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16th July is national cherry day
Did you know that just 10 cherries can make up one of your five a day? They are nutritious and help fight disease and other illnesses, helping you to sleep, serving as a kind of pain-relieving aspirin and fighting against ageing, this is one super-cherry! So check out our Tweets and Facebook page this week for recipes with this super fruit!
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