Following on from an earlier thread in which there was info about cherry juice for gout, please could anyone supply details.

eg. can it be effective taken just in the form of a fruit cordial such as D'Arbo Sour Cherry fruit syrup? [available at Waitrose]
Or does it have to be the juice of fresh cherries made in a home juicer?
Or some kind of special preparation from a health food shop?

I understand it has to be the freshest poss source of cherry juice not sure that cordial even from waitrose would be the same as cartons of pure stuff which is only way i have seen it ......but of course coming in cartons ( lined with Aluminium ) could prove just as problematical

Thanks Pat. For reference, where is it possible to obtain cherry juice in cartons? The un-healthfood Holland and Barrett?

In this case your warning about aluminium applies because the patient is being treated with a remedy that is known for aluminium susceptibility.

Are we talking black cherry juice or regular..there is a big difference as mamma3 will tell you as well. Black cherry is benedficial to the health of every blood type. The other....?

Anna,
In my experience, if you try to heal with food go organic and as little processed as possible if you can. In the US this would be available at the health food store. In the UK I don't know.
Claudia

Dear Anna,

It was me. I was the one who mentioned cherry juice for gout. It's from The Encyclopedia of Common Diseasesby the Staff of Prevention Magazine, 1976, Rodale Press, chapter 24, titled: If You Have Gout, Try Cherries.

So, it appears that if they're in season, you can eat cherries, and if they're not in season, you can buy cherry juice from your health food store, though it's bound to be pasturized; but it seems to work anyway. There's a story here about a bowl of cherries bringing relief to one person in one day, and 6 cherries a day thereafter as maintenance.

Another person reports eating 2 bowls a day and noticed results in 3 days. He's still eating 2 bowls a day. I guess each person has to individualize it. I'm not sure that it matters which kind of cherries you eat.

Snoopy

Thanks to all who replied, especially Snoopy.

Two bowls of cherries a day sounds as though it could have numerous "advantages"

anna
Ihave suggested cherry to pts. with little relief .

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Dr.P.K.Sinha

Perhaps we need a proving of the cherries that caused these effects, so that we know what symptoms of gout it can ameliorate, and who they can help?

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Dear Anna,

Let us know how your gout patient does.

Snoopy