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Cranberry extracts appear to improve intestinal microbiota and help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. A recent study reported beneficial effects after only four days of use. The research team showed that the polyphenols and oligosaccharides present in a cranberry extract boost the genus Bifidobacterium, associated with a reduced risk of diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases. "Normally, these bacteria are stimulated by dietary fiber consumption. We observed the same effect with cranberry extract with a dose almost 20 times lower," says Jacob Lessard-Lord. Cranberry extracts also stimulate the Akkermansia muciniphila bacterium, which plays an important role in the...

Competitive athletes are always looking for an extra edge. According to a study, they can find one in the common cranberry. In a series of trials involving trained distance runners, the researchers found that ingesting a cranberry supplement for 28 consecutive days led to noticeable improvements in both performance and muscle fatigue following 1,500-meter time trials. Reoxygenation rates were faster, and running speeds improved by 1.5 percent. The researchers recruited 14 high-level runners from Concordia's varsity track and field team and from two Montreal running clubs, who are performing at least five hours of endurance training a week. The athletes...

I think I’ve posted the Russ Parsons/Judy Bird dry brining technique for turkey every year since I found it. It makes the best turkey we’ve had, and is a lot easier than the wet brine. A recent change I’ve noticed is that they now advise that you can even begin this while your turkey is still frozen and thawing: https://food52.com/recipes/15069-russ-parsons-dry-brined-turkey-a-k-a-the-judy-bird************************************* My favorite recipe for cranberry sauce comes from Tasha Tudor. It’s very simple but makes quite a lot if there aren’t many in your crew who like it. I usually halve the recipe and do it in a smaller mold:...

The right time to eat Thanksgiving dinner is 4pm. This gives the host enough time to prepare all the things they left until the last minute like the tossed salad no one wants and the cranberry sauce no one eats. It gives them enough time to decide at the last minute to make a green bean casserole because they’ve had a panic that there’s not going to be enough food.

OK, FRiends, just typed this recipe out for someone else, so thought I'd toss it out there in case anyone wants to follow one of my mad creations. In any case, so far we've had a challenging year but we've made it through some tough times, so I'd also like to praise the God of Israel, that even in these lean times, there are still things for me to be thankful for and I'm sure many of you as well. FReepers needing prayer, recipes, thankfulness, whatever. I'm off to do other things. Got potatoes sliced up roasting in the oven...

CRANBERRY TWP — An Allegheny County man broke through the front door of a township home early Monday morning only to find himself facing the barrel of a pistol, police said. Township officers got to the house in the 200 block of Heston Drive and found suspected burglar Matthew A. Fettis on the floor held at gunpoint by homeowner Joseph Eisel. Officers promptly arrested Fettis, 27, of Richland Township, who apparently was intoxicated. “It was a crazy day,” the 51-year-old Eisel said Tuesday morning of his ordeal. Fettis, was in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail, is charged with...

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Scientists reported new evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy — cranberry juice — for urinary tract infections at the ACS' 240th National Meeting. "A number of controlled clinical trials — these are carefully designed and conducted scientific studies done in humans — have concluded that cranberry juice really is effective for preventing urinary tract infections," said Terri Anne Camesano, Ph.D., who led the study. "That has important implications, considering the size of the problem and the health care costs involved." Estimates suggest that urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for about 8 million medical visits each year, at...

Current clinical evidence for using cranberry juice to combat urinary tract infections is 'unsatisfactory and inconclusive', according to Raul Raz. "An apple a day..." Not all medical problems require a state-of-the-art solution, and it would be nice to think that products from the corner shop could treat a widespread and uncomfortable ailment. Cranberry juice and related products have been touted as a simple solution for urinary tract infections, but Raul Raz, a member of F1000 Medicine, finds little to support this claim. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common complaint. Between 10% and 20% of women will suffer a UTI...

<p>BOSTON (AP) - The nation's cranberry production is expected to fall by 10 percent from last year's record-breaking crop, even as worldwide demand for the berry continues to steadily rise.</p> <p>Still, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast, released Aug. 18, wasn't unwelcome news to growers.</p>

PITTSBURGH -- Target 11 has learned a Cranberry company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing networks discovered what it said is a potentially serious security breach involving President Barack Obama’s helicopter. Tiversa employees found engineering and communications information about Marine One at an IP address in Tehran, Iran. Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, said, ”We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One,which is the president's helicopter." The company was able to trace the file back to its original source. "What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, MD had a file sharing program on one of...

-snip- Consumers may have to look harder and pay more for their fresh berries. But it's good news for New Jersey farmers, who will get paid a premium for their crop. "I heard through the co-op that there's a demand," said Sam Moore, a cranberry farmer in Tabernacle. "I hope it continues." Moore's farm, like many others in the Pine Barrens of South Jersey, is part of a national farming cooperative that supplies Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., and other companies with hundreds of millions of pounds of fresh cranberries annually. New Jersey accounts for 7 percent of the crop, behind...

A Cranberry man who is charged with hiding his mother's body in a freezer so he could continue to collect her monthly retirement checks is going to trial. At a preliminary hearing today for Philip Faxon Royer Jr., police officers recounted how the unemployed former teacher had stuffed the body of his 90-year-old mother into a cooler, then had frozen it in a basement freezer.

A FEW RECIPES WOULDN'T BE BAD, EITHER!......

FALMOUTH - Restore the river or save the bogs - that is the crux of Falmouth's battle over cranberries and herring. In what may be the most decisive debate over this issue yet, on Monday town meeting members will choose a plan to transform the town-owned cranberry bogs that run along the tiny Coonamessett River. Both a town-appointed working group and a neighborhood organization say they have plans that please bog preservationists and those who want to restore the river to its former natural state. But it will be up to town meeting members to decide which plan - Article...

Cranberry juice may help to combat viruses that cause gut disorders, research suggests.Drinking the juice is already recommended as a way to cut the risk of urinary tract infections. Scientists found adding cranberry juice to intestinal viruses in laboratory conditions blocked their ability to infect intestinal cells. The research, by St Francis College in New York, was presented to the American Society for Microbiology. Intestinal viral infections are responsible for thousands of infant deaths around the world each year, mainly in developing countries. The St Francis team focused on an intestinal virus carried by monkeys called SA-11, and several similar...

State police seized more than $5 million in cash Thursday from a tractor-trailer truck found idling on a road shoulder and arrested the driver on a money laundering charge. Detectives with the department's safe freight unit placed the truck under surveillance after troopers noticed it had been idling unattended for two days, Attorney General Peter Harvey said. ``The cash is the proceeds of illegal conduct, possibly narcotics activity, but that still remains under investigation,'' Harvey said. Investigators have not yet determined the exact source of the money, he said. Salvadore Delarosa, 46, of San Bernardino, Calif., was seen near the...