泌尿道感染一開始是頻尿,後來演變成解不出來,進展到血尿、腎臟發炎,嚴重的話還可能洗腎,必須吃較長時間的抗生素治療,而且並不是得過一次之後就一勞永逸,相反的有些人還容易反覆發作,主要是因為:
市售蔓越莓產品眾多,有果汁類、保健食品類、應該怎麼選擇真正有效果的產品呢?
選擇果汁類的話,最好選擇原汁無糖的,才不會讓糖分反而幫助大腸桿菌的滋長,但原汁無糖果汁嗜口性不佳,選擇酸甜好喝的蔓越莓果汁,雖然好喝又解渴,但已稀釋過,其中的A型原花青素含量可能無法達到有效量,預防效果有限。
因此建議挑選保健食品類,經過生物科技的技術,能夠提取較高濃度的A型原花青素,而且攜帶及食用都很方便。
最新一代的緩釋型蔓越莓,採用美國專利包埋緩釋技術Bio-Shield®,就像腸溶的效果,不會受到胃酸破壞,而在腸中緩緩釋放,進而幫助達到長效性的預防感染的效果,是最新一代的專利技術,也讓蔓越莓的功效更上一層樓。
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