Black Cherry Juice

[Grizzly Bear]

During lockdown here on Exmoor, I was looking online for something and I came across black cherry juice concentrate.

In title, it said something about how good black cherry juice is for arthritis, gout etc etc and I thought to myself; “I wonder if it would work on PSA sufferers ?”

Well, I purchased a couple of bottles and when they arrived on my doorstep, I mixed some with with my Pepsi Max and drank it for around two weeks.
I noticed that the swelling went down in my fingers and the aches & pains had eased right up in my body.

Now, black cherry juice is NOT a cure for psoriatic arthritis, but it does take around 75% of the pain away and to be honest, that’s better than nothing and better than taking pills !

Where to purchase black cherry juice ?

Supermarkets, health food shop’s, online auction sites etc.

For the poor PSA sufferers out there, give black cherry juice a go, you’ve nothing to loose, well, around £13

GB

[jiml]

Worth a try G.B. as you say it's not a big investment to try it out ..I'm glad it has helped you

[Turnedlight]

Cherry juice works on gout, I believe they don’t really know why. I thought it was to do with the fact that gout creates crystals in joints and cherry somehow reduces that. However, perhaps it’s anti-inflammatory which would mean it should help other arthritis. As you say, that’s not a cure but anything that reduces symptoms must surely be helping protect your body from damage?
Good news if you are finding it helps, I might go and get some for a trial..

[Caroline]

Certainly interesting, als TL suggests, it might dissolve the crystals in our joints. Psa also generates pyruvate crystals in the joints.
Certainly worth a try. I am going to do a search for it.

Good suggestion Grizzly!

[KatT]

I've tried it and always have some in the fridge now.  Just don't buy the tart black cherry juice....that one's not really good 

[Grizzly Bear]

Thank you all for your replies

If you do try Black Cherry Juice, please let us know if it is helping you ?

Fingers crossed that those that try it, it helps reduce your PSA pain !

Good luck

GB

[Caroline]

I have ordered it with a shop here in the village. They would work on that, but havent heard from them, so I will go back to them.

[Kat]

Having a difficult time finding it here.

Which is weird since....Black cherry, also called wild cherry, rum cherry, mountain black cherry, or American black cherry, is a dark black-purple fruit. Prunus serotina is native to North America, with a natural range from the southeastern part of Canada, south throughout the eastern United States, and west into Texas. It grows naturally throughout Mexico and Central America,too.



I can order it from Amazon, but it costs too much that way. I may have to try some of the local food stores that sell healthier foods than the standard grocery store. Hmm



Or maybe try one of the vitamin places, they usually have juices that are healthy



Okay, too much thinking, I have a headache.

I'll be on the lookout!

[KatT]

That's where I found mine (health food store) 

[Turnedlight]

Having a difficult time finding it here. 

Which is weird since....Black cherry, also called wild cherry, rum cherry, mountain black cherry, or American black cherry, is a dark black-purple fruit. Prunus serotina is native to North America, with a natural range from the southeastern part of Canada, south throughout the eastern United States, and west into Texas. It grows naturally throughout Mexico and Central America,too.



I can order it from Amazon, but it costs too much that way.  I may have to try some of the local food stores that sell healthier foods than the standard grocery store.  Hmm



Or maybe try one of the vitamin places, they usually have juices that are healthy



Okay, too much thinking, I have a headache. 

I'll be on the lookout!   

You can take cherry capsules too, I think they are thought to be as good? They should be easier to get hold of.. also you can just eat cherries, though they aren’t always in season and can be expensive.