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| They're way too valuable to limit to just once a year. | | | | goods make tasty use of cranberries.But how about |
| A mainstay of this traditional American feast, | | | | Turkey and Cranberry Panini, or Cranberry Apple |
| cranberries count among just three fruits indigenous | | | | Scampi with Sweet Peppers? For an exhaustive |
| to North America.The Pilgrims named the red berries, | | | | source of cranberry recipes and cranberry |
| but Native American Indians used them long before | | | | preparation tips, visit Ocean Spray's web site: "Ocean |
| Europeans set foot on the new land as a healing | | | | Spray" and you think cranberry juice. Actually an |
| agent and a dye for fabric.Sailors ate cranberries to | | | | agricultural cooperative owned by more than 650 |
| ward off scurvy and bartered with them for other | | | | cranberry growers, Ocean Spray boasts the |
| goods.Today, commercial growers raise cranberries | | | | best-selling brand name of canned and bottled juice |
| throughout the northern United States and | | | | since 1981.Health food stores carry cranberry powder |
| Canada.HEALTH BENEFITS | | | | and extract, as well as cranberry flower |
| Loaded with antioxidants, flavinoids, and polyphenols, | | | | tea.FESTIVALS |
| this little red berry reigns as nature's medicine | | | | Many communities celebrate the cranberry with |
| chest.Long known to fight urinary tract infections, | | | | festivals: |
| cranberries combat potent bacteria such as | | | | Warrens, Wisconsin is the "Cranberry Capital of |
| Helicobacter pylori and Escherichia coli.Cranberries | | | | Wisconsin". Residents of this Wisconsin community |
| inhibit the growth of oral bacteria that causes | | | | welcome 100,000 visitors to one of America's biggest |
| periodontal gum disease and stomach ulcers.The | | | | festivals. Events include a parade, shopping, and an |
| highest antioxidant-containing fruit, cranberries offer a | | | | arts and crafts festival. The Cranberry Festival in |
| healthy, natural defense in the battle against heart | | | | Chatsworth, New Jersey is the third largest cranberry |
| disease and cancer.Cranberry flavinoids inhibit the | | | | festival in the United States. Cranberry Festival in |
| accumulation of bad cholesterol in the arteries, known | | | | Bala, Ontario, Canada offers entertainment, |
| as atherosclerosis.Recent research finds cranberry | | | | attractions and vendors. Port, Massachusetts |
| seed oil rich in tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E, as | | | | Cranberry Festival features a crafts tent, food |
| well as omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Cranberry | | | | booths, carnival, entertainment, and fire works. Stone |
| seed oil claims the lowest level of saturated fat of | | | | Lake Cranberry Festival in Stone Lake, Wisconsin, |
| the most commonly used edible oils.New studies | | | | population 544, hosts over 30,000 guests. |
| determine that cranberries may even fight the loss | | | | CRANBERRY CHRONICLES |
| of coordination and memory common in the aging | | | | The cranberry claims it own |
| process, resulting in dementia and Alzheimer's | | | | Magazine - Institute - and Marketing committee - |
| disease.Extreme tartness prevents the cranberry | | | | This small, versatile, and amazing berry deserves a |
| from achieving "perfect fruit" status, at least for | | | | place in your daily diet.Looking for diet and weight |
| most palates, necessitating sweetening of juices and | | | | loss tips? Kathy Ferneau has created an excellent |
| jellies.HOW TO EAT CRANBERRIES | | | | resource for information on diets, healthy eating, and |
| Juice accounts for most cranberry consumption, with | | | | exercise. |