date:May 31, 2012
Researchers from Oregon Health Science University in Portland, Ore., conducted a three-week, randomized, placebo-controlled design among 20 women who had inflammatory osteoarthritis and were between the ages of 40-70. The women drank either 10.5 oz of tart cherry juice or a placebo beverage twice a day. Certain serum inflammatory biomarkers suggested the tart cherry juice benefit.
Osteoarthritis affects 65 million Americans and up to 40% of osteoarthritis patients have inflammation, according