Cranberry Juice Healing Your Whizzy Fit Woes and More
As women mature they are more prone to urinary tract problems from both hormone imbalances, hygiene maintenance and even unsafe sex. For the most part, health problems can be overcome and even prevented through a diet that keeps the hormone imbalances in check and also keeps infection at bay.
Cranberry Juice is a great detox and body cleansing treatment for urinary tract infections and other keeping other organs functioning optimally. Cranberries are rich in quinic acid and contain significant amounts of malic and citric acids. Cranberry juice itself is very acidic, but it’s only moderately acid-forming in the body. In fact, Cranberry juice is one of the alkaline fixing "sour juices" like grapefruit.
Cranberry juice is useful in preventing urinary tract infections because cranberries contain proanthocyanidins, or PACs, which prevent bacteria — including E. coli, the bacteria responsible for up to 90 percent of urinary tract infections — from adhering to and infecting the urinary tract. The same chemical antioxidant that aids in UTI prevention may also prevent ulcers that are thought to be caused by a specific type of bacteria.
Some people use cranberry to increase urine flow, kill germs, speed skin healing, and reduce fever. Cranberry juice can be imbibed for type 2 diabetes—to maintain sugar levels and avoid hypoglycemic shock, treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), scurvy, treat inflammation of the lining around the lung (pleurisy), and even cancer.
Cranberry reduces urine odor in people with bladder control problems, developing research suggests a cranberry juice mix is effective for odor control in afflicted people.
