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November 15, 2025

Why You Should Be Crazy for Cranberries

Cranberries: A Tart Superfruit for Year-Round Wellness Cranberries aren’t just for Thanksgiving anymore. These vibrant red berries have been used for centuries—not just in cooking, but also in traditional medicine. Known for their tart taste, cranberries are often loaded with sugar in sauces, desserts, or drinks. But when consumed in their purest form, they’re packed with nutrients and health-promoting compounds. Why Cranberries Are a Nutritional Powerhouse Cranberries are rich in vitamin C and loaded with antioxidant compounds like anthocyanins, flavonols, and resveratrol. These help reduce inflammation and oxidative stress throughout the body, which is linked to aging and chronic disease. […]

June 1, 2024

Published by Life Extension

The Broad-Spectrum Protection of Anthocyanins

Consumers hear a lot today about “healthy foods” that are shown to prevent disease. Missing from news broadcasts are details about how to benefit from specific plant components that published studies document help protect against degenerative disorders. In seeking to clarify their knowledge base, scientists are focusing a lot of research on compounds known as anthocyanins, which provide berries and other plants with their rich deep red and purple colors and have been proven to combat multiple pathways of disease. In this report, we provide you with research findings about various anthocyanin-rich plants and how you can access their disease […]

April 24, 2018

Published by Life Extension

Cranberry Benefits May Extend to the Gut, Heart and Brain

While decades of cranberry research has found that regular consumption of cranberry products promotes urinary tract health, leading scientists studying the bioactive components of fruits and other foods reported that cranberries possess whole body health benefits. In a July 2016 Advances in Nutrition supplement, Impact of Cranberries on Gut Microbiota and Cardiometabolic Health: Proceedings of the Cranberry Health Research Conference 2015, a team of international researchers reviewed the complex, synergistic actions of compounds that are uniquely cranberry. Their discussion led them to conclude that this berry may be more than just a tart and tangy fruit. “It has been established that […]