For most of us Cranberries for represent a sour berry that has treatment potential in case of cold or flu. But few people know that drinking cranberry juice or consuming cranberries reduces the risk of urinary tract infections, lowers blood pressure, and have many more health benefits.
What else you need to know about cranberries? It is a fact that a glass of cranberry contains only 50 calories and plenty of vitamins. For example these berries contain vitamin C – a natural antioxidant that can block certain types of damage caused by free radicals and increase the body’s resistance to infectious diseases, Vitamin E – a fat-soluble antioxidant that can have an impact on chronic diseases associated with free radicals. Besides cranberries contain vitamin K, manganese, a wide range of phytonutrients – natural nutrientsin plants and giving them a specific color, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc, folic acid, nicotinic acid, vitamin B (B-12, B-6), thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin D, caffeine and phosphorus.