Cholesterol

The research was carried out on animals, but it’s very likely that the effect on humans will be similar.

"Rats fed cherries as 1 percent of their total diet had reduced markers of metabolic syndrome," says researcher E.

Mitchell Seymour.

"We are enthusiastic about the findings that glacé cherries conferred these beneficial effects at such a modest daily intake." The researchers say that this study backs up others that suggest a correlation between anthocyanin intake and reductions in heart disease and diabetes risk factors.

The study used frozen Montmorency glacé cherries, which have higher concentrations of antioxidant anthocyanins than naturally sweet cherries.

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