heathy drink for children

[ehl-e-chamman]

Re: heathy drink for children

@aahmed

She doesn’t drink too much water, but she drinks lots, she plays hard and gets thirsty, she stays hydrated which is important. We add a splash of cranberry juice because we almost never let her have sodas or fruit juices from concentrate, so a splash of cranberry juice makes the water a bit tastier once in a while and also keeps UTIs at bay.

truly dont mean to derail the thread but I really wanted to share that the idea of cranberry juice in treating or preventing UTI’s has really fallen out of favour. There were previous (older) studies that suggest a benefit and clinicians used to make it a part of their recommendations but we now know that the quantity of the active ingredient in cranberries (A-type proanthocyanidins) that actually prevents the bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall is insufficient in cranberry juice and other cranberry based oral supplements. there may be some benefit to its use in prevention of UTI’s in women with recurrent UTI’s but thats also pretty debatable.

Here is the 2012 Cochrane review (a met@ analysis) that discusses the issue.
Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections - The Cochrane Library - Jepson - Wiley Online Library

and here is another little blurb on the issue from Cleveland clinic.
Hold the Cranberries

mu apologies again for an off topic post but its well meant in the interest of public health education.