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Cranberries: Fruits
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Cranberries have vitamin C and fiber, and are only 45 calories per cup. In disease-fighting antioxidants, cranberries outrank nearly every fruit and vegetable--including strawberries, spinach, broccoli, red grapes, apples, raspberries, and cherries.
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Cranberries improve the health of pigs’ hearts and may do the same for humans, researchers said today. The fruit, described as a “nutrient powerhouse”, has already been shown to fight urinary infections, help prevent stomach ulcers, and protect against tooth decay. Scientists had ... suspected that antioxidant compounds called phenols in cranberries were good for the heart. This has now been born out by early results from a study of pigs fed concentrated cranberry juice powder in their diets.
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Cranberries are harvested in the Autumn when the fruit takes on its distinctive deep red color. This is usually in late September and into October. To harvest cranberries, the beds are flooded with six to eight inches of water. A harvester is driven through the beds to remove the fruit from the vines. For the past 50 years, water reel type harvesters have been used. Harvested cranberries float in the water and can be corralled into a corner of the bed and conveyed or pumped from the bed.
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Cranberries have long been known to ward off urinary tract infections (UTIs) due to unique compounds in the fruit called proanthocyanidins, or PACS. PACS offer an anti-adhesion mechanism that prevents harmful E. coli bacteria from adhering to the urinary tract wall. Cranberries may be a useful tool for helping women to maintain a healthy urinary tract, naturally.
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Cranberries are widely known for their unique "anti-adhesion" activity that protects the body from certain harmful bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs), stomach ulcers and gum disease. This anti-adhesion activity is primarily due to a natural compound in the fruit called proanthocyanidins (PACs). Cranberry's PACs contain a unique A-type structure, while most other foods contain only the more-common B-type PACs. It is cranberry's A-type PACs that are responsible for this anti-adhesion mechanism of action.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass., Jan 25, 2006 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- New data shows that proanthocyanidins, or PACs, found in cranberries inhibit the growth of lung tumors and colon and leukemia cells in vitro. That's according to a new study published in this month's issue of The Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. The study, led by University of Massachusetts Dartmouth researcher Catherine C. Neto, Ph.D., is one of the first studies to find that the cranberry's anti-cancer activity may come from the unique structure of its PACs. Cranberry's PACs contain a unique A-type structure, while most other fruit contains only the more-common B-type PACs.
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