Cranberry to prevent UTI

Bandolier first looked at the efficacy of cranberry juice in preventing urinary tract infections a little while ago. Subsequent research proved to be sporadic and complicated, but a sensible clinical picture now appears to be emerging and this article provides an update on such.

Cranberry juice, in its various forms, have been tested for different effects in different situations. What we can say, with reasonable certainty, is that cranberry juice does not affect urinary tract infection rates in people with neurogenic bladder; a number of randomised trials all come to the same conclusion. Nor does cranberry juice seem to affect bacterial colonisation or infectious diseases generally found in children.

The one area where there appears to be consistent benefit is in preventing urinary tract infection in susceptible women.

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