Bio Health Organic Cranberry Food Supplement

, resveratrol and some vitamins and minerals. There have been studies that have examined some of these antioxidants to see if they have an impact on E.coli.,the bacteria that causes approximately 80% urinary tract infections in the community.

Cranberry does not demonstrate a bactericidal effect ( i.e does not kill bacteria directly), but appears to work by preventing the adhesion of pathogenic strains of E Coli to the surface cells of the bladder and urethra (uroepithelium) and thereby reduce colonisation and progression to invasive infection. There is in vitro evidence that some of the proCranberries (and blueberries) contain a variety of different antioxidant compounds, including anthocyanins, flavonols, terpenes, hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic acidsanthocyanidin polymers in cranberries are responsible for this activity.