How can cherry juice help you?
Not only is cherry juice refreshing and delicious, it offers many nutritional health benefits and is an ideal alternative to sugary soft drinks and sports drinks. Deep red, purple, and blue fruits and vegetables contain anthocyanins, which provide their natural color. Cherries are rich in anthocyanins (antioxidants that can prevent or slow down certain types of cell damage) and are rich in natural vitamins, including vitamins A, C and K, potassium and fiber.
Many people claim that drinking cherry juice can help maintain joint health, treat arthritis, gout, improve muscle recovery after exercise, boost the immune system, aid sleep, and other benefits—due to the high anthocyanin content in cherries.
Fights Inflammation and Arthritis Pain – A growing body of research shows that the antioxidants in cherry juice can reduce pain and inflammation.
Gout has fewer symptoms - a type of arthritis that usually affects one joint at a time, causing pain, swelling and redness.
Helps with post-exercise recovery – Cherry juice may aid post-exercise recovery because it is naturally rich in the mineral potassium, which helps maintain blood pressure, hydration, muscle recovery, nerve impulses, digestion and more.
Boosts immunity – Anthocyanins from natural sources including cherries may have antibacterial properties and are known to kill small organisms called microbes, such as bacteria that cause disease and infection.
Helps with sleep - Cherry juice may help improve the quality and duration of sleep, especially for people with insomnia, as it increases the amount of melatonin in the body, which helps maintain regular sleep.
What type of cherry juice should I buy?
There are many different varieties of cherry juice. Look for juices that use 100% cherry juice and no added sweeteners, water (for dilution) or preservatives. "Concentrate" juice is pressed and filtered to extract the water, which is then rehydrated and packaged. "Not from concentrate" refers to fresh juice put directly into the bottle.
There are also different types of cherries used in the production of juice. Compared with black cherry juice, tart cherry juice has a sour taste and has a higher anthocyanin content, while black cherry juice has a sweeter taste and less anthocyanin content. Both are great and nutritious options. Even without the antioxidants and nutrients, cherry juice is deliciously tart and refreshing.
