[Jackie07]

There are concentrated cranberry pills available also. I used to drink jars and jars of cranberry juice - bought them from either Sam's or Walmart [and grocery store when they are on sale.]

The pills have the advantage in that it cuts down the sugar intake and it can be more effective with a lot of water intake. But usually an infection has to get cleared by antibiotics, otherwise it just comes back (because it was never 'cured' - the bacteria is still there) again and again. The clinic requires us to go get a urine sample done before they prescribe antibiotics.

About being a vegeterian - it has a lot of benefits and I think it it great to reduce animal fat intake and red meat. Many Buddhist monks live very long life - because they are vegeterians or because of reduced stress or because there's less air pollution up on the hills where most temples are located? (probably all of the above.)Someone has to do a double blind research on the subject.

But regarding cancer prevention/treatment effect, I'm not sure about that. My Mother discovered her Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma right around the 10th year after she had adopted the vegeterian diet. (Traditionally Chinese Buddhists do that after middle age to avoid 'killing' animals. After her cancer treatment (surgery, chemo, radiation,) she returned to normal diet and has not had any problem ever since 1999. Most of the dieticians (including my Sister-in-law who has many cancer clients) would advise against any diet that is not a 'balanced' diet.

Mother did shed around 15-20 lbs while a vegeterian and it probably had cut down her risk of cardiovascular disease. She had been a 'chubby' person since childhood. Now she's a 'fit' 87-year-old.

Now that my 2nd Brother has also survived a (colon) cancer diagnosis and treatment, we are pretty sure there's some kind of gene involvement in all these. All three of us grew up in different environment and found cancer while we were living apart.