Health | September 27, 2008 | 7 comments

Drinking cherry juice may help keep you young

source: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/63431/Drinking-cherry-juice-helps-keep-you-young

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One glass of cherry juice a day can slow down the aging process – and may even save your life, scientists are claiming. A tumbler of 250ml of di­luted juice offers better protection against cancer, heart disease and stroke than more than 20 typical portions of fruit and vegetables. It also stops collagen breaking down, so can help make the complexion look more youthful.

The “wonder” berry is more than four times more effective than killing harmful free radicals, which occur in the body through the process of oxidation. It gives greater protection than peas, tomatoes, water melon, carrots, banana and even renowned “superfoods” like acai and goji berries.

The only bad news is that scientists studied a species called the Montmorency tart cherry, which is only grown in the United States. The humble British cherry has only a fifth of the anti­oxidant levels of the US cherry, grown in Michigan.

But the juice is readily available in Britain, at around 1,000 health shops and some branches of Waitrose. It is sold under the brand name CherryActive.

Researchers measured anti­oxidant levels, testing what is called the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. The “superfood” compounds in fruit and vegetables protect against harmful free radicals that are known to cause cancer, heart disease, stroke and ageing.
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