date:Sep 25, 2012
onsuming the placebo.
Led by Dr Janet Novotny from the US Department of Agriculture, and backed by funding from Ocean Spray, the researchers gave low-calorie cranberry juice or a matched placebo beverage to 56 adult volunteers, diet for eight weeks.
The team found that BP values dropped from an average of 121/73 mmHg to 118/70 mmHg for those drinking the low-calorie cranberry juice. The placebo group showed no change.
Cranberry juice is rich in phenolic compounds, whether sweetened with sugar