For many people, eating cranberries is a sort of “one-off.”  A traditional, time-honored companion to turkey and stuffing, cranberries may be consumed at a holiday meal – often in the form of canned, processed cranberry jelly – then promptly forgotten until next year.  But, if this is the extent of your experience with cranberries, you may be missing out on valuable nutrients and plant compounds that can make for a “happy heart.”
In a new study conducted at King’s College, London, researchers discovered that polyphenols in cranberries could improve blood vessel function, thereby promoting cardiovascular health.  So let’s see what makes these tart little crimson berries so uniquely beneficial to the human heart.
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