tart cherry and Reduced Inflammation

• "Precovery" versus recovery: Understanding the role of cherry juice in exercise recovery.

  • 2022-02-14
  • Review
  • Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 32(6)
  • • Malachy P McHugh

  • PubMed: 35119142
  • DOI: 10.1111/sms.14141

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Inflammation

  • Low evidence

  Tart cherry powder did not enhance any metric of recovery on the days after exercise.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  variable (see studies)

• 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

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Inflammation

  • 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