Can Tart Cherry Juice Improve Your Sleep? | I Tried It with Joey Skladany | Sleep.com

Small, pilot studies suggest drinking tart cherry juice can help reduce symptoms of insomnia and increase total sleep time. But does it really work? To find out, we asked Joey Skladany (@joeyskladany), author of the "Basic Bitchen" cookbook, to test-drive it for a week. Find out what happened when he started drinking one cup (8 oz) of tart cherry juice before bed every night.
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[@workofheartllc]

If you ever feel like doing this again drink it earlier so your blood sugar isn't so high when you go to bed. But it's also one of those things that does get better over time I think too.

[@ibrahimsuleiman2400]

Thank you Brother I'm going to try some myself

[@CommanderRiker0]

Its a shame you did this completely wrong. Its critical you consume it in the morning (and at night) as it raises tryptophan. Morning tryptophan is linked to longer sleep at night. Also you didn't consume enough. Did you even read the proposed mechanism of action? As a life long insomniac this has worked very well for me. Extending my average sleep by about an hour.

[@kristfur]

How much per dose is supposed to be taken. Some people say 1 oz, or 4 oz, or 16oz. It's all over the map.

[@CommanderRiker0]

@@kristfur I would do about 16oz in the morning and night plus. Or less juice and a chewable made from the whole fruit concentrate if you want less sugar. There are several supplements made from the whole fruit concentrate if you don't want all the sugar, but be sure they are not "extracts" as nobody understand the mechanism of action 100%. You need the whole fruit. You could skip the juice all together if you wanted. Take two chewables in the morning and two at night.

[@LetsTalkAboutIt23]

I drink 8oz at night and it knocks me out! Lol. I went from sleeping 3-4.5hrs a night due to anxiety to sleeping 7.5hr plus! I absolutely love it. I’m finally getting back to normal sleep & recovery. I don’t know about all the extra he started adding to it, that could potentially keep you up at night. And especially drinking a lot of liquid before bed is a complete no, lol🤦🏽‍♀️. He had milk with ice that went from 8oz to 16oz quick before bed, duhhh, 😀

[@fastrack2170]

​@Beloved Skinz I was hoping to seeing a reply like thus! My Insomnia is INSANE! I will try drinking 8oz after being up for 24 hours. Pray for me lol

[@zincerish]

​@@fastrack2170 how'd it go!

[@mdtubeaccount2965]

How much cherry juice should I measure in a measuring cup to do what you did?

[@djohnson8182]

a cup is 8 fluid ounces

[@kenviro2010]

Think he should have drank pure tart cherry juice for the Night 7 as Night 4, 5 and 6 were relatively good in terms of sleep. Don't change something when it's working.

[@barbarafallin2038]

I get the Tart Cherry Juice Organic, not made from concentrate

[@ScottOstr]

How much sugar? I would add fiber powder to slow down the sugar absorption.

[@Liveeachdaytothefullest]

Mine has 27 grams or sugar per 8 oz! I think it's too much sugar.

[@ScottOstr]

@@Liveeachdaytothefullest I bought some and noticed the same thing. I was looking for a good late night drink that worked as a good sipping drink that was non-alcoholic. I'm still searching.

[@samuel-pe1hn]

The study uses 16oz of juice not 8

[@CommanderRiker0]

Its also critical to use it once in the morning, as it raises tryptophan via an enzyme inhibitor (That's the hypothesis). High levels of tryptophan in the morning are linked to longer sleep.

[@LetsTalkAboutIt23]

I’m going to try a morning cherry tart smoothie with protein powder, then do the night shot. I’ve been finally sleeping 7.5 for 2 out of the 3 nights I’ve started taking the cherry tart. I’m happy

[@foodogs8523]

Eat a bowl of actual cherries. That will do it.

[@KH-xj5qw]

Cutie