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"Cranberries are in season (I just bought a pack today!), and though they&amp;#39;re a little tart to eat alone, finding ways to enjoy them (and their juice!) is so good for your health. We learned recently that cranberries may help fight off certain staph infections (hello MRSA), and they&amp;#39;re also good for a zillion different things ...\nPinterestFacebookChicagoHealers.com practitioner Dr. Helen Lee shares how cranberries can boost your health:\nUrinary Tract Health: Studies show that women who drink cranberry juice are less likely to develop urinary tract infections. At the Experimental Biology conference in 2002 a study showed that 8-oz of cranberry juice cocktail prevented E. Coli from adhering to the wall of the bladder.\nAntioxidants: A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry showed cranberries to contain more disease-fighting antioxidant phenols than 19 other common fruits and vegetables.\nGastrointestinal Health: Cranberry has been found to inhibit some food-borne bacteria from attaching to the mucosal lining of the digestive tract. A study in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition also showed that cranberry juice prevents the common bacteria responsible for many stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, from adhering to the gastric wall.\nCholesterol Health: A study in British Journal of Nutrition showed 8 percent increase in HDL (&amp;quot;good&amp;quot;) levels of 30 overweight men with slightly elevated LDL. Increased levels of HDL have been shown to decrease risk of heart/cardiovascular disease.\nPretty impressive, huh? One of my fave ways to enjoy cranberries is dicing fresh berries up into small pieces and sprinkling over vanilla yogurt or oatmeal, sweetened with a little honey.\nEnjoy!\nMore reading:\nI tried it: cranberry dental floss!\nEasy, healthy breakfast recipe: cranberry sauce muffins (great for after T-day when you have loads of cranberry sauce leftover!)\nCranberry oatmeal cookies (yum!)\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! \nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! \nFollow us on Twitter \nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage \nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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