| The tart cherry offers a lot more than just great | | | | dried cherries. The secret to the amazing benefits of |
| taste. Research shows eating a small bowl of this red | | | | this fruit is the ability of all of the naturally occurring |
| fruit, drinking cherry juice concentrate or taking tart | | | | natural compounds working synergistically together. |
| cherry capsules as part of your daily routine can do | | | | These compounds include anthocyanins, melatonin, |
| wonders for your health. Not only is this fruit a great | | | | potassium, phytochemicals and more. Anthocyanins, |
| additional to almost any recipes it offers a number of | | | | for example, are considered to be an |
| natural health benefits including its ability to fight gout | | | | anti-inflammatory to help relieve arthritis pain. In |
| and arthritis pain. | | | | addition, the cherry is a heart health, anti-aging, gout |
| The cherry is available is two types. The first is the | | | | fight and high ORAC food. |
| sweet, while the second is the tart. The sweet is | | | | For example, after you enjoy a glass of the tart |
| usually used for direct eating. Meaning you can easily | | | | cherry juice concentrate the compounds found in the |
| enjoy a ½ of pound without blinking an eye and still | | | | juice rush through the body to help to lower uric acid |
| what more. This type is the perfect a blend between | | | | levels in the blood and dissolve uric crystals that form |
| a refreshing, yet tangy fruit. The sweet or black is | | | | between the joints. For a more convenient way to |
| large in size and is a deep red or purple in color. They | | | | get the uric acid fighting ability of the fruit, consider |
| are usually the type you find in the produce section | | | | taking the tart cherry capsules. Not only are they |
| of your grocery during the short summer harvest | | | | more convenient than the juice, but they actually |
| season. | | | | contain more antioxidants than the juice since they |
| The tart cherries are more of a bright red color and | | | | use the entire cherry in the product. This means each |
| as the name suggests they are tart in flavor. You | | | | daily serving of the capsules delivers the skin, the |
| usually don't eat this type of cherries directly from | | | | pulp and the juice of the fruit. You get everything |
| the tree and you won't find them in the grocery | | | | but the stem and the pit in the capsules. |
| store due to their extreme tart flavor. This type of | | | | Since the fresh cherries are only available during the |
| cherry is used more in cooking. Many of the recipes | | | | short summer harvest season, the next time your |
| that call for the cherries are recommending the | | | | joints are aching due to arthritis or gout, consider |
| Montmorency tart cherries to be used. In addition, to | | | | drinking some tart cherry juice or taking the cherry |
| their popularity in recipes, this is the cherry that has | | | | capsules. A reliable source of cherry juice is Traverse |
| received a tremendous amount of news regarding | | | | Bay Farms. The company even offers free shipping |
| the many natural health benefits of the cherry. | | | | on cherry juice, while you can get the capsules from |
| Since you can only find the fresh cherries in the | | | | Fruit Advantage. Or if you are looking for fresh |
| grocery store during a few weeks in the summer, | | | | cherries during the summer months, Jefferson Farms |
| many are turning to more year round cherries | | | | in Southern Michigan will ship fresh cherries to your |
| derived products including the capsules, juice and the | | | | door during the first two weeks of July. |