Cherries are one of the healthiest fruits, and they also, rank as one of the most health protective foods overall.
One cup, or about 21 cherries, contains less than 100 calories and 15% of your daily vitamin C needs.
But it doesn’t stop there, there are numerous health benefits to cherries
studies have suggested that cherry consumption is beneficial for osteoarthritis sufferers.
Regularly incorporating cherries or 100% cherry juice into your meal or snack routine can help ease your joint pain.
Tart cherries in particular are one of the few food sources of melatonin, a hormone that helps control your sleep-wake cycles.
One study in men and women with insomnia found that compared to a placebo, eight ounces of tart cherry juice in the morning and again one to two hours before bed increased sleep time by an hour and 24 minutes.
If you are looking for an effective way to use cherries to help with you sleep pattern, drink 250 mils of cherry juice in the morning and 250 mils at night.
Now there’s nothing like fresh cherries when they're in season, but that's not the only way to take advantage of their nutritional benefits.
Look for frozen cherries, freeze-dried powders, 100% tart cherry juice, and preservative-free dried cherries.
You can add cherries or cherry powder to your smoothies, or add it to overnight oats.
Stir chopped dried cherries into melted dark chocolate, and spread it out on baking tray covered with baking paper and leave it to set, this makes a delicious tangy bark
