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Study Suggests Choosing Tart Cherries May Help Reduce Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, November 12th, 2007

For the more than 50 million Americans who have "pre-diabetes" (also known as metabolic syndrome), a cluster of health factors that put them at risk for type 2 diabetes, eating tart cherries may have a whole new meaning.

A recent study in animals by University of Michigan researchers found diets enriched with antioxidant-rich cherries significantly lowered insulin and fasting glucose levels, key markers for the development of type 2 diabetes. Adding cherries to the diet also lowered the animals' total cholesterol levels and triglycerides after 90 days(1).

The American Diabetes Association estimates that most Americans with pre-diabetes will develop...

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