Heading out to run errands the other day took us to Costco. After the holidays, shopping there is a delight. Wandering around the aisles leisurely, getting samples of all sorts of yummy goodies makes it a pleasure. Sometimes you walk by a sample table though where you just know that person isn't going to interact with anyone. I wonder if those assignments are punitive. Anyway, we wandered by a table where cherry juice was up for grabs. We walked on by. Three steps past the table and I thought to myself, let's hear this one out. We backed up and a lovely senior who we shall call "Betty" was running the table. Considering the shipping season has gone from "insane chaos" down to the much more manageable "hectic" I had some time so I chatted her up which is something I enjoy doing....that's meeting and talking to new people.
Betty pitched the cherry juice. Now, I like cherries, and cherry is the best flavor of any hard candy, freeze pop, soft chew....whatever. But cherry juice was not something I had much confidence in. I picked up the little Dixie cup and kicked it back at which point Betty said "That's the same face I made when I first started drinking it!". Whew....tart! While talking Betty told me how she started drinking the cherry juice solely because of recommendations from her peers. She has no computer and knew nothing about it but went on blind faith, then one day while at a friends house, used the friends computer to look it up and found all the benefits to it. She said she starts every day with a 3oz or so shot of cherry juice and it's helped tremendously with her arthritis, showing me her hands, her sleeping, and all sorts of other ailments plaguing her. The box holding the three bottles had all sorts of claims about things the juice was capable of so with the hard sell, we bought it to see what happens. Each night before bed we pour ourselves what looks like it might be three ounces, kick it back, and shake our heads as our facial muscles cramp up from twisting due to the tartness. We're determined to see it through. We can't yet tell if there's been any benefits to it, but it's only been a few days.
Does anyone else out there use cherry juice? What about any other natural remedies? What does everyone swear by to help them with all the body aches and issues that creep up as we get older?