{"id":1621,"date":"2009-07-07T10:51:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T17:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2009-07-07T10:51:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T17:51:46","slug":"whats-so-great-about-cherries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/whats-so-great-about-cherries\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s So Great About Cherries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, they look pretty on our trees:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/cherry_tree_1-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/cherry_tree_1-s.jpg\" alt=\"Branches in one of our cherry trees\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/cherry_tree_2-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/cherry_tree_2-s.jpg\" alt=\"More cherries in one of our trees\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And they taste really good in our mouths. (I ate fresh home-grown ones with my coffee and tea this morning.)<\/p>\n<p>But nutritionally and health-wise, what&#8217;s so great about them?<\/p>\n<p>Here are three articles I found on the subject:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2004\/01\/17\/cherries-health.aspx\">The Top Six Reasons Why Cherries Are Naturally Good for You<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-12262-Boise-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Good-for-you-food-of-the-week-cherries\">Good for You Food of the Week: Cherries<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/6124646\/\">Are Cherries the New Wonder Fruit?<\/a><\/ul>\n<p>We had a good cherry crop. I&#8217;m thankful.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and what&#8217;s so great about cherries? Well, they &#8220;contain significant amounts of melatonin&#8221; and they have a &#8220;good combination of antioxidants.&#8221; Click the links above for the details.<\/p>\n<p>(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?)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s so great about them? 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