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A new Yale University study shows that cranberry juice is ineffective at preventing urinary tract infection
A new randomized clinical trial investigates whether taking 2 capsules of cranberry containing 72 mg of proanthcyanidin, thought to be the most potent active bacteria-fighting component in cranberry juice, would reduce bacteria levels in the urine, which lead to urinary tract infections. Hint: it doesn't.
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In a small population of women at the end of their lives in their nursing home taking a tiny amount of an isolated substance. So there's that.
There's also this: a Cochrane review (widely considered the gold-standard in evidence-based decision making when it comes to health policy) supporting the same conclusion after including every high-quality study up to 2012 across much wider sample populations.