A cherry on top: Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors
Tart cherries may be good for more than just making pie, according to new data from an animal study conducted by University of Michigan Health System researchers and presented today at a major scientific meeting. In a study involving rats, the researchers report that animals that received powdered tart cherries in their diet had lower total cholesterol, lower blood sugar, less fat storage...Indian Cherry: Richest Source of Vitiamin C
The West Indian Cherry or Acerola fruit (Malpighia Punicifolia L) is the richest source of Vitamin C known to man. Hundred grams of edible portion yields 1000 to 4000 mg of Vitamin C. The West Indian Cherry tree grows well in the tropical parts in India. Apart from Vitamin C, West Indian Cherry is rich in Vitamin A, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and carbohydrates. According to the s...Cherry Juice Could Reduce Muscle Damage Pain
Cherry juice could help reduce muscle damage pain and also be used to treat arthritis and gout, says a study.Declan Connolly of the University of Vermont and colleagues// at Cornell University, New York, evaluated the efficacy of a fresh, highly concentrated, specially processed tart cherry juice blend in a random study on 14 male college students. The study participants were asked to...Muscle Pain? Drink Cherry Juice
Researchers from the University of Vermont say that drinking cherry juice may be the antidote to muscular pain. Cherry juice contains a number of antioxidant// and anti-inflammatory compounds that can deal with a number of inflammatory conditions. In one study The British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers said that men and women who ate 45 cherries per day had low levels of infl...