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Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
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Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
>>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…
You can grow your own tumeric in your garden fairly easily.
Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
It's time we try the out cinnamon challenge at the old folks home.
Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#44It'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…
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Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
>>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…
>>Well, worst case scenario is the (very rare) chance of getting contaminated product through international spice adulteration and counterfeiting
True enough. Though as far as contamination goes...I'm far more worried about other products. The spices are all a local brand - one in which I've got reasonable trust. Things like olive oil though...fake olive oil seems to be par for the course. That freaks me out 100x more than "fake" parsley.
Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#46To get a better perspective here, I wish there was discussion around ... I dunno ... the full text of the actual study discussing dosage levels, etc. Also some knowledge of gram-per-gram conversion of cinnamon to sodium benzoate through its hepatic metabolism might be informative. But, sigh, let's just rant and call each other names.
Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
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Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Nicotine is sort of a mixed bag, but it isn't really the bad part of tobacco products. Cigarettes are generally bad for you because of all of the other things in them besides nicotine. The bad part of nicotine is that it is so highly addictive, but it's health benefits for things like ulcerative colitis and other afflictions are becoming better studied.
Radioactive polonium is the really worry with tobacco use.
Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#49Original article http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11481-014-9552-2 (paywalled)
Re: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinsons
#50Naive comment: Indian food is loaded with cinnamon. Especially sweets. So why is India host to second largest population of Parkinsons afflicted[1]? Or maybe people are not served cinnamon rich food as they grow older because they are also rich in fat and sugar? I guess orthogonal studies like these don't have much value. There are obviously several other factors at work here. 1. http://www.epda.eu.com/en/parkinsons/…
Was just going to comment prior to your edit, but we really should compare rates of occurrance rather than population size.