A new study in the university of British Columbia shows that cranberry contains plenty of procyanidins (PACs), it can prevent urethra infections of children.
In this study, researchers recruited 40 children who was infected urocystitis in the past few years, drinking cranberry juice rich in PACs and another group drinking fruit juice without any cranberry components, last a period of one year. The results show that the rate of urocystitis infection in cranberries group is 0.4 times each while the control group is 1.15 each.
The researchers said the study further supported the cranberry can reduce urocystitis infection, but still need more study to confirm the effect.