A new clinical trial found that daily consumption of cranberries for one month improved cardiovascular function in healthy men. FOX13
FILE IMAGE- A harvest of cranberries in flooded bogs in Massachusetts is pictured in a file image. As the old saying goes: 100 grams of fresh cranberries a day may help keep the doctor away — or in this case, the heart doctor.
A new study led by researchers at King's College London found that daily consumption of cranberries for one month improved cardiovascular function in healthy men. The researchers examined 45 healthy men, who each consumed either two packets of whole cranberry freeze-dried powder — equivalent to 100 g of fresh cranberries — or a placebo.
The study was a double-blind randomized controlled trial, meaning neither the participants nor the researchers knew which intervention participants received before the end of the trial. These types of studies are often considered the
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