Sleeping Bear Farms

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Hi,

Some friends gave us some lemon honey crème. We love it!! Wow! The jar is ½ gone and we've only had it 4 days! I know we can buy it on the web, but because of the shipping costs would prefer to buy it locally. Do you distribute to stores in the Grand Rapids area?

With a smile,
Lynnette

Hi Kirk/Patti

My sister Joan Yarnold ordered your cherry juice concentrate for me - thank you for getting it here. I am actually from Cape Town, South Africa and came accross your website in a desparate attempt find a means to lower my uric acid levels that didn't involve drugs. I have suffered with Chronic gout for the past 10 years. My Rheumatologist was Christopher Lyddell ( he is at present setting up a Rheumatology clinic in Alberta) and he had me on puricos until it was proven that i was highly allergic to alipurinol. For years I lived on colchecine (4 per day) and voltaren (300mg per day), my blood uric acid level stayed between 11.9 and 9.7. About a year ago they decided to try probeniced (proben) and I was allergic to that too. I started getting deep gout sores on my feet and toes and the colchecine/voltaren mix no longer worked - so they added cortezone and i reacted to that too. When I heard my doctor was leaving for Canada for a year I decided to take my treatment into my hands and started my research. I came accross your website and felt it was worth a go. While I waited for your extract to arrive I used tart desert cherries and blended them. I stopped all medication for gout three months ago and had a few very bad episodes. I have used one of your bottles of cherry concentrate and my blood uric acid level is now 0.52. I am absolutely delighted.

Now I need to know how I can get a regular supply to South Africa without having to go through my sisters work. I really do think this is a long term commitment.
Do you have an outlet in South Africa, can I order directly through you and how will delivery work?

I look forward to your reply
Lorna Jordaan

Testimonials from customers with cherry juice health benefits!

Dear Kirk,

My arthritis is not severe but I have had serious gout-like symptoms: open leg sores, itchy wrists, itchy acid blisters, and a back pain so severe I could not stand straight. I have learned to control this by avoiding certain foods, and especially by taking tart cherry juice.

I read that cherry juice helps to metabolize uric acid. However high sugar content can also cause uric acid, and in general it's not good to eat a lot of sweets. This is why 'tart' Montmorency cherry juice is much better than 'black cherry' which is very sweet. Montmorency juice is still sweet and tasty, however. Always dilute at least 1:4, and do not take a lot at once. The Sleeping Bear Farms brand is an exceptional value. Also, because of its higher concentration and lightweight plastic bottle, it is handy for travel and shipping to friends.

Macrobiotics talks about 'acid alkaline balance.' But Macrobiotics bans all 'nightshades' which is inaccurate. Tomatoes and eggplants are acidic but potatoes and sweet peppers are alkalizing. Macrobiotics recommends plum paste but fails to emphasize cherry juice, far better in my experience.

Arthritis victims: cherry juice does not directly rebuild joints, but helps to metabolize uric acid. The inflamation stimulates acid, and the acid stimulates inflamation, etc. Cherry juice can break this cycle. Then for building material, I add glucosamine and Arthred Collagen or chicken collagen. Glucosamine and collagen dissolve in cherry juice and taste well together.

Also important are celery juice, celery, and celery seed capsules. Second to celery among alkalizing vegetables are sweet peppers. Add celery and green peppers to any rice or vegetable dish.

I have learned to minimize sweets, chocolate, coffee, tea, spinach, eggplant, rhubarb, hydrogenated oils, soy oil, soy products, curries, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, and especially tomato sauce, eggplant parmesan and pizza. Cut down on protein, especially shellfish. Drink spring water between meals. Also to use common sense about mixtures. Do not mix with two juices that are sweet, such as cherry with pear. Also generally don't mix fruits with vegetables, such as cherry with celery.

The following foods, by themselves or in appropriate mixtures, are however very helpful: raw almond butter, flax oil, pears, pear juice, cider vinegar and baked potatoes. Lots of garden salad and most vegetables. I also take Potassium capsules and 'Colon Green' buffered psyllium capsules (1 per meal). The cleaner the colon, the less toxins including uric acid. Because I have trouble with sugar, I also take one Fenugreek tablet once daily and one Cinnamon Extract tablet 4 times daily. If your blood sugar is out of control--either high or low--this can worsen an acid imbalance.

My current breakfast: 4 oz. plain yogurt, plain kefir, or organic milk. Add 4 oz. pear juice or 1-2 tablespoons cherry concentrate. Almond butter, Arthred collagen, unsweetened aloe vera, organic flax oil. (Store flax oil in the freezer to prevent rancidity.) Thin with water or unsweetened Noni juice. Add just 2 tablespoons oatmeal or a granola such as Nature's Path Organic Heritage Muesli. (Having less than 1:5 sugars:grams ratio and no soy.) Or instead of granola, an almond butter sandwich.

Orange juice and oranges seem important for my health but not good for uric acid. I suggest high quality orange juice occasionally, but usually replace this with tart cherry juice. Also contrary to the current health trends: cut down on coffee, tea and chocolate. These have some benefits, but are quite acidic. When you do take them, do it with as little sugar as possible. If sweetness is needed, then I suggest stevia, not Splenda.

--Christopher Oey
November 15, 2007

Also, you might want to add this to my testimonial:

P.S. After several months of heavy daily use, any natural food can cause a certain residual irritation, or 'law or dimishing returns.' I find that with cherry juice, this effect can be counteracted by eating a lot of celery or celery hearts before dinner. Celery is therefore not only a potent alkalizer in its own right, but very synergistic. For maximum long term use, it may be ideal to alternate, one day eating a lot of celery 2-3 times, and the next day taking 1 oz. cherry concentrate 2-3 times. Optionally, a sort of dip or dressing for the celery can be made of flax oil with cider vinegar.

Thank you,
Christopher Oey

Patti and Kirk,

When I was 45 I hurt my shoulder and afer I had a bone density test I was diagnosed wth oteoporosis. I could not have a new shoulder because it would never heal. So painkillers were my only option until I heard about Cherry Juice Concentrate from Sleeping Bear Farms. Within days of me drinking the Cherry Concentrate I hade less pain in my shoulder and body. I experimented with the concentrate in different drinks and found that no matter how I mixed it , it was very tasty and the pain had decreased. I told my family and before you knew it they are all drinking it and feeling better. So I no longer take pain killers but drink a glass of Cherry Concentrate(or two) daily. It is the most natural thing to drink and feel better.

Cindy Walsh, from Northern Labels in Hesperia, Michigan