Tart cherry and metabolic
What 2 graded rows on tart cherry agree on for metabolic, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
Consensus finder Rows from the Tart cherry page, reviewed Oct 21, 2026 How it decides
What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Tart cherry page, with its PubMed record.
Your question
Tart cherry and metabolic
2 rows · 674 peopleSplit. 1 row found an improvement and 1 had mixed results.
- CGrade C× 2
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- At least: a review without a trial count
- People
- 674
- Pooled reviews may count some twice
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade C, is a meta-analysis of 392 people (2026) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 282 to 392 people, published from 2023 to 2026: 1 pooled review and 1 single study.
The rows
1 improved · 1 mixed- CGrade CSerum uric acid · Improved
Meta-analysis · n 392 · 2026 · Adults in 4 randomized trials (8 comparisons)
Varied across trials · Varied across trials
Serum uric acid fell modestly versus control (SMD −0.22, 95% CI −0.43 to −0.01).
Row on the Tart cherry page · PubMed 42242852 (opens PubMed)
- CGrade CGout flares, urine pH and serum urate (add-on to urate-lowering therapy) · Mixed
RCT · n 282 · 2023 · Men with gout and acidic urine starting febuxostat
Not stated in the abstract · 12 weeks
Urine pH and serum urate changed similarly with the tart cherry–citrate mixture, a citrate mixture and sodium bicarbonate. The tart cherry mixture and the citrate mixture both had fewer flares than bicarbonate; the tart cherry mixture had lower CRP and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio than both.
Row on the Tart cherry page · PubMed 37679816 (opens PubMed)