While creating a weight loss plan, consider a short-term cranberry juice fast. The small, red cranberry fruit is native to North America and used in food, beauty, and health-care products. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, cranberry fruits and leaves are a folkloric remedy for wound care, diarrhea, diabetes, stomach ailments, and liver problems. Cranberries have additional attributes that support weight loss.
Melting Fat
The organic acids of cranberry juice have an emulsifying effect on stored fat in the body, states Certified Nutritional Scientist Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D. In layman's terms, this means cranberry stimulates the metabolism to convert stored fat into energy, explains CranberryJuice.com. A two- or three-day vacation from solid foods, drinking only cranberry juice, can jump-start the metabolism and make it work more efficiently once you return eating regularly.
Antibacterial Protection
Cranberries have antibacterial protection, according to a November 2007 press release on ScienceDaily.com. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts discovered that tannins in cranberries can impair E. coli bacteria and thus prevent infection. E. coli bacteria is attributed to an array of health conditions including kidney infections, gastroenteritis and tooth decay.
Diuretic
Cranberry juice is a natural diuretic meaning it can help purge excess water weight, states LifeMojo.com. Short-term bloating commonly occurs during hormonal fluctuations and after excess salt consumption. Fluid retention can put undue strain on blood and lymphatic vessels, thereby leading to conditions such as high blood pressure and glaucoma. Cranberry juice dilutes urine and helps the kidney and bladder to release urine more frequently.
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