[ElaineM]

Vegetarian diets can be well balanced, except for possibly B12, which I take in supplement form.
You are right about the monks Jackie. I had some Buddhist monks as students. They looked so young and healthy and were so full of life. I asked what their secret was. They invited me to lunch. The food was delicous, well balanced and nourishing. I also had a professor who is a former monk. He always had more energy and zest for life than any of his students who were much younger. He was taking stairs 3 at a time while we students were waiting for the elevator. I started asking those people to teach me about nutrition and became a vegetarian soon after that.
100% cranberry juice can be found without added sugar in health food stores. However, the supplements might give more healing power than a few glasses of juice, because they can be found in higher doses.
Sometimes we can find frozen cranberries in the store.
I add agave syrup which has a lower glucose level or honey instead of addding alot of sugar during the cooking process.