Cranberry, A Healthy Addition to Your Plate!

The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk

It's that time of year! Cranberries are in season! There's a good chance you'll sit down to some cranberry dishes or drinks during the holidays. Maybe this episode can be fodder for conversation? ("Yes, Uncle Frank, those pics are... something. That chicken nugget really does look like Elvis. A-hem, how about this cranberry sauce? Did you know... ")
In this holiday minisode, Tina & Leah chat about the history, the culinary, and the medicinal uses of cranberries. So, what are you waiting for? Hit that play button! And remember to give us a 5-star review. :) (We appreciate it!)
26 ways to use a bag of cranberries (warning: not all of them are naturopath-approved)
The Cranberry Blitzen Mocktail Recipe (by Leah!)
The Festive Cranberry Shrub Leah mentions in the episode
Orange-cranberry, gluten-free biscotti recipe (by our former guest, Amy Rothenberg, ND)
More technical info on cranberries and their effects:
Sloan-Kettering review of cranberries as medicine
Review of phytochemicals in cranberries (proanthocyanidins and such)
Cranberries for Urinary Tract Infections(UTIs)- the latest Cochran Review (2023)
The mechanism of UTI prevention
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1. Intro to the Cranberry Minisode (00:00:00)

2. Cranberry shrub- not the plant, the drink! (00:01:25)

3. Big words in the kitchen (00:02:57)

4. Getting to know cranberry, some facts (00:03:20)

5. Red pigment = the good stuff (00:06:00)

6. Cranberries and urinary tract infections (UTIs) (00:06:49)

7. Anti-cancer effects - in cancer cells (00:09:19)

8. Other conditions cranberries are known to help (00:09:35)

9. Cranberries may prevent biofilms (00:10:18)

10. Cautions with cranberries (according to the medical literature) (00:11:56)

11. The bacteria involved in cancer = oncobiome (00:14:17)

12. Our favorite ways to eat (or not eat) cranberries (00:15:33)

13. Wrap up - follow us! (00:18:47)