Cherry Cobbler, Good for You in So Many Ways

The cherry’s appeal is everlasting. In childhood, you favored sickly-sweet imitation maraschinos, on occasion plunking a half-dozen ruby orbs into the bubbly depths of a blushing Shirley Temple.
Your tastes matured as the years passed, and so did the cherry dishes. These days, you might make your own maraschino cherries you now prefer them a respectable shade of burgundyand they abound in pies, compotes, and crumbles.
You may be grateful to them in your later years, too. In a study published in the current issue of the journal “Rejuvenation Research,” researchers found that elderly rats developed stronger bones when fed a melatonin-rich supplement. Melatonin is a natural hormone found in grapes, oatmeal, and you guessed it cherries