumers have come to expect. Our product is completely free of added colorants. Our product is the natural color of cranberry extract: a deep reddish brown. If your cranberry extract is bright red, be suspicious.
Cranberry Ultra™ also contains vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that supports the immune system. We chose a pH-neutral form of the vitamin that is easy on the stomach and won't acidify your system. The ascorbic acid form of vitamin C can temporarily lower the pH in the body, making your body a more suitable environment for some pathogens. It can also increase the body's need for calcium, if those calcium demands are not met through diet, the body may pull calcium from the bones and teeth, weakening them.
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Recent Research on Cranberry
Cranberry juice has been used as a traditional folk remedy for urinary tract infections (UTIs) for decades, perhaps centuries. Research has supported this folk remedy and indicated that cranberry can be highly effective in the treatment and prevention of UTIs. Now scientist are closer to understanding how cranberry works.3
Researchers from Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WTI) in Massachesettes presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco on September 10, 2006, that reveals some insight into how cranberry juice prevents UTIs. It has long been suspected that compounds found in cranberries somehow prevent bacteria from attaching to host cells, thereby preventing the bacteria from becoming established in the body.
It had been believed that a group of chemical compounds called proanthocyanidins where the active constituent in cranberries. The researchers studied these proanthocyanidins by culturing E. coli bacteria in varying concentrations of cranberry juice or proanthocyanidins.
It turns out that the proanthocyanidins do prevent the bacteria from adhering to host cells, but that's not the full story. The researchers found that the cranberry compounds caused the bacteria to change their shape from rods to spherical which caused the bacteria to alter their cell membrane, changing their behavior. E. Coli are gram-negative bacteria. The changes to their membrane, caused them to begin acting like gram-positive bacteria. None of these behaviors have ever been witnessed in E. coli before.
And there was one other significant finding. Bacteria, as individuals cannot make a person sick. There needs to be enough bacteria present to produce enough of the toxins that will make someone sick. Bacteria communicate chemically with one another in order to coordinate their attack. The researchers found that the cranberry juice prevented the chemical communication between the bacteria, thus keeping them from attacking the host with their toxins. All these findings make this very exciting research in the world of science. And, more importantly, they demonstrate that cranberry extract and proanthocyanidins may be exceptionally potent antibacterial agents. The lead researcher Dr. Terri Camesano stated "these results are surprising and intriguing, particularly given the increasing concern about the growing resistance of certain disease-causing bacteria to antibiotics." The greater the concentration of proanthocyanidins, the greater the effects on the bacteria, suggesting that extracts and highly concentrated juices have the greatest health benefits.
Label Facts
Cranberry Ultra, 60 Capsules:
Supplement Facts Serving Size: 2 Capsules
Servings per container: 30
Amount Per Serving
% Daily Value
Vitamin C (as Calcium Ascorbate)
80 mg
133%
Cranberry Extract 36:1
1000 mg
†
†Daily value not established.
Other ingredients: Vegetable capsule (HPMC [cellulose], water), microcrystalline cellulose (plant fiber), magnesium stearate (vegetable source), and silicon dioxide.
Vcaps vegetarian capsule used and a vegetarian formula.
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Camesano, T., Y. Liu, et al. (2006). Compounds in Cranberry Juice Show Promise as Alternatives to Antibiotics for Treating a Host of Human Illnesses. Annual Meeting of American Chemical Society, San Francisco.
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