Cranberry has a long history as part of our diet. One of only three types of fruit native to North America, cranberry was staple food of Native Americans.When the Europeans arrived, they quickly adopted this unique food as part of their diet.
Today, the majority of cranberries are grown in the Northeast, with Massachusetts being the largest producer. Cranberries are a traditional holiday food and are used in several difference commercially available beverages. As a food, cranberries offer a number of benefits. Often, cranberry juice is recommended for its positive effects on the urinary tract.
When a cranberry is in its juvenile state, it is green and bitter, making it unpalatable to most animals. This is a matter of survival. If the young berry were a good food source, it would be eaten too early in its development, before the seed was mature and able to reproduce a new cranberry plant. At this early stage, the cranberry is producing a certain class of molecules known as flavonoids, substances that have been investigated for their nutritional benefits, including their antibacterial activity. Studies have shown that the particular flavonoids produced by the cranberry have a strong antibacterial effect.
But this is only part of the story. As the berry matures, it benefits the plant if a bird or other animal eats the cranberry so that its seeds will be spread to new areas where it will propagate and grow. To ensure that this happens, the plant transforms the flavonoid that contributes to the fruit's bitter taste.
The plant removes part of the flavonoid molecule and replaces it with a sugar molecule. This has the effect of sweetening the fruit, making it more palatable as a food - helping to ensure that the plant continues to produce offspring.
For humans, the addition of a sugar molecule to the flavonoid completes the story of cranberry's effectiveness as a nutrient within the urinary tract. In the human body, different cells have unique receptor sites. These sites can be thought of as a lock in a door requiring a unique key to open the lock.
The sugar attached to the cranberry flavonoid seeks out an acceptable receptor site to attach itself. In the case of the cranberry's particular sugar configuration, the appropriate receptor site - the cells with the right lock - happen to be those that line the walls of the urinary tract.
This explains cranberry's unique benefits. Within the cranberry lies a type of flavonoid that is capable of defeating the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections and this flavonoid is attached to a sugar that seeks out the cells that line the urinary tract.
AIMCranVerry™ Cranberry Juice Concentrate provides a way to receive these benefits in convenient caplets. Unlike many other cranberry products that are made from dried and ground berries, AIMCranVerry™ is made from concentrated juice, minus the fiber, making it easier for your body to absorb the available nutrients.
Unlike cranberry beverages that usually contain large amounts of processed sugar, AIMCranVerry™ has no added sugar, so you will receive the benefits of cranberry juice without the unnecessary and nutritionally harmful, calories.
How to use AIMCranVerry™
- Take 2 caplets daily
- For best absorption and assimilation, take AIMCranVerry™ on an empty stomach
- Shelf life is 2 to 3 years, unopened. Store in a cool, dry place (70º - 75º F; 20.1º - 23.8º C). Do not refrigerate. Keep away from heat and humidity
Benefits
- Concentrated cranberry juice without added sugar
- 513 mg of dried cranberry concentrate in every caplet
Features
- Pure juice from cranberries (no fiber included)
- Most economical way to get the benefits of cranberry juice
- Residue-free
- 60-count caplets
- Coated caplets that won't stick together
This information is for education use only. It is not intended to replace your health
