Health
Sports Recovery
Studies show that drinking cherry concentrate daily can significantly reduce muscle pain, soreness, and loss of strength after exercise. The positives of athletes drinking tart cherry juice has been researched for years. It's been claimed that it can help battle cancer or heart disease, but for baseball players, its mostly used as a way to reduce inflammation, and it's melatonin properties are beneficial for sleep.
MLB.com: Why Do Players Drink Tart Cherry Juice
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Sports Medicine Reports: Tart Cherry Juice in Athletes Study
Melatonin
Tart cherry juice’s positive effect on sleep is likely due to tryptophan and melatonin. Melatonin is a sleep hormone secreted at certain times of the day to help the body transition to sleep. Tryptophan helps the body produce melatonin, therefore it is essential to a good night sleep.
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Sleep Foundation: Tart Cherry Juice
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Gout
Cherry juice treats gout flare-ups by reducing the level of uric acid in the body. Since uric acid buildup is what causes gout, it only goes to reason that cherry juice could prevent and treat gout flare-ups.
Healthline: Cherry Juice for Gout
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Arthritis
Tart cherries are packed with powerful antioxidants. In fact, they have among the highest levels of antioxidants compared to other super foods. Tart cherries ranked 14 in the top 50 foods for highest antioxidant content per serving size!
In a 12 week pilot study conducted by researchers at Baylor Research Institute, a daily dose of tart cherries helped reduce osteoarthritis pain by more than 20 percent for the majority of men and women.
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Diabetes
Research shows that antioxidants called anthocyanins in cherries may decrease blood sugar levels by slowing how sugar is broken down from complex carbohydrates and affecting hormones that help regulate blood sugars and insulin.
Health.com: Health Benefits of Cherries
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Headaches/Brain Boost
Headaches. Check any internet forum on headaches and you’ll find users who recommend tart cherry juice based on their own experiences. That anecdotal evidence has been put to the test. In 2017, a 24-year-old woman who had suffered from migraines for 4 years agreed to let a research team monitor her response to taking tart cherry juice as a form of migraine treatment. While taking juice, the patient used 91% less medication to treat her migraines, saw the duration of her headaches fall by 65% and the frequency by 78%. During the trial, the patient suffered from migraines on her period when she didn’t drink the juice, but not during the periods when she did have the juice. As a result of her experience, the medical research team from the Institute for Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, concluded that a clinical trial should be conducted to investigate further.
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