The Love Of Organic Cranberries

The love of organic cranberries, oh, how I love thee! Do you favor the sweet-tart of cranberries? Cranberries are a lovely red, imperfectly round berry that complements an evergreen shrub that comprises of a crisp, tart taste that will indeed send your lips puckering.

Cranberries are predominantly consumed during the holiday season, as well as joyed for being a delightful favorite addition to the holiday menu, to a dashing string of red garland embellishing your beloved Christmas tree. With all there is to favor about cranberries, it’s presence shouldn’t be unbeknownst outside the holiday season, but rather consumed throughout the year for their incredible health benefits.

 

 

Nutritional Benefits –

This little berry encompasses many nutritional benefits such as several vitamins and minerals, like copper, manganese, vitamin C, E, as well as K1 (Phylloquinone).  Cranberry also contains high amounts of plant antioxidants and compounds. With plant compounds in Quercetin, Myricetin, Peonidin, Ursolic acid, and A-type proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins).

Support Organic Farming –

Harvesting cranberries begin in October when there at their peak and runs through December, and with over one hundred different cranberry cultivars in North America, Vaccinium Macrocarpon is the most commonly used variety of cranberry. 

Though difficult to produce, many farmers use various toxic chemicals, such as carbaryl, chlorothalonil, and pronamide, to keep their production rates soaring. Not to worry, there are also sustainable, environmentally, health conscience farmers that grow their produce organically.

As always, when possible, buy organic! Not only does it speak volumes when you do, but when you do, you stand up against the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and harsh toxic chemicals that are harmful to you, your beloved family, and our environment.

Most importantly, it supports environmentally health conscience farmers who love what they do. By providing excellent support for our farmers, they would have the sustainability to continue the love of farming and keep farming organically well.

To delight in cranberries all year long, or if you cannot find fresh, frozen organic cranberries is a great alternative. Pure, raw cranberries are most helpful when desiring to achieve its excellent healing list of benefits, but not entirely necessary. For those who cannot tolerate a bitter note dancing on their tongue, cranberry extract in vegetable capsules containing a high potency is an excellent alternative. Cranberry juice, on the contrary, is significantly less helpful and primarily loaded with sugar.

Health Benefits Of Cranberry –

Cranberries are well known as an antioxidant-rich food that contains potent antioxidants, such as polyphenols. This delightful, ruby red berry also has high vitamin C levels and fiber with exceptional anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiviral properties. This little berry holds a great deal of recognition and, when consumed, cleanses the blood and promotes the liver’s detoxification.

Studies have shown that cranberries help improve immune function and protect against various chronic diseases, such as cancers, particularly breast cancer. Cranberry also works well as a preventable agent against periodontal disease and, when consumed therapeutically, may help reduce atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. The polyphenols in cranberries are also responsible for breaking down the plaque that deposits in the artery wall.

A study on cranberries showed hopefulness for their efficacy in treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) by reducing uroepithelial cell adherence.  A-type proanthocyanidins, the active ingredient in cranberry, demonstrated the ability to prevent the bacteria from adhering to the bladder wall, particularly the bacteria Escherichia Coli (E.coli) See findings here.

 

Cranberries Vitamins + Nutrition 

Per 100 Grams (1 cup)