D-Mannose SAP 50g NFH

Annually, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are responsible for more than 11 million physician visits in the United States. Although normally a commensal inhabitant of the intestinal and gastrointestinal tract of humans, E. coli is the most common urinary tract pathogen, whose overgrowth and over-colonization accounts for 85 % of UTIs. Cranberries have been used as a medicinal agent for centuries to promote health, but recently the scientific literature has proven that proanthocyanidins, contained in cranberries, as well as a simple sugar, D - mannose, specifically inhibit the adhesion and proliferation of E. coli in the urinary tract. Cranberry extracts and D - mannose each independently inhibit one of two adhesion methods utilized by E. coli .