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For decades, thousands of Danes and particularly women have drunk litres of cranberry juice in order to prevent urinary tract infections (UTI) – but a new survey from The Cochrane Library now shows the juice has no effect.
The suggestion that cranberry juice prevents urinary tract infections has been based on the hypothesis that certain types of sugars and antioxidant flavonoids in cranberries prevent bacteria from attaching themselves to urinary tracts.
