Life Is A Bowl Of Bing Cherries

As the saying goes life is a bowl of Bing Cherries. Science continues to learn more and more about the benefits of all fruits as you see on Planet Berry.

The medical community is slowly coming around to more naturaly healing potential which is long over due. The fight to detox our bodies is a fierce one but with the internet and communications now excellerating from country to country and culture to culture we are learning faster and faster. Not a minute too soon for most.

Studies are being conducted by leading labs around the wor4ld. Results of a preliminary study by ARS scientists and their university colleagues suggest that some natural compounds in plump, juicy Bing cherries may reduce painful arthritic inflammation. Eating cherries may also help lessen the severity of other inflammatory conditions, such as cardiovascular disease or cancer.

Cherries already have a reputation for fighting inflammation. So what's new about the ARS study?

"Our test is among the first to track anti-inflammatory effects of fresh Bing cherries in a controlled experiment with healthy volunteers," says chemist Robert A. Jacob, who led the investigation. Jacob is now retired from the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California.

In previous studies at other laboratories, scientists analyzed extracts from sweet or tart cherries in vitro to learn more about the fruit's potential health-promoting properties. In contrast to these test-tube experiments, the California study is apparently the first to test key inflammatory disease indicators, or markers, in blood samples from healthy volunteers who were fed precise amounts of fresh cherries. Reported in a 2003 issue of the Journal of Nutrition, the California investigation paved the way for a recent followup study at the Davis center.

Life—A Bowl of Cherries?

Imagine being asked to eat a bowlful of 45 fresh, pitted Bing cherries for breakfast. Ten healthy women, aged 22 to 40, agreed to do that for the California scientists' preliminary study. Volunteers were instructed not to eat strawberries or other fruits and vegetables, or to drink tea or red wine, for the 2 days before the cherry breakfast. These foods are high in antioxidants, thought to fight inflammation. "They could have interfered with our ability to determine the specific effects of the Bing cherry antioxidants," explains Jacob.

So, we have to ask the question, if everyone pressured their medical community to consider these studies would more research and development occur? You bet. If we want it we must ask and we must be a constant pressure on the medical community. No one else is going to fight this fight. With the internet we can do more with less than ever before. Help the fine scientist noted here (above) and invest with them.

One day, perhaps, we all will see the reduction in chronic illness like Rheumatoid Arthritis and other infammatory illness that plague the young and old, sadly. Until then we need everyone to chip in time and money to find the cures. Mother nature is a good bet and many cultures have survived hundreds of years without a single pill taken.