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Tart Cherry Juice Good for Insomnia?

Brian Yalung — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:36:02 +0000

Insomnia has been a growing problem for people who cannot get decent sleep and perhaps one solution is to find something to cure it. And thanks to a new study, it looks like Tart Cherry Juice can be a great way to address insomnia.

The drink is called CherriBundi was used on 15 older adults for two weeks where it was found that they had improved sleeplessness and saved about 17 minutes of wake time after going to bed. The high content of melatonin in the tart cherries may have helped moderate the body’s sleep-wake cycle.

Sleep issues plague more than 40 million adults in the United States, according to statistics by the National Institutes of Health. Cherries are also rich in anthocyanins that provide health benefits such as reduced inflammation.

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Natural Sleep Aids Called Tart Cherries

Brian Yalung — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:33:16 +0000

Having trouble sleeping? If you are, don’t use sleeping pills! Turn to natural sleeping aids which are really just around you. The only thing is that people fail to identify them because they are waiting for some review or scientific finding to prove that they are.

Here is something that is bound to be a welcome note to people desperately looking for natural means of addressing their sleep problems. Cherries have been found to be a good sleeping aid. The contain a significant level of melatonin, a known substance that can help sleep deprived people today.

There is a tart cherry called Montmorency that contains a significant level of melatonin and hence is helpful as a natural sleep aid. The University Of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio recently discovered these properties in the tart cherry.

(Source) Natural News