What’s So Great About Cherries?

Well, they look pretty on our trees:

And they taste really good in our mouths. (I ate fresh home-grown ones with my coffee and tea this morning.)

But nutritionally and health-wise, what’s so great about them?

Here are three articles I found on the subject:

• The Top Six Reasons Why Cherries Are Naturally Good for You
• Good for You Food of the Week: Cherries
• Are Cherries the New Wonder Fruit?

We had a good cherry crop. I’m thankful.

Oh, and what’s so great about cherries? Well, they “contain significant amounts of melatonin” and they have a “good combination of antioxidants.” Click the links above for the details.

(I wonder if Michael Jackson ate them at all. I imagine they could have done wonders for his mental and physical health issues. Maybe he had an orchard of them at Neverland, eh?)