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My mom was kind of a health nut when we were a kid, she was getting organic food way before it was in vogue to do so, and I remember when she got us Cinnamon capsules to take in the morning with our other vitamins. I always thought it was silly to take a caplet full of cinammon, but I guess maybe there was something to it
It's sort of gimmicky to say that Cinnamon does this, because it's known to be sodium benzoate that causes this effect. In 2012 they discovered that sodium benzoate has an effect on Parkinson's disease proteins: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701815 . This new study is, at least, a confirmation of the older study, and is also an attempt to use it to treat the disease.
Interesting. I didn't realize cinnamon metabolized to sodium benzoate. I've actually been trying to avoid sodium benzoate, especially in soft drinks because of worry what that preservative could possibly be doing to us (especially in the presence of vitamin c) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_benzoate But I've been purposefully eating a bunch of Cinnamon. It's hard to reconcile sometimes what might be good for me…
I'm starting to think I should munch a mix of powders every morning. Cinnamon, tummeric, garlic etc.
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>>If you don't have Parkinson's, and the associated brain changes that this is reversing, what would be the point? The point...hedging my bets. I don't know whether I've got Parkisons...not will I until its too late. So as long as its backed by something resembling science I'm OK with integrating minor changes into my life on the off chance that it might work. e.g. Right now I'm throwing a decent dose of tummeric int…
Well, worst case scenario is the (very rare) chance of getting contaminated product through international spice adulteration and counterfeiting - and that contamination giving you some unpleasant food poisoning that gives you kidney disease leading you to either need a transplant or to live on dialysis for years. I just did a web search for contaminated spoces and there are some recent US cases of imported turmeric t…
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Downvotes make me sad. HN has no sense of humor.
Sure we do. Plenty of top comments are funny, but they're just topical, relevant, and - most importantly - include some actual original thought. Posting the same old tired references just isn't funny to this crowd.
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I doubt that cinnamon is cheaper than sodium benzoate.
Hey, we can use actually data for this! http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/price-of-sodium-benzoate.htm... http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cinnamon-price.html Looks like the prices are surprisingly similar, though cinnamon is, if anything, more expensive. Additionally, I'd imagine that if sodium benzoate is the active ingredient, you'd need less of it to get the job done.
I'm starting to think I should munch a mix of powders every morning. Cinnamon, tummeric, garlic etc.
The bioavailability of curcumin (found in turmeric) is much better when taken along with piperine (found in black pepper). Also, welcome to the club: http://www.reddit.com/r/supplements
When we cook, our muscle memory is to add black ground pepper when adding turmeric.
We also favor cinnamon because it is anecdotally supposed to be a good anti-inflammatory agent - if this is not true, at least it tastes good with many foods.
I've read cinnamon might help with diabetes too? Would that be the same mechanism?
The mechanism behind cinnamon's effects on blood glucose, OTOH, seems not to be terribly well-studied, given a few minutes' searching. One paper I found says, "cinnamon enhances glucose uptake by activating the insulin receptor kinase activity, auto-phosphorylation of the insulin receptor, and glycogen synthase activity." [1] Otherwise, the literature seems all to be, "We observed this effect..."
EDIT: Pointers to better sources welcome.