#218 Do cranberries help with UTIs? With Dr Rupy
17th Oct 2023
This is a question I’m asked all the time as a GP! In todays episode we’ll go into cranberries in a bit more detail, the chemicals in cranberries that exert benefits and what the mechanism of action could be.
I go into the controversies around these recent Cochrane findings, what we know and what we don’t know as well as the type of product that I recommend people try if they are interested in UTI prevention.
Of course we talk about gut microbes and their impact on berries, and a wider discussion about how to choose supplements and why I prefer whole food supplements rather than individual micronutrients.
References/sources
- Reviews: Nemzer et al. Molecules. 2022 - Narwojsz et al. Plant Foods Hum. 2019
- Incidence: Butler et al. British Journal of General Practice. 2015
- Mechanisms: González de Llano D et al. Molecules. 2020 - Tamargo et al. Food Chemistry. 2022 - Rauf et al. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2019
- Other options: Das et al. Futur J Pharm Sci. 2020 - NIDDK
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