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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Alternative Cures In Diet For Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Home Remedies for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tart Cherries and Cherry Juice

By Christine Miller Health Expert

The Home Remedy: Drinking tart cherry juice or eating tart cherries helps reduce arthritis pain and inflammation.

 

The tart or sour cherry is also known as the pie cherry, Montmorency cherry or Balaton cherry. These are different from the sweet cherries commonly sold at grocery stores like Bing, Ranier and Lambert cherries. According to research studies, eating tart cherries may also be beneficial for people with gout, diabetes, muscle pain, back pain or neurodegenerative diseases.

 

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