Is it unhealthy to drink to much Cranberry Juice?

Question

I just had 2 big glasses...

Answer 1

No, cranberry juice is really good for you. It's an anti-oxident and will help remove toxins from your body. You'll pee like a race-horse, but other than that, it's fine.

Answer 2

I don't think so! Cranberries have lots of health benefits. (much better than 2 beers!!)

But seriously...
Cranberry Health

Cardiovascular Health
Preliminary research shows that cranberries have the ability to decrease total cholesterol and LDL, or bad cholesterol, and increase blood flow.

Anti-Cancer
Cranberries are rich in flavonoids. These phytonutrients have been shown to inhibit certain types of cancer.

Ulcers

New research suggests compounds found in Cranberries may inhibit ulcer-causing bacteria from sticking to the stomach wall.

Anti-Aging
Polyphenolic compounds found in Cranberry may help to protect against neurodegenerative diseases, and the memory and coordination losses often associated with aging.

Urinary Tract Infection
The Proanothcyanidins found in Cranberries can prevent urinary tract infections by inhibiting E. coli bacteria from attaching to the urinary tract wall. The National Kidney Foundation recommends drinking at least one large glass of cranberry juice a day to help maintain urinary tract health.

Answer 3

Health benefits
Cranberries are a source of polyphenol antioxidants, phytochemicals under active research for possible benefits to the cardiovascular system, immune system and as anti-cancer agents.

There is potential benefit of cranberry juice consumption against bacterial infections in the urinary system. While much of the evidence is equivocal, hypotheses suggest that an effect occurs from a component of the juice competitively inhibiting bacterial attachment to the bladder and urethra, allowing the bacteria to be flushed out more easily. A working hypothesis is that this mechanism results from the high molecular weight non-dializable material (NDM) contained within the cranberry acting against P-fimbrial adhesion by unpathogenic E. coli[citation needed]. By recognizing the galactose-galactose linkage on the bacterial cell wall, NDM may also prevent type 1 fimbriae of gram negative E. coli adhering to receptors on the bladder epithelium[citation needed]. This action may involve D-mannose[citation needed] and fructose, two monosaccharides present in the cranberry[citation needed].

Although promising for anti-bacterial activity, long-term consumption of cranberry juice has only limited evidence for beneficial effects against urinary tract infections in women. Similar applications have not been successfully proved in other clinical trials of consuming cranberry juice or tablets by people with spinal cord injury associated with bladder catheterization, neurogenic bladder or infrequent urination, any of which may be associated with increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.

An autumn 2004 caution from the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the UK agency dealing with drug safety, advised patients taking warfarin not to drink cranberry juice after adverse effects were reported, possibly resulting from the presence of salicylic acid native to] polyphenol-rich plants such as the cranberry.

Cranberry juice contains a chemical component, a high molecular weight non-dializable material (NDM), as noted above, that is able to inhibit and even reverse the formation of plaque by Streptococcus mutan pathogens that cause tooth decay.

Cranberry juice components also show efficacy against formation of kidney stones.

Raw cranberries are by far the most abundant food source of the anthocyanidin flavonoid peonidin and are also rich in two other anthocyanidins, cyanidin and petunidin. These compounds have an unknown effect on human health. Although they are extraordinarily powerful at inhibiting and even killing many kinds of human cancer cells in vitro (that is, in a petri dish), their effect when ingested by humans is unproven, and substantial questions about their effectiveness are raised by their poor absorption into human cells, and their rapid elimination from the human bloodstream.




Cranberries exhibit a level of tannins, in addition to antioxidants. Tannins have anti-clotting properties, and may help reduce both urinary tract infections and the amount of dental plaque-causing bacteria in the mouth, thus being a prophylaxis for gingivitis.

Nutrients in raw cranberries

Nutrient Value per 100 grams
Energy 46 kcal
Fiber, total dietary 4.6 g
Sugars, total 4.04 g
Calcium, Ca 8 mg
Magnesium, Mg 6 mg
Phosphorus, P 13 mg
Potassium, K 85 mg
Sodium, Na 2 mg
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid 13.3 mg
Vitamin A, IU 60 IU
Carotene, beta 36 mcgJ
Lutein + zeaxanthin 91 mcg

so, not unhealthy!

Answer 4

for more than a year now, cranberry juice has been part of my daily diet, come high tide or low. i drink two glasses a day, sometimes more. it is very healthy and beneficial. ur fine, do not worry.

Answer 5

Nope. Cranberry juice is healthy for your body and your system. Might make you pee alot though.

Answer 6

the chances are you have had a diluted juice.unless you squeezed it yourself
100% cranberry is VERY difficult to find if at all. I cannot even obtain it through the kidney unit.
its good for you, flushes through the urinary tract. you will be fine-and healthy!!

Answer 7

i think so. I think it's unhealthy to get too much of anything.
Like water for example, if you drink too much too quickly you could get water poisoning and you could even die. But I think you're fine if you had just 2. Almost everything in moderation is fine.

Answer 8

its good for you. it cleans out your urinary tract. but if you drink loads it may have the opposite affect and give you diahorria

Answer 9

that aint 2 much

Answer 10

Absolutely not.
Cranberry is good for health, for sight above all...