The Powerful Little Superfruit
It's the stuff that fuels marathons, nourishes growing kids, and protects healthy hearts. With three times the antioxidants of green tea,10 a mega-boost of anthocyanins, and a natural low sugar content, tart cherries are the new superfruit. Find out why!
Top 9 Health Benefits of Tart Cherries
Eat Better, Feel Better
A rapidly growing body of research suggests that daily consumption of tart cherries can do wonders for your circulatory, muscular, and digestive systems.
Heart Health
University of Michigan researchers found that tart cherries can reduce risk factors like high cholesterol, diabetes, and even stroke—without all the undesirable side effects of prescription drugs.11
Muscle Health
Long distance runners who drink tart cherry juice experienced faster muscle recovery, according to an Oregon Health & Science University study.12
Gut Health
An international team of researchers recently linked tart cherry consumption to positive impacts on the gut microbiome - a collection of trillions of bacteria and other microbes that live in the intestinal tract.13
Gout
By reducing inflammation, tart cherries can ease your symptoms of gout.14
Insomnia
In a clinical trial, subjects gained up to 90 minutes longer sleep thanks to tart cherry juice.15
Cholesterol
Tart cherries may help lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides—major factors linked to heart disease risk.16
Get the ZZZ's You Deserve
Go "red" before bed to get up to 90 minutes longer sleep!17 Follow these three steps and you'll be waking up refreshed and ready to tackle the day's challenges in no time.
1 Pilot Study of the Tart Cherry Juice for the Treatment of Insomnia and Investigation of Mechanisms
2 Effects of flavonoids on immune and inflammatory cell functions
3 Cardiovascular disease remains the No 1 killer of men and women in North America
4 New Emerging Research Suggests Montmorency Tart Cherries May Help Enhance Gut Health
5 Osteoarthritis Patients May Benefit from Drinking Tart Cherry Juice
6 Tart Cherry Juice Reduces Muscle Pain And Inflammation
7 Nutrition expert predicts 'Swiss Army' produce will thrive in 2018
9 How Cherries Help Fight Arthritis
10 3 times antioxidants of green tea: http://www.mi-cherries.com/anti03.htm, http://www.green-tea-guide.com/antioxidants-foods.html
11 Tart Cherries Linked to Reduced Risk of Stroke: https://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201304/tart-cherries-linked-reduced-risk-stroke
12 Tart Cherry Juice Reduces Muscle Pain and Inflammation: https://news.ohsu.edu/2010/07/07/tart-cherry-juice-reduces-muscle-pain-and-inflammation
13 New Emerging Research Suggests Montmorency Tart Cherries May Help Enhance Gut Health: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-emerging-research-suggests-montmorency-tart-cherries-may-help-enhance-gut-health-300692670.html
14 Cherry Consumption and the Risk of Recurrent Gout Attacks: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510330/
15 Pilot Study of the Tart Cherry Juice for the Treatment of Insomnia and Investigation of Mechanisms: https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/Fulltext/2018/04000/Pilot_Study_of_the_Tart_Cherry_Juice_for_the.2.aspx
16 Cardiovascular disease remains the No.1 killer of both men and women in North America: http://www.choosecherries.com/health-and-nutrition/heart-health/
17 Tart Cherry Juice Increases Sleep Time in Older Adults with Insomnia: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28901958
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