Saturday, September 28, 2013

Tart Cherries Offer Customers Many Advantages

By James Patterson


Many people simply love tart cherries. They are a very versatile fruit and are tasty as well. This fruit is often a main ingredient in recipes. They are also known as prunus cerasus or sometimes just sour cherries. You can use them in all sorts of different foods. Many people are calling this round little fruit the next superfood and there are many reasons why.

Cherries are great to have in the fruit bowl and just as super to enjoy in preserves and jams. These little super fruits are great picked straight off the tree and then eaten. They are grouped into to two groups, the amarelle and the morello. The amarelle has that red pigment in the skin part only, whereas the morello has the red pigment in the whole fruit, the skin and the flesh.

Should you have light pain in your body, struggle with sleep, or be suffering any light muscle pain, eating a handful of this this will help you in these areas. Eating a few walnuts and cherries just before you go to sleep will aid the melatonin in your body and you should enjoy a better night's rest. For extra zest in your day one simply needs to add a couple of them to your morning energy shake.

Dried cherries are available throughout the year, so you can always get more whenever you run out. A great idea is to replace your normal berries for breakfast with this fruit. They make for a great change and they are healthy. Another great thing about this fruit is that most kids love them too. You can now make sure that your whole family gets a good start to the day by simply including a few in with their breakfast.

A cherry contains one of the highest forms of antioxidants of the super foods, surpassing others such as dark chocolate, orange juice, prunes and red wine. They have been successfully used when managing light pain during athletic injury. They are simply magical little fruits that taste good and help you to stay healthy at the same time.

Most experts will encourage sportsmen to manage their inflammation with this fruit instead of chemical medicine. This is the natural way of doing things and is proving to be very successful. Endurance athletes and sports nutritionists alike are using this fruit to support recovery programs.

There is 19 times more vitamin A in a simple cherry than in strawberries or blueberries. In order to gain 25% of your daily vitamin A in your diet, one just needs a handful of this superfood. Having said this, it means that by including this fruit to your daily intake, you will be adding more vitamin A which is great if you are always on the run and never stop to take a breather.

To make tart cherries last longer once off the tree, one should pick the stems off as well. This way they stay fresher for longer. They can be successfully frozen and then used at a later stage in just about all recipes in the kitchen. The most favorite of all the recipes is of course cherry pie. This is a great hit in almost all households.




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