Seeing Red

If you’re looking for a magic elixir that helps you bounce back fast from hard workouts and get a better night’s sleep, tart cherry juice just might be it.

- Marissa Stephenson

TART CHERRY JUICE is all the rage. Arnold Schwarzenegger slips it in smoothies. Elite marathoner Molly Huddle turns it into Jell-O and eats it at night. The entire Penn State football team takes shots of the stuff after every practice. All the devotion is because the tangy juice seems to prime the body for muscle recovery and sleep. And more than a decade of science backs up the benefits.

A 2018 review in