Sour cherries, also known as tart cherries, are an excellent way to maintain health joint function and healthy sleep patterns. This reason is the sour cherry is packed full of that antioxidants including melatonin and anthocyanins.
In addition to the fresh fruit this tangy red fruit is available as dried cherries, cherry juice and even in a convenient easy-to-swallow capsule form. This means no matter how you want your cherries, you can find the most convenient way for you. In addition, the fresh fruit makes an excellent additional to any recipe.
The unfortunate thing about them fresh fruit is it is very perishable so it is only available in the stores for a very short period of time during the summer harvest months. That is why many are taking the other forms of this powerful fruit for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
In addition the different forms offer different health benefits. For example below is a chart comparing the melatonin amount in a variety of the products:
Tart Cherry Products and Melatonin:
Cherry Products Melatonin Levels
Fresh Tart Cherries: Up to 13.5 nanograms (ng) of Melatonin per gram
Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate: Has up to 10 times more the Melatonin per gram when compared to the raw fruit.
Tart Cherry Powder 137+ ng per gram
* Result conducted by Dr. Russell Reiter – *Cherry powder is used to make tart cherry capsules
As you can see the tart cherry powder delivers the most amount of naturally occurring melatonin per serving. So if you are looking the most amount of melatonin the powder is your best option. In fact, it is the tart cherry powder that is used the make the Fruit Advantage Tart Cherry Joint Formula. In addition the capsules are even shipped free of charge.