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Cherries
These tartly sweet fruits are packed with vitamins A and C, iron and calcium, and are a low-calorie food to boot.
Zied explains that they also are a good source of fiber, and have virtually no sodium or fat.
Cherries are “packed with antioxidants, and emerging studies suggest that eating cherries or drinking cherry juice may promote heart health, play a role in pain management, support recovery from exercise, and even help you fall asleep faster,” Zied tells HuffPost.
Experts at the Penn Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania also note that cherries’ antioxidants help to “protect the body from the harmful effects of by-products known as free radicals, made normally when the body changes oxygen and food into energy.”
Zied explains that they also are a good source of fiber, and have virtually no sodium or fat.
Cherries are “packed with antioxidants, and emerging studies suggest that eating cherries or drinking cherry juice may promote heart health, play a role in pain management, support recovery from exercise, and even help you fall asleep faster,” Zied tells HuffPost.
Experts at the Penn Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania also note that cherries’ antioxidants help to “protect the body from the harmful effects of by-products known as free radicals, made normally when the body changes oxygen and food into energy.”
