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Tart cherry

Also sold as Montmorency cherry, tart cherry juice

Used for exercise recovery, sleep, and gout — small trials are encouraging, and the juice form carries a lot of sugar.

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Evidence strength

42/100Limited
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What the evidence supports: exercise recovery and muscle soreness; smaller evidence for sleep and gout flares.

This scores how well-supported the claim above is — not how much benefit you personally would get. A high score on a narrow claim does not extend to everything the product is marketed for.

How long to take it

Situational for training blocks; ongoing for gout only under medical guidance.

Who it's actually for

Athletes in heavy training, people with gout alongside standard treatment, and poor sleepers with modest expectations.

Safe upper limit

Unverified
No formal upper limit; trials used concentrated juice or extract twice daily
Well tolerated. The juice form adds significant sugar and calories.
No source or citation attached yet.

Interactions to know about

No commonly documented medication clashes in our data. That is not the same as none existing.

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Practical notes

  • Choose concentrate or capsules if sugar matters to you.
  • Gout evidence is observational and small-trial — don't replace prescribed treatment.
  • Sleep effects are modest.