Latest Cranberry News
Cranberries and their health benefits are popping up in the news everywhere.
Cranberry Industry Overview
Kevin Kesecker, Economist, USDA/AMS | June 3, 2009
Cranberry Industry Overview
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Cranberry Cocktail
About.com, Colleen Graham | 5/11/09
Cranberry juice is one of the most popular cocktail mixers, one that is versatile enough to bring together a variety of flavors. Often, cranberry is that one key ingredient that is the finishing touch.
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How Cranberry Juice Fights Against Infections - Robert Henry
Best Syndication | 5/5/09
Does cranberry juice have antiseptic properties? Can it fight against infections? People consume cranberries on a day to day basis to improve their immune system. Some eat it with salad, while some purchase sweetened cranberry juice. However, it’s believed that raw cranberry is more effective than adulterated forms.
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Relish the cranberry: Tiny little fruit puts a healthy zing into almost anything
Cleveland.com | May 5, 2009
The big holidays may be over, but it's never too late to be thankful for the cranberry.
Our all-American food is quietly loaded with more anti-oxidants than any other popular fruit and has almost as much vitamin C as citrus. It does wonders for a number our of organs.
Yet we let cranberries nose-dive off the kitchen radar after Thanksgiving. Once the harvest is over, it's also hard to find them fresh in stores.
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Extracts from cranberry may prevent colon cancer
Nutraingredients.com | February 13, 2009
Extracts from cranberry may prevent colon cancer via an anti-inflammatory mechanism, according to results of a cell study from Canada. Writing in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Richard Narayansingh and Robert Hurta from University of Prince Edward Island report that crude extracts from cranberry, as well as one of the fruit’s major flavonoid compounds quercetin could decrease the expression of certain inflammatory processes linked to colon cancer.
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Cranberries show protection against periodontal disease
FreshPlaza.com | March 2008
Drinking cranberry juice could possibly help cut down on what affects nearly 67 million Americans: gingivitis. Research published in the March 2008 edition of the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy revealed that natural compounds found in cranberries were shown to fight severe gingivitis, or inflammation of the gums, by acting as a powerful anti-inflammatory substance.
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