Tart Cherry
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Description:
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The Tart Cherry is best known for providing the filling in pies, cakes and tarts. Recent research has lead to increased interest in the cherry for it’s health promoting benefits. Cherries contain anthocyanins, which are responsible for the red color of the fruit. Anthocyanins are considered antioxidants, which have free-radical neutralizing properties.
Tart Cherry – Cherries are good for more than just making pies. Researchers showed that rats receiving powdered tart cherry in their diets had lower cholesterol, lower blood sugar, less fat storage in the liver, lower oxidative stress and increased production of a molecule that helps the body handle fat and sugar compared with the rats that didn’t receive cherries as part of an otherwise similar diet. In this experiment, the rats had a predisposition to high cholesterol and diabetes but not obesity. Those who may have a metabolic syndrome known as syndrome X which is linked to a collection of factors such as high rates of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
Research done on tart cherry reported that the compound anthocyanins, which give tart cherry its sour taste and color, has powerful anti-inflammatory properties and are strong antioxidants. The American health association has certified the Montmorency variety as heart healthy. Reports of Cherries ORAC chart suggest that the darker the cherry the higher the ORAC (antioxidant capacity). This puts cherries just above cranberry’s and just below blue berries on the ORAC chart.
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Item#:
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3355
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Size: |
90ct 425mg
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Directions:
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As a dietary supplement, take two capsules up to two times daily with meals or a glass of water.
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Serving Size:
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2
Capsule
45 Servings per container
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Ingredients:
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Amount per serving:
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% Daily Value: +
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| Silicon Dioxide | 104 mg | ~ | | Total Carbohydrate | <1 g | <1% | | Tart Cherry (Prunus cerasus) (fruit concentrate) (Guaranteed to contain 6.8 mg [0.8%] anthocyanin) | 850 mg | ~ |
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Key to Ingredients: ~ = Daily Value not established.
+ = Percent Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
† = Values differ depending on age
‡ = Values differ depending on age
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Other Ingredients:
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Vegetable Cellulose Capsule, Cellulose and Magnesium Stearate
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Other:
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See product label for more information.
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