Cranberry juice and urinary infections

Cranberry Juice May Prevent Bacteria From Developing In The Urinary Tract.

WebMD (8/23, Woznicki) reported, "Scientists report that within eight hours of drinking cranberry juice, the juice could help prevent bacteria from developing into an infection in the urinary tract." Scientists at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute made that observation after growing "strains of E. coli in urine collected from healthy people before and after they drank cranberry juice cocktail." In short, investigators "discovered that in petri dishes, cranberry metabolites in the juice prevented E. coli from sticking to other bacteria, limiting its ability to grow and multiply."