Cranberry, A Gastric Protective Remedy

By Kyle J. Norton

The stomach formed part of the digestive system that receives food from the esophagus before passing them to the small intestine is a muscular organ located on the left side of the upper abdomen.

The stomach is the first line of food digestive by secreting acid and enzymes.

Gastric protection is the process or action that protects the stomach by increasing the production of gastric (stomach) mucus with an aim to protect the stomach wall.

The most common diseases associated with the stomach are
*Gastric/Stomach cancer is a medical and chronic condition caused by the cell growth irregularly and disorderly in the cells on the surface of the inner lining tissue before penetrating deeper into other layers of the stomach to form a tumor, due to the alternation of DNA.

* Gastritis

Gastritis is a group of conditions associated with the inflammation of the lining of the stomach caused by infection of the bacterium, leading stomach ulcers developing.

* A stomach ulcer is an open sore in the lining of the stomach. In most cases, it is a result of bacterial infection that leads to the erosion of the gastric lining by stomach acid.

* Atrophic gastritis is a condition of loss of gastric glandular cells caused by long-term inflammation of the stomach mucous membrane (mucosa).

Loss of the gastric glandular cells in the long term eventually is replaced by intestinal and fibrous tissues.

* Gastric ulcers

Gastric ulcer, a type of peptic ulcer is defined as a condition of localized tissue erosion in the lining of the stomach.

Most cases of stomach diseases are associated with infection, such as with Helicobacter pylori. and the most common symptoms of stomach diseases are nausea, bloating, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Cranberry is an evergreen dwarf shrub, genus Vaccinium, belongings to the family Ericaceae, native to Northern America and Southern Asia. Because of its health benefits, cranberry has been cultivated in some parts of the world for commercial profit and used in traditional and herbal medicine to treat wounds, urinary disorders, diarrhea, diabetes, stomach ailments, and liver problems.

On finding a potential compound for the protection of the stomach, researchers investigated the effects of drinking cranberry juice on H. pylori infection.

According to the review of selected studies, cranberry juice showed significant activity in preventing H. pylori adhesion in vitro to the human gastric mucosa.

In Vivo, cranberry juice fed to mice infected with H. pylori, 80% were cured 24 h following treatment, with an eradication rate of 20%, 4 wk post-treatment.

Moreover, cranberries in the combination with traditional anti-H. pylori antibiotics such as metronidazole and clarithromycin were proven proved effective in improving eradication rates and suppressing infections in endemic populations.

Additionally, the inhibitory action of cranberries against H. pylori was attributed to its effect on the inhibition of adhesion, biofilm formation blocking.

Taken altogether, cranberry combined with conventional medicines may be considered a gastric protective remedy for the management of obesity, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Non-pharmacological treatment of Helicobacter pylori by Haim Shmuely, Noam Domniz, and Jacob Yahav. (PMC)