can some one tell me if cranberry apple juice is also good for urine tract infections?

Question

my daughter has a urine tract infection and she is on antibiotics for it. but my wic only allows certain juices. so i was wondering if cranberry apple juice will be all right.

Answer 1

It will do a good job, straight cranberry is the best, but apple cranberry works too. Sometimes it works better than meds will, depending on how bad the infection is.

Answer 2

Pure cranberry juice without extra sugar, is more beneficial.

Cranberry keeps bacteria from clinging to the walls of the urinary tract and, like vitamin C, acidifies the urine (cranberry is rich in vitamin C).

Use a home test, available in drugstores, to help you find out if you have a UTI.

Drink a big glass of water once an hour or alternate with cranberry juice. Purchase the unsweetened form, and dilute it with water.

Don’t buy cranberry "drinks," which are heavily sugared. All this fluid increases the flow of urine, which then washes harmful bacteria out of your system.

Answer 3

Cranberry juice is very good. Make sure it's Cranberry Juice and not Cranberry Drink or Cranberry Juice Drink. Also, there's an over the counter medication called "Uristat." It makes urine bright orange, but removes any pain associated with urination.

Answer 4

Any cranberry is better then none, but the key is to drink as much of it as possible. (water too!) You have several options...

1) pure cranberry juice, available at health food stores only. Tastes horrible, and I mean horrible but gets the trick done quickly.

2) Regular cranberry cocktail, typically only 10% cranberry (again, cause pure stuff tastes yuck) so chug it down

3) Drink lots of water in conjunction with cranberry tablets, found in any supplement section of a store.

Remember she should be drinking at least 1.5-2 liters of fluid a day, the more she has to go to the bathroom, the better she will feel.

Answer 5

Yes, either cranberry apple juice, or cranberry juice work. I`ve tried both, although the cranberry apple juice is a little too sweet for me! Drink plenty of this, as it`s a urinary antiseptic. Also drink plenty of water, as this helps flush bad bacteria away. Good luck.

Mel x

Answer 6

It won't relieve her symptoms as fast as straight cranberry juice because apple juice has a lot of fructose or sugar in it. If you can, get I can of cranberry juice and mix it with the cran-apple that you bought- that way the strength will be 2 cranberry to 1 apple-- a much better mix for her uti..........

Answer 7

Cranberry apple juice will be ok but just plain cranberry juice would be better or so I was told by my Dr. when I had one. Did you ask you Dr. what caused the infection? I would tell you but it's kind of gross. But knowing the cause will help prevent future infections.

Answer 8

Yes, i know that it also helps when you have stones on the liver, i'm sorry if the word "liver" is not the right spelling. But it have to be 100% natural for it to work, buy the frut at the supermarket and smash it to have the juice only and drink it just like that, at least 1 or 2 glases of it a day. I also recoment to visit this website it have 100%natural products and you will see one that is a juice that helps people to make the Immune System stronger. It is helping me with my allergies.

Answer 9

Yes,as long as its cranberry juice. I have had UTIs all my life, my grandmother, mom and my daughter all have a history of them. Cranberry juice works any kind of cranberry. The strawberry cranberry juice taste the best. . Take care of her, she is hurting. Hopefully she will get better soon.

Answer 10

Cranberry juice is recommended for urinary tract infections, and cranberry apple will be okay. If you can get plain cranberry, so much the better.