Tart Cherry & blood sugar
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Tart cherry juice has been linked to some significant health benefits including helping your body lower blood sugar more effectively after a meal.
Not only does this fruit—and its juice—help improve sleep, reduce inflammation and high blood pressure, it also manage painful symptoms of osteoarthritis and gout, enhance mood, and tart cherries may also help control symptoms of diabetes.
How it Works
The same phytochemicals, or plant pigments, that give sour cherries their bright red color, also give them anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities that help prevent muscle damage in athletes, fight depression and anxiety, and improve memory and cognition in older adults. Researchers have also found that these phytochemicals, which are known as polyphenols and anthocyanins, and are found in both the flesh and juice of the fruit, can also help enhance glucose metabolism and regulate blood sugar in people with diabetes. Anthocyanins are known to significantly boost insulin production, though it is not yet understood how this happens.
Fruit and fruit juices can be a tough fit for people with diabetes, but it’s not hard to work tart cherry juice into a diabetic diet.
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How much is enough ?
Several scientific studies yielded positive results drank two 8-ounces glasses of tart cherry juice. Others took 1 tablespoon of concentrated tart cherry extract twice a day (the equivalent of 45 to 60 cherries).
Benefits were seen in anywhere from 48 hours to a couple of weeks, and appeared to continue long-term. The makers of tart cherry juice suggest drinking one 8-ounce serving a day for seven days in a row in order to start seeing (or rather, feeling) the benefits.
Ultimately, more research is necessary to determine just how much cherry juice, and in what form, is most effective for preventing or treating any medical condition.
Ultimately, more research is necessary to determine just how much cherry juice, and in what form, is most effective for preventing or treating any medical condition.
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