Tart Cherry Juice in Athletes: A Literature Review and Commentary.
- 2017-07
- Review
- Current sports medicine reports 16(4)
- Kenneth C Vitale
- Shawn Hueglin
- Elizabeth Broad
- PubMed: 28696985
- DOI: 10.1249/jsr.0000000000000385
- Low evidence
TC lessens pain and accelerates strength recovery after exercise and decreases blood markers of inflammation/oxidative stress.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 8 to 12 oz (1 oz if concentrate form) twice a day, 4- to 5-d loading phase before the event, and 2 to 3 d after