Cranberry Juice Benefits

Cranberry juice is a flavorful addition to alcoholic beverages and to alcohol-free drinks. Like many other fruit juices, there are many health and nutritional benefits that cranberry juice can bring to your daily diet.

Vitamin C

Cranberry juice is high in vitamin C, with 39 percent of your daily value in one cup of juice. Vitamin C is important for keeping the immune system healthy, and it is also an important antioxidant in the body.

Urinary Tract Infections

According to CranberryJuice.com, the juice features proanthocyanidins, which give "anti-adhesion properties" to the body. This can help to prevent and cleanse the body of urinary tract infections.

Phytochemicals

Cranberryjuice.com also notes that cranberry juice has phytochemicals. These are similar to antioxidants in the sense that they help to prevent cancer.

Vitamin E

One cup of cranberry juice has 15 percent of your daily recommended amount of vitamin E. According to NutritionData, vitamin E might help reduce the risk of heart attacks.

Vitamin K

There is 16 percent of your daily recommended amount of vitamin K in a serving of cranberry juice. Vitamin K is known for helping to move calcium throughout the body.

References

• Cranberryjuice.com
• Nutritional Information
• NutritionData