Tart Cherry Juice

Species name: prunus cerasus.

Also known as: Sour cherry, pie cherry, tart cherry juice, montmorency cherry, balaton cherry.

Cherries are the smallest within the stone fruit family that includes plums, apricots, nectarines, and peaches.

Cherries are either sweet or tart.

Sweet varieties include Bing cherries, Lambert cherries, and Rainier cherries and are usually grown in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

The tart variety includes the Montmorency and Balaton varieties that tend to be produced mostly in Michigan.

What is Tart Cherry Juice? Cherries are available in both sweet and sour varieties, and within those categories are several different varieties.

The sour cherries are credited with having the most beneficial health components and are the variety of which the most research has been conducted.

Home Remedies using Tart Cherry Juice:

Benefits and Uses of Tart Cherry Juice:

Cherries of all varieties have plenty of nutrients such as pectin, Vitamin C, and beta-carotene.

Sour cherries, on the other hand, have a great deal more Vitamin C than sweet cherries do.

Cherries are also abundant in flavonoids, especially anthocynins that are known to promote good health.

Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants and have the ability to promote joint, cardiovascular, and overall health.

Tart cherries have high levels of proanthocyanins and anthocyanins.

Anthocyanins block COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes, which are instrumental in the production of prostaglandins, or inflammatory compounds. 

This is also how aspirin and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as naproxen and ibuprofen work.

Both Balaton and Montmorency tart cherries contain high levels of melatonin with Montmorency cherries having six times more than Balaton cherries.

Melatonin is an antioxidant that is believed to assist in slowing the aging process, fighting jetlag, and promoting regular sleep habits.

Both sweet and tart cherries have anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

• Joint health
• Strengthens collagen
• Help metabolize uric acid
• Supports cardiovascular health
• Protection from free radicals
• Arthritis
• Gout
• Muscle pain
• Back pain
• Diabetes
• Neurodegenerative diseases
• Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties
• Lower blood sugar levels
• Lower LDL cholesterol
• Drink tart cherry juice
• Eat as a whole fruit

It is probably more beneficial to drink the tart cherries in juice form since it would take a good many cherries to eat and achieve the concentration of nutrients that you can drink in the juice alone.

Side Effects of Tart Cherry Juice:

No side effects are known.