Research · Randomized controlled trial
Effects of a tart cherry juice beverage on the sleep of older adults with insomnia: a pilot study
What it found
Tart cherry juice produced significant but modest improvements in sleep and reduced wake time after sleep onset — smaller than hypnotics or CBT.
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Year
- 2010
- Sample size
- 15
- Population
- older adults (50+) with chronic insomnia
- Intervention
- tart cherry juice blend twice daily for 2 weeks vs placebo (crossover)
- Outcome
- insomnia severity and sleep-continuity variables
- Journal
- Journal of Medicinal Food
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.