the cran cure?

Cranberry juice has been considered preventive medicine for urinary tract infections (UTIs) by women for many generations. Unfortunately, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association may have just debunked this myth. When 147 women—31 percent of whom already tested positive for bacteria plus pyuria in their urine— were asked to take two cranberry capsules daily or a placebo, the results were surprising. The team concluded there was no di erence in the presence of bacteria between the cranberry group and the placebo group—nor was there any substantial di erence in the prevention or development of a UTI between the groups.

Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle spoke out on the subject, encouraging women to drink “plenty of fluids”—but not necessarily cranberry juice—to rinse toxins from the body during a UTI and was adamant that cranberry products should no longer be recommended as a cure.