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| Safe to use as a dietary supplement, alternative medicine for most dogs and cats. |
In this article...
1. Tart Red Cherry
2. Health Benefits
2. Cautions
3. Side Effects
4. Drug Interactions
5. Daily Dosage
1.0 Tart Red Cherry
(also known as Cerise de Montmorency, Tart Cherry, Red Sour Cherry, etc.)
(also known as Cerise de Montmorency, Tart Cherry, Red Sour Cherry, etc.)
There are more than 270 varieties of sour cherry however only a few varieties are grown for commercial purposes. Montmorency is one of the most popular of the commercially grown tart red cherry varieties. The flesh and stem of the cherry fruit is used to make medicine.
Tart red cherry can be added to your dog’s or cat’s meal in the form of:
- 100% pure tart red cherry juice – use organic;
- Tart red cherry extract in liquid form;
- Tart red cherry extract in gel, or capsule supplement form;
- Dried, frozen, fresh cherries.
I prefer to use a combination of tart red cherry juice and frozen (finely chopped) tart red cherries.
Tart red cherry contains one of the highest antioxidant (anthocyanins) value of all fruits and vegetables.
On a scale that rates quantity of antioxidants in a food and the strength of the antioxidants (called the Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity or ORAC) – tart red cherry sits at the top of the list...
