Arthritis pains and inflammation are provoked by a body hormone named prostaglandin. It is related to the enzymes causing inflammation which provokes pain. A glass of cherry juice taken every day can be very effective in alleviating arthritis pains. As the ongoing researches of tart cherries show, especially the Montmorency variety has powerful antioxidants named queritrin, anthocyanins, isoqueritrin.
Isoqueritrin as well as queritrin help the body to combat free radicals which are the cell oxidation source that results in extra aging and different diseases. Both the compounds have shown to be effective in decreasing the body stress at the cellular level. Besides, queritrin also has anti inflammatory characteristics that help the body to lower inflammation. Generally they act like non-steroidal anti inflammatory medicines, aspirin included.
The anthocyanins found in Montmorency tart cherry provide cherries with deep red hue. As the results of the research conducted at Michigan State University have shown anthocyanins have enzymes causing inflammation and pain in the body. This research has shown that the compounds found in Montmorency cherry are ten times more effective in comparison to aspirin in decreasing inflammation, besides it does not produce adverse effects.
Anthocyanins, such as isoqueritrin and queritin help to combat free radicals. Actually, the tart cherry possesses a really large amount of anthocyanins (26.5 g). And it is the largest amount of natural anthocyanins. It is even more than the amount of anthocyanins containing in walnuts.
A glass of Montmorency cherry juice taken daily can effectively reduce arthritis pains. Two tablespoons or 1 ounce of this cherry juice concentrate with 7 water ounces to make a glass of water of 8 ounces. Drinking cherry juice may be substituted by using tart cherry capsules. As Sam Russell of Toledo put it “I do like using tart cherry capsules more than drinking the juice. This is because the juice is very acidic for the stomach and those wonderful cherry capsules are more convenient.”
Next time your joints have arthritis pain, you ought to drink a single glass of cherry juice and you may also take cherry capsules to mitigate the pains naturally.