Tart cherry juice reduces systemic inflammation 🍒

A strategy for high training load?

Effects of Tart Cherry Extract Supplementation on Plasma Urate and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Healthy Adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Study Details

This new study recruited 10 healthy adults to a crossover design protocol where they supplemented with either…

🍒 Tart cherry powder (500 mg)

💊 Placebo

Supplements were provided daily for 4-weeks 🗓️

Plasma urate and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were analysed pre-and post- each intervention 🔍

Key Findings

Acute administration did not alter CRP or urate concentrations ❌

However, chronic supplementation (28-days) with tart cherry led to significantly reduced…

🩸 CRP by 23.0% (- 1.36 ± 0.44 mg/dL)

🩸 Urate by 37.4% (-2.62 ± 0.44 mg/dL)

Conclusion

Four weeks of 500 mg/day of tart cherry extract significantly reduces systemic inflammation and urate levels in healthy adults ✅

This may be a useful strategy for managing inflammation or during periods of excess training load / stress in athletes 🧐

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41247121/

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