Infection experts at Flinders University in Australia found in a meta-analysis that dietary supplements containing cranberries as well as the fruit, including cranberry juice, reduced a woman’s chance of developing a urinary tract infection by 53%. To work published in Cochrane Reviews.
More than nine thousand women participated in the meta-analysis of more than 50 studies. The data reviewed included a number of methods that should prove the effectiveness of cranberry products. Overall, most studies have compared cranberry products with placebo or no treatment for cystitis. As a result, scientists found that drinking cranberries in juice form or taking dietary supplements reduced women’s risk of developing a second urinary tract infection by 53%.
According to the authors of the study, cranberry has long been used in folk medicine as a treatment for cystitis. Now scientists have stated that they have a scientific basis confirming the effectiveness of the fruit.