Cranberries

arewethereyet
arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
From Real Age.com

They calm your tissues.

Compounds that are close to becoming household words (quercetin, proanthocyanidins, and resveratrol) help put the chill on chronic vascular inflammation -- and that may lead to younger arteries and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Here’s another food that helps clamp down on vascular inflammation.

They clean house.

The antioxidants in cranberries help cells in your heart and elsewhere rid themselves of troublemaking free radicals. Mopping up free radicals can prevent a bunch of other diseases, too.

They may even balance your blood fats.

Although further research is needed, cranberry juice may increase good-for-you HDL cholesterol and reduce lousy LDL cholesterol. Get the facts on cholesterol’s role in heart disease.

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  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    From Real Age.com

    They calm your tissues.

    Compounds that are close to becoming household words (quercetin, proanthocyanidins, and resveratrol) help put the chill on chronic vascular inflammation -- and that may lead to younger arteries and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Here’s another food that helps clamp down on vascular inflammation.

    They clean house.

    The antioxidants in cranberries help cells in your heart and elsewhere rid themselves of troublemaking free radicals. Mopping up free radicals can prevent a bunch of other diseases, too.

    They may even balance your blood fats.

    Although further research is needed, cranberry juice may increase good-for-you HDL cholesterol and reduce lousy LDL cholesterol. Get the facts on cholesterol’s role in heart disease.
  • stacystar
    stacystar Posts: 175 Member
    I can agree with the cleaning house thing. I was having tummy troubles and could not figure out what I was doing. I was eating very well, then after about 4 days of troubles I dawned on me that I was drinking a cup of cranberry (straight up--pure stuff) and then the troubles would come. I'm not drinking as much anymore:wink:
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