Urinary Infection Prevention: Eat Wild Blueberries

Got a Recurring Bladder Problem? Eating Wild Blueberries
Can Help Prevent Bladder Infections

It's true.

Blueberries prevent urinary infection (aka UTIs and cystitis) by promoting urinary health.

Epicatechin is the bioflavanoid (antioxidant) found in cranberries that's responsible for their well-known ability to prevent or eliminate bladder infections (aka UTI or cystitis). urinary infection

It's not so widely known that epicatechin is also found in blueberries.

Epicatechin stops E.coli bacteria from sticking to the mucosal lining of the bladder and urethra, thus stopping an infection from taking place (the bad bacteria are excreted rather than lurking to cause trouble).

Anyone who's ever suffered from a UTI knows how miserable you can feel, and those who get recurrent infections know it can make life a misery. So anything you can do to prevent an episode is a bonus.

Consuming blueberries, drinking blueberry or cranberry juice (pure juice rather than berry flavoured water), eating more fresh fruit and drinking probiotics (fermented milk) reduces re-occurance of UTIs.

So if you're tired of glugging endless glasses of cranberry juice, you now have another option to add to your healthy diet arsenal.

Eat your blueberries. Your urinary system will thank you.