The medical and health community is fast recognizing antioxidants as premier disease fighters. Cranberries have been shown to contain more antioxidant phenols than 19 commonly eaten fruits according to a study published in the November 19, 2001 edition of the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry ^x." These antioxidants may play a role in helping to prevent heart disease and certain cancers" according to the study's author Dr. Joe Vinson at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

But just what are antioxidants? Antioxidants are compounds that are naturally manufactured by the body and/or are ingested, primarily as components of fruits and vegetables, which have the ability to stabilize free radicals by donating an electron, and at the same time, do not become free radicals themselves. Under conditions of stress the human body's ability to produce antioxidants can become severely impaired. Cranberries can serve as a good source of supplemental antioxidants. Simply put, antioxidants protect our bodies from harmful molecules we are exposed to every day of our lives.