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Many of you have likely heard about cranberry juice as a treatment for a urinary

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Question

Many of you have likely heard about cranberry juice as a treatment for a urinary tract infection. Is there any truth to this? Please support your answer one way or the other, EK Many of you have likely heard about cranberry juice as a treatment for a urinary tract infection. Is there any truth to this? Please support your answer one way or the other, EK Many of you have likely heard about cranberry juice as a treatment for a urinary tract infection. Is there any truth to this? Please support your answer one way or the other, EK

Explanation / Answer

No...craneberry juice cannot be used as a treatment for urinary tract infection..UTI is caused by bacteria entering the urinary tract..proanthocyanidines in cranberries effective aganist uti causing bacterias..but these are not found in cranberry juice