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New Flash: April 30, 2007
Tart Cherries may
help maintain a healthy cardiovascular system and more...
Initial research from
the University of Michigan finds tart cherry powder made
from whole tart cherries may help maintain a healthy
cardiovascular system and also fight cell oxidative stress
(cell damage caused by free radicals).
Earlier, studies show
that tart cherries are packed with naturally occurring
antioxidants to help maintain a healthy body. On April 30,
2007, the results of a study conducted by the University of
Michigan were presented at the Experimental Biology 2007
meeting in Washington D.C..
During the study, whole
tart cherry powder was fed to two test groups of rats. The
tart cherry powder equated either to 1 percent or 10 percent
of their diets for a 90 day period. Another study group
received diets with no whole cherry powder.
The results showed that
the cherry-enriched diets had experienced additional health
benefits when compared to the none cherry-enriched diets.
The researchers found
that the rats in the study which were fed tart cherry powder
benefited from just modest amounts of tart cherry powder.
Some of the results included lower levels of cell oxidative
stress (possibly due to the synergistic benefits of the
compounds found in the tart cherry powder). In addition, the
study indicated the tart cherry powder may also help
maintain cardiovascular health in the subjects.
The researchers also
indicated that after receiving promising cardiovascular
results from using tart cherry powder in the study, the U of
M team will soon launch clinical trials on humans.
Learn more about the
Fruit Advantage tart cherry capsules:
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Advantage Tart Cherry Capsules
Fruit Advantage Cherry Prime
Source: Cherry-enriched
diets reduce metabolic syndrome and oxidative stress in lean
Dahl-SS rats. Experimental Biology 2007 225.8, Seymour EM,
Singer AAM, Bennink MR, Bolling SF. Presented in
minisymposium 225, Dietary Bioactive Compounds: Chronic
Disease Risk Reduction. |
