Health Benefits Of Cherries

1) Promotes weight loss- by consuming tart cherry juice or a supplement,  your reduce inflammation and lipids in your blood, which leads to healthy heart condition and weight loss.

2) Boosts heart health- Research suggests that tart cherries provide cardiovascular benefits and can reduce the risk of stroke- without the serious side-effects that come with prescribed medication.

3) High source of antioxidant- Anthocyanins and cyanidin are 2 components of cherry that provide powerful antioxidant. In fact, a study found, that the anthocyanins and cyanidin isolated from tart cherries  showed better anti-inflammatory activity than aspirin. Cherries also serve as a natural treatment for macular degeneration and glaucoma because of their powerful antioxidants that help prevent eye damage.

4) Treats Gout- A study of 633 individuals with gout were treated with cherry extract over a 2-day period.This showed a 35 % lower risk of gout attack. When cherry intake was combined with allopurinol use, a prescribed medication for gout and kidney stones, the risk of gout attacks was 75 % lower.

5) Reduces inflammation- In a study, women consumed 2 servings of sweet cherries after an overnight fast.The blood and urine samples were taken before and after the cherry dose indicate that cherries decreased inflammation, inhibited inflammatory pathways and lowered plasma urate, which is the salt derived from uric acid.

6) High in potassium- A cup of cherries fulfills 9 % of your daily recommended value of potassium. Potassium reduces the risk of stroke, alleviates hypertension,  reduces muscle cramping,  and improves muscle strength.

7) Treats Osteoarthritis- A study evaluated 58 non-diabetic patients with osteoarthritis, who drank 2 8-ounce bottles of tart cherry juice daily for 6 weeks.As a result of the study, WOMAC scores decreased significantly after the tart cherry juice. High sensitivity scores also declined after the cherry treatment, - suggesting that the tart cherry juice provided symptom relief for patients with osteoarthritis.

8) Helps sleep cycle- Tart cherry juice contains high levels of phytochemicals , including melatonin, a molecule critical in regulating our sleep-wake-cycle.Melatonin is a hormone made by pineal gland, a small gland in the brain, which helps control sleep-wake cycles.

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Setting clocks ahead may advance heart attack

Do you advance your clock to deal with the Monday morning blues? How you set your clock affects not only your work schedule, but also that of heart attack, in case you were to get one, says a study led by an Indian-origin scientist.

Moving the clock forward or backward may alter the timing of when heart attacks occur in the week following these time changes, the study said.

"Perhaps the reason we see more heart attacks on Monday mornings is a combination of factors, including the stress of starting a new work week and inherent changes in our sleep-wake cycle," said Amneet Sandhu, cardiology fellow at University of Colorado in Denver.

"With daylight saving time, all of this is compounded by one less hour of sleep," he said.

Daylight saving time or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks by an hour near the start of spring so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.

The researchers used Michigan's BMC2 (a collaborative consortium of health care providers in the State of Michigan) database, which collects data from all non-federal hospitals across the state, to identify admissions for heart attacks requiring percutaneous coronary intervention from Jan 1, 2010 through Sep 15, 2013.

Data from this largest study of its kind in the US revealed a 25 percent jump in the number of heart attacks occurring the Monday after we "spring forward" compared to other Mondays during the year - a trend that remained even after accounting for seasonal variations in these events.

But the study showed the opposite effect was also true.

Researchers found a 21 percent drop in the number of heart attacks on the Tuesday after returning to standard time in the autumn.

The study is to appear in the journal Open Heart.

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