Do Cranberries Work For Urinary Tract Infections In Dogs?
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The cranberry vs UTIs in dogs: the ultimate showdown. Here's what research says!
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RESOURCES & LINKS:
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Cranberry Juice Studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27251...
Cranberry Capsule Studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25882...
Abundance of Infectious Bacteria in the Gut May Predict Risk of Urinary Tract Infection: https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2...
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OK so here’s the thing about UTIs in dogs - they’re usually caused by bacteria in the bladder, kidneys or urinary tract - but they can also be caused by inflammation there too.
Most of the time, UTIs happened because E. Coli or other harmful bacteria escape the gut and get into the urinary tract. These bacteria poop out nasty toxins that cause inflammation in the kidneys or wherever they take up camp - and this causes your dog to pee more often and even cause pain. Because the cause is bacteria, most vets will send you home with antibiotics. But the problem is, you have to think about how the bacteria got out of your dog’s digestive tract and into her urinary tract? Well, researchers at Cornell University found that the more E coli and other nasty bacteria varieties in the gut, the higher the risk of UTIs. And that’s why UTIs tend to come back again and again if you try to fight them with antibiotics - sure, they’ll destroy the E. Coli but they’ll also destroy a lot of the good gut bacteria too, and this opens the door for E. Coli and other harmful bugs to just move right back in again. There will be fewer good bacteria to crowd them out. So that takes us back to the small but mighty cranberry. Like other fruits and veggies, cranberries are rich in little substances called polyphenols. Researchers aren’t exactly sure yet how they work, but they believe that a substance called D-mannose stopped E. Coli from attaching to the urinary tract. This led them to believe that D-mannose supplements would work better than cranberries. But there are dozens, if not hundreds of polyphenols in cranberries that can fight UTIs - and other health problems. And the most important ones are little guys called PACs.
These polyphenols are unique to the cranberry and they can also stop harmful bacteria from attaching to the urinary tract - but the funny thing about PACs and other polyphenols is that they reduce inflammation because they control your dog’s immune system. Your dog can’t digest PACs and polyphenols - but they feed the friendly gut bacteria that live there. And, in return, those beneficial bugs get fat and happy and will crowd out any unfriendly bacteria like E coli. But they also poop out beneficial substances when they eat polyphenols. They’ll make short chain fatty acids that your dog can’t get in his diet - and these will build a healthier mucus layer in the gut and urinary tract, which will keep pathogenic bacteria from getting into the wrong places. The healthy mucus layer also prevents leaky gut in your dog.
So cranberries help prevent UTIs by building a healthy mucus coating, growing healthy bacteria populations and preventing leaky gut, which can allow harmful bacteria to escape the gut. The PAC doesn’t even travel to the urinary tract - but it decreases inflammation and stops harmful bacteria from getting there by making positive changes in the gut bacteria. And, unlike antibiotic treatment, that healthy gut and strong gut lining will protect your dog from UTIS for a very, very long time - and a lot of other health issues too. For example, rats that ate a high fat diet suffered less liver damage if they just got some cranberry juice.
So with that said, the second thing you need to do if your dog suffers from UTIs is support his gut with probiotics. These are beneficial bugs that will support the growth of healthy bacteria populations - which will crowd out unfriendlies and help exit harmful bacteria from the gut. So give probiotics alongside cranberries.
OK, so how many cranberries should your dog get? Well, that’s a tough one because the people who do research studies try to isolate individual chemicals from cranberries that they can patent and make money from - nobody’s going to get rich selling cranberries! But I think it’s important to give the whole cranberry and not just D-mannose because you’ll want the gut-protecting benefits of PACs and other polyphenols. So with that said, most human studies that show positive results average about 275 mg of whole, dry cranberries or about 25mg of powdered cranberries daily. So for a medium sized dog, that would be about 50 - 100mg of fresh or dried cranberries or 10-15mg of powdered cranberries daily.
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RESOURCES & LINKS:
_______________________________________________
Cranberry Juice Studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27251...
Cranberry Capsule Studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25882...
Abundance of Infectious Bacteria in the Gut May Predict Risk of Urinary Tract Infection: https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2...
_______________________________________________
OK so here’s the thing about UTIs in dogs - they’re usually caused by bacteria in the bladder, kidneys or urinary tract - but they can also be caused by inflammation there too.
Most of the time, UTIs happened because E. Coli or other harmful bacteria escape the gut and get into the urinary tract. These bacteria poop out nasty toxins that cause inflammation in the kidneys or wherever they take up camp - and this causes your dog to pee more often and even cause pain. Because the cause is bacteria, most vets will send you home with antibiotics. But the problem is, you have to think about how the bacteria got out of your dog’s digestive tract and into her urinary tract? Well, researchers at Cornell University found that the more E coli and other nasty bacteria varieties in the gut, the higher the risk of UTIs. And that’s why UTIs tend to come back again and again if you try to fight them with antibiotics - sure, they’ll destroy the E. Coli but they’ll also destroy a lot of the good gut bacteria too, and this opens the door for E. Coli and other harmful bugs to just move right back in again. There will be fewer good bacteria to crowd them out. So that takes us back to the small but mighty cranberry. Like other fruits and veggies, cranberries are rich in little substances called polyphenols. Researchers aren’t exactly sure yet how they work, but they believe that a substance called D-mannose stopped E. Coli from attaching to the urinary tract. This led them to believe that D-mannose supplements would work better than cranberries. But there are dozens, if not hundreds of polyphenols in cranberries that can fight UTIs - and other health problems. And the most important ones are little guys called PACs.
These polyphenols are unique to the cranberry and they can also stop harmful bacteria from attaching to the urinary tract - but the funny thing about PACs and other polyphenols is that they reduce inflammation because they control your dog’s immune system. Your dog can’t digest PACs and polyphenols - but they feed the friendly gut bacteria that live there. And, in return, those beneficial bugs get fat and happy and will crowd out any unfriendly bacteria like E coli. But they also poop out beneficial substances when they eat polyphenols. They’ll make short chain fatty acids that your dog can’t get in his diet - and these will build a healthier mucus layer in the gut and urinary tract, which will keep pathogenic bacteria from getting into the wrong places. The healthy mucus layer also prevents leaky gut in your dog.
So cranberries help prevent UTIs by building a healthy mucus coating, growing healthy bacteria populations and preventing leaky gut, which can allow harmful bacteria to escape the gut. The PAC doesn’t even travel to the urinary tract - but it decreases inflammation and stops harmful bacteria from getting there by making positive changes in the gut bacteria. And, unlike antibiotic treatment, that healthy gut and strong gut lining will protect your dog from UTIS for a very, very long time - and a lot of other health issues too. For example, rats that ate a high fat diet suffered less liver damage if they just got some cranberry juice.
So with that said, the second thing you need to do if your dog suffers from UTIs is support his gut with probiotics. These are beneficial bugs that will support the growth of healthy bacteria populations - which will crowd out unfriendlies and help exit harmful bacteria from the gut. So give probiotics alongside cranberries.
OK, so how many cranberries should your dog get? Well, that’s a tough one because the people who do research studies try to isolate individual chemicals from cranberries that they can patent and make money from - nobody’s going to get rich selling cranberries! But I think it’s important to give the whole cranberry and not just D-mannose because you’ll want the gut-protecting benefits of PACs and other polyphenols. So with that said, most human studies that show positive results average about 275 mg of whole, dry cranberries or about 25mg of powdered cranberries daily. So for a medium sized dog, that would be about 50 - 100mg of fresh or dried cranberries or 10-15mg of powdered cranberries daily.
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