Regular cranberry juice comsumption cuts UTIs

Recent US research jointly conducted by scientists at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and the University of Michigan, suggests that regular consumption of cranberry juice cocktail could reduce the potential for development of urinary tract infections (UTIs), thus decreasing the need for antibiotics.

"With more and more awareness among health professionals and the public regarding antibiotic resistance, we are happy to report during our study when subjects consumed cranberry juice cocktail, their urine was capable of preventing antibiotic-resistant bacteria from adhering to cells from the urinary tract," said Amy Howell, lead investigator of the study.

In this investigation, scientists tested the effectiveness of cranberry juice cocktail in disabling a number of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which are resistant to certain drugs. E. coli is responsible for a host of health problems including UTIs and has become increasingly drug resistant.