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Recipes with Cranberry: Wild Rice with Cranberry & Almonds
Too Tired After Turkey?
When you've overdosed on tryptophan (the chemical in turkey that makes you sleepy), the sour tart taste of cranberries refreshes your mind and stimulates your palate with a gush of saliva and juiciness. From saliva to the skin, from your liver to your GI tract, sour taste floods all your glands with juiciness. That makes sour taste a useful aid in protein digestion - and cranberries an indispensable accompaniment to your Thanksgiving meal.
Digesting Fats for the Holidays
Sour taste increases bile production and purgation from the liver, improving fat digestion and metabolism. Bile functions to emulsify fats in the small intestine, helping your body manage an overload of rich Thanksgiving yumminess. It promotes good cholesterol.
Sour Detoxifies the Blood
By flushing bile, sour taste assists the liver in detoxifying the blood. You can experience this detoxification as relaxation and refreshment of the eyes. The eyes are the window to the liver and relax whenever toxic liver heat is released from the body. Cranberry is high in antioxidants which detoxifies free radicals. It is also rich in beta-carotene, a liver restorative and blood alterative.
Juicy or Dry?
If the roof of your mouth is rough and dry after drinking cranberry juice, you've experienced astringent taste, one of the six fundamental tastes in Ayurveda. Astringent taste tightens and tones tissues. It is cooling and reduces inflammation. However, astringency is also drying, and will aggravate people with persistent dryness.
Cranberries are an astringent fruit. Their astringency helps them balance the dampness of their natural habitat: the swampy cranberry bog. Despite the gush of saliva from their sourness, cranberries are a strong diuretic and ultimately dehydrating. They increase urine production and effectively flush the urinary tract. Cranberry is also useful in bladder infection due to antimicrobial phenolic compounds and because it acidifies the urine. Under these conditions, bacteria are unable to attach to the wall of the bladder.
Bile and the Bowels
Bile's oilyness and heat is a digestive lubricant and remedy for constipation that keeps stool soft, encouraging regular elimination of the bowels. Ironically, cranberry is useful for both diarrhea and constipation. It's astringency helps bind stools, and soothes inflammatory heat conditions in the digestive tract.
Recipes with Cranberry: Butternut Squash Salad with Pine Nuts & Arugula
About Cranberry
Cranberries grow in acidic bogs. Early settlers in North American thought cranberry flowers looked like a crane, and named them 'craneberry'. They are a major commercial crop in North America.
Buying & Preparation
Cranberries are traditional fruit for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Cooking Cranberry
Cranberry sauce and juice are the most popular preparations. Cranberries are very tart and often diluted in water or sugar to improve palatability.
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AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT
Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances.
With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you.
Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature.
By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health.
See How it Works.
Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick.
Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.
Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food.
Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body.
Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food.
Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods.
Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion.
Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste.
One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes.
The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent.
Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?
Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia.
They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature.
Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.
Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.
Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cranberry
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary.
The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.
An agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. Antimicrobial is an umbrella term that can be broken down into specific categories of target microorganism, such as anti-bacterials, fungals, and virals.
STRONG ALTERATIVE
Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
STRONG ANTIOXIDANT
An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.
An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
A herb that contracts tissue or blood vessels. Generally styptics are astringent. They are often used topically as a hemostatic to stop bleeding, or to reduce secretions.
STRONG DIURETIC
Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.
Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
In each study below, students from the
Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda ate the selected food for 3 days and reported the effects.
See other studies of food & herbs at Joyful Belly.
TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION
How did Cranberry affect your temperature?
30
24
18
12
6
0
2
14
26
5
1
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your ear temperature?
42
34
26
18
10
2
3
38
7
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SweatHow did Cranberry affect your sweat quantity?
45
36
27
18
9
0
1
5
40
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SkinHow did Cranberry affect the tones / color of your skin?
45
36
27
18
9
0
0
3
6
0
39
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the color of your tongue body? *This question refers to the tongue itself, not the coating.
30
24
18
12
6
0
8
17
0
23
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the swelling or size of your tongue body?
40
33
26
19
12
5
7
6
35
More Swelling (larger/fatter)
Less Swelling (smaller/thinner)
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
DigestionFor help analyzing your digestion,
see overview of Digestive Health
How did Cranberry
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21
16
11
6
1
2
10
21
10
5
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your digestion speed? *This can be gauged by how quickly you feel hungry after eating and how quickly you eliminate your meal.
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
14
21
8
3
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
TOXINS
How did Cranberry affect the amount of your gas & bloating?
35
28
21
14
7
0
1
8
28
9
2
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the intensity of your stool smell?
35
28
21
14
7
0
0
4
31
12
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the thickness & size (surface area) of your tongue coating?
25
20
15
10
5
0
4
19
18
6
1
Much smaller/thinner coating
Slightly less coating
Same
Slightly larger/thicker coating
Much larger coating
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the color of your tongue coating?
40
32
24
16
8
0
3
1
3
6
35
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your throat soreness?
44
36
28
20
12
4
6
37
5
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the intensity of your urine smell?
40
32
24
16
8
0
0
4
33
11
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
0
41
6
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the intensity of your sweat smell?
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
2
42
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 49 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your acne?
51
41
31
21
11
1
3
43
2
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the shade of your freckles/moles?
50
40
30
20
10
0
2
45
1
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
0
0
0
4
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
43
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the shade / color of your lower eyelid?
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
4
42
2
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
HYDRATION
UrineHow did Cranberry affect your urine frequency/quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
18
21
6
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the dryness of your skin?
31
25
19
13
7
1
19
2
27
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the puffiness of your lower eyelid?
45
36
27
18
9
0
1
39
8
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the cracks on your tongue?
35
28
21
14
7
0
1
14
30
2
1
Much more/larger/longer cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less
Much less/smaller/shorter cracks
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
FLUID-THICKNESS
How did Cranberry affect your ear pressure?
51
41
31
21
11
1
2
42
4
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
RespiratoryHow did Cranberry affect your level of sinus congestion?
37
30
23
16
9
2
3
33
13
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 49 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
37
30
23
16
9
2
3
30
15
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
NERVOUS-SYSTEM
How did Cranberry affect your energy levels?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
2
25
19
2
Much less energy
Slightly less energy
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more energy
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your muscle tension?
40
32
24
16
8
0
1
6
33
8
0
Much less tension
Slightly less tension
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more tension
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your anxiety levels?
40
32
24
16
8
0
1
7
32
8
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less anxiety
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more anxiety
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the movement or stillness of your tongue as you hold it out?
43
35
27
19
11
3
4
37
7
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
DIGESTION
How did Cranberry affect the amount of your gas & bloating?
35
28
21
14
7
0
1
8
28
9
2
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
DigestionFor help analyzing your digestion,
see overview of Digestive Health
How did Cranberry
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
10
21
10
5
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect burning sensations in your digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?
35
28
21
14
7
0
1
7
30
8
2
Much relief
Slight relief
Same
Slightly more burning
Much more burning
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your digestion speed? *This can be gauged by how quickly you feel hungry after eating and how quickly you eliminate your meal.
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
14
21
8
3
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
TONGUE
How did Cranberry affect the color of your tongue coating?
40
32
24
16
8
0
3
1
3
6
35
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the movement or stillness of your tongue as you hold it out?
43
35
27
19
11
3
4
37
7
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the cracks on your tongue?
35
28
21
14
7
0
1
14
30
2
1
Much more/larger/longer cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less
Much less/smaller/shorter cracks
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the color of your tongue body? *This question refers to the tongue itself, not the coating.
30
24
18
12
6
0
8
17
0
23
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the swelling or size of your tongue body?
40
33
26
19
12
5
7
6
35
More Swelling (larger/fatter)
Less Swelling (smaller/thinner)
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the thickness & size (surface area) of your tongue coating?
25
20
15
10
5
0
4
19
18
6
1
Much smaller/thinner coating
Slightly less coating
Same
Slightly larger/thicker coating
Much larger coating
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
STOOL
How did Cranberry affect your stool lightness?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
9
27
10
2
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly darker
Much darker
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your stool consistency?
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
9
20
13
4
Much softer
Slightly softer
Same
Slightly harder
Much harder
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your stool frequency/quantity?
30
24
18
12
6
0
4
9
26
8
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your stool color?
40
32
24
16
8
0
1
1
3
10
33
More yellow
More gray
More green
More orange
Same
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the intensity of your stool smell?
35
28
21
14
7
0
0
4
31
12
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
URINE
UrineHow did Cranberry affect your urine frequency/quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
18
21
6
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the shade of your urine?
30
24
18
12
6
0
2
8
26
12
0
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly Darker
Much Darker
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your urine clarity?
37
30
23
16
9
2
3
32
13
More cloudy
Same
More clear
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the intensity of your urine smell?
40
32
24
16
8
0
0
4
33
11
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
0
41
6
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SWEAT
How did Cranberry affect the intensity of your sweat smell?
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
2
42
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 49 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SweatHow did Cranberry affect your sweat quantity?
45
36
27
18
9
0
1
5
40
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SKIN
How did Cranberry affect the dryness of your skin?
31
25
19
13
7
1
19
2
27
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the shade of your freckles/moles?
50
40
30
20
10
0
2
45
1
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your acne?
51
41
31
21
11
1
3
43
2
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SkinHow did Cranberry affect the tones / color of your skin?
45
36
27
18
9
0
0
3
6
0
39
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
EYE
How did Cranberry affect the shade / color of your lower eyelid?
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
4
42
2
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the puffiness of your lower eyelid?
45
36
27
18
9
0
1
39
8
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
0
0
0
4
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
43
No Change
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
VisionHow did Cranberry affect your vision clarity?
45
36
27
18
9
0
0
2
39
7
0
Much less clear
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more clear
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
ENT
How did Cranberry affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
37
30
23
16
9
2
3
30
15
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your ear temperature?
42
34
26
18
10
2
3
38
7
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your ear pressure?
51
41
31
21
11
1
2
42
4
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
RespiratoryHow did Cranberry affect your level of sinus congestion?
37
30
23
16
9
2
3
33
13
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 49 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your throat soreness?
44
36
28
20
12
4
6
37
5
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
PRIOR
What is your level of experience with Cranberry?
44
37
30
23
16
9
11
37
I studied / have knowledge of <
I do not have knowledge of <>
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
SYSTEMIC
How did Cranberry affect your muscle tension?
40
32
24
16
8
0
1
6
33
8
0
Much less tension
Slightly less tension
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more tension
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your temperature?
30
24
18
12
6
0
2
14
26
5
1
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your energy levels?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
2
25
19
2
Much less energy
Slightly less energy
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more energy
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your anxiety levels?
40
32
24
16
8
0
1
7
32
8
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less anxiety
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more anxiety
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
HEART
How did Cranberry affect your heart rhythm?
55
44
33
22
11
0
0
46
2
More palpitations
Same
Less palpitations
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
2
45
1
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
How did Cranberry affect your heart rate?
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
4
42
2
0
Much slower
Slightly slower
Same
Slightly faster
Much faster
Total Responses: 48 Study ID:181 (2024-12-10 - 2024-12-24)
Cranberry may be beneficial for these symptoms.
The suitability of any food for a condition is highly dependent on the individual.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
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CONTRAINDICATED FOR THESE SYMPTOMS
Cranberry may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms.
Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
Herb Drug Interaction Risk
Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Cranberry. Please see your health care provider for more information.
Alterative: Anything that strengthens or cleanses the liver can clear drugs more quickly, requiring a higher dose.
Antidepressant: Do not combine with antihistamines.
Blood-thinner: Patients on warfarin (coumadin) and other anticoagulants, or who have clotting difficulties, should take special caution to only use blood thinners under the supervision of a medical doctor.
Diuretic: Diuretics may clear pharmaceutical drugs more quickly, lowering the effect. Avoid if taking water pills or pharmaceutical diuretics.
Livotonic: Anything that strengthens or cleanses the liver can clear drugs more quickly, requiring a higher dose.
Lowers-blood-sugar: Avoid if taking diabetes or other blood sugar lowering medication
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