Only 6 Cinnamon Brands Were Deemed Safe for Consumption, According to a New Investigation by Consumer Reports

Food & Wine ^ | September 12, 2024 | Korin Miller

[Aeneas2112]

Grind your own. You can get sticks from a reputable source and freshly ground is far, far, better as well as less expensive than all but the cheapest and oldest crap.

Any spice you can buy whole and grind as needed will always be far fresher tasting.

[monkeyshine]

Hopefully you didn’t use any seed oils!

[PGR88]

They don't even tell which ones are Ceylon cinnamon, and which ones are Cassia.

I bet they are all Cassia. Its the cheap, common alternative to real cinnamon.

[rlmorel]

For the last five years or so, I have been eating a bowl of oatmeal each morning during the workweek. (On weekends, I eat the bad cereals that are not good for me)

I have a large Badia Cinnamon container which is near the bottom, which I use very heavily in my oatmeal.

I guess I’m gonna die.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Oatmeal! Yummy, now I’m hungry for oatmeal.

I have 3 large unopened round boxes of oatmeal, since the coof started. What was tat 2020?

Wonder if they’re still good.

[rlmorel]

LOL, probably...funny.

For years, I heard you need eat oatmeal, you need to eat oatmeal, you need to eat oatmeal...lowers your cholesterol...lowers your cholesterol...lowers your cholesterol.

So I resisted. I have a history in my family with oatmeal. My dad was a career Naval Officer, we had six kids in our family, and my mom got breast cancer at a very young age.

My dad had to make breakfast for us when she was sick, an he made it so thick it was very nearly solid! And then, he used to put a drop of purple iodine on top of it, because that was the way it was done in the late Fifties/early Sixties...people needed iodine in their diets, so there was some additive he used, a little brown bottle with an eyedropper.

Heh, I was so bogued out about it, I didn’t enjoy oatmeal until some sixty years later!

But being the creature of habit I am, I get into work long before everyone else, so I began preparing oatmeal at work for breakfast, to have with my single cup of black coffee each day.

It’s my thing now.

I take a half cup of oatmeal, spread a little on the bottom of a paper bowl and put some cinnamon and Splenda, lay down another layer of oatmeal, a little more cinnamon and Splenda, pour the rest of the oatmeal on top, sprinkle a lot of raisins on top, and, using the small cup mode on my coffee maker at work, I put in the hot water. Then I put it in the microwave for 90 seconds...comes out perfectly!

Then I got Type II diabetes, and my doctor told me I had to eat something else for breakfast. I said “Really? You gotta be kidding me.”

Nope. They weren’t kidding.

I listen less to the medical research stuff you see all the time posted here, drink coffee, don’t drink coffee, eat eggs, don’t eat eggs, drink wine don’t drink wine...

Screw it. They don’t know what they are talking about, and I work in medicine! I’m just going to eat those things in moderation. If it kills me, it kills me!

[rlmorel]

I use the large cylinders of oatmeal too!

[TribalPrincess2U]

That’s a great story.

My grandmother made oatmeal served with cream and sugar No cinnamon.

Grandpa ate the fat on meats. Granted this was in the 40s so no one was given info like today. Needless to say they both checked out at 75.
Still, do we really know?

I buy local honey at $25.00 a qt. Well worth it and last a decent time. No sugar!

I have to wonder about undistinguishable bugs they’re already pushing in some foods already. yuck!

Sounds like you will live a ripe old age.
Hopefully kicking up your heels all the way. ; -)

[Veto!]

I never liked cinnamon until 15 years ago when I met my first friend in this town. I had just pulled out of my driveway into the street and came to a screeching halt when I saw a woman walking a Corgi. Our family has had Corgis since 1966.

Became friends with owner, Belva Ann, who loved cinnamon. She told me I had to buy Simply Organic Ceylon Cinnamon, and it did taste. better. Friend died, I forgot I had cinnamon in the cabinet , but there it is. “Acceptable” on this list, but I’ll toss some in my cereal tomorrow morning, enjoy it along with fond memories.

[rlmorel]

Well, I sure am going to try kicking up my heels as long as I can...:)

[NetAddicted]

That is what I was figuring.

[Captainpaintball]

They don't even tell which ones are Ceylon cinnamon, and which ones are Cassia.

That's what annoys me, too. I only use ceylon

[philman_36]

May this article prove beneficial to you...

Removal of ‘zombie cells’ alleviates causes of diabetes in obese mice March 25, 2019

Mayo Clinic researchers and their collaborators have shown that when senescent cells — also known as “zombie cells” — are removed from fat tissue in obese mice, severity of diabetes and a range of its causes or consequences decline or disappear.
Snip...The senolytic drugs also prompted improved kidney and heart function, both of which are common complications of diabetes. Some senolytic supplements can be costly and unavailable locally while others are much less expensive and not available locally either.

Since finding out about this just a couple of months ago I've yet to find any locally. I'll have to break down and buy some online. I don't want to be on meds the rest of my life which is what prompted my original search.

My clinic was quite impressed with my find. Nobody there had a clue and they were quite surprised at the date of the article.

[Getready]

Next. Check out everything for cadmium or barium, mercury, thallium, cobalt, arsenic, titanium...but ok to eat bugs....
In case anyone misses it, the earth ain’t always your friend. Tell them that at earth day. Besides impact events, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, floods, fires, lightning, etc, some times it can kill you in more subtle ways.... e.g....Cameroon. 1986,or fumaroles at Yellowstone....
Sounds very odd to all of a sudden focus on cinnamon...
Does that explain our societies lunacy?

[SunkenCiv]

Lead, shmead. :^) Thanks nickcarraway. The rest of the Cinnamon (let me in!) keyword, sorted:

• Cinnamon: A Multifaceted Medicinal Plant [04/15/2024]
• Teaspoon a Day of Common Spice May Reduce Diabetes Risk [02/01/2024]
• Health officials warn of lead poisoning in kids after fruit puree recall [11/14/2023]
• Unbottling the scent of the afterlife: New study of ancient Egyptian mummification balms [09/08/2023]
• People may have been cooking curries in South-East Asia for at least 2000 years [07/24/2023]
• The Mysterious History of Cinnamon [05/09/2022]
• Book Review: Federico De Romanis and Marco Maiuro, eds., Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean Trade [08/14/2021]
• 1623: Amboyna Massacre [02/27/2021]
• Fresno's Cinnamon Roll Craze Continues as Long Lines Form Again [04/20/2020]
• Cinnamon Cools Your Stomach, New Study Says [11/20/2016]
• 'Cinnamon Can Kill' Says Mother Of Boy Who Died After Eating Too Much Cinnamon [06/06/2015]
• Fighting E. Coli Outbreaks With Cinnamon [08/26/2014]
• Wine Cellar, Well Aged, Is Revealed in Israel [11/23/2013]
• Evidence of 3,000-Year-Old Cinnamon Trade Found in Israel [08/20/2013]
• When political correctness collides with political correctness [07/13/2012]
• Need assistance with Mint Maya [06/29/2012]
• Antioxidant spices reduce negative effects of high-fat meal [08/10/2011]
• Cinnamon can replace harmful chemicals used to create nanoparticles [11/29/2010]
• Science Finding Medical Promise In Kitchen Cabinets [06/11/2008]
• Cat Joins Exclusive Genome Club (Abyssinian Cat Cinnamon Has DNA Decoded Alert) [11/01/2007]
• Cinnamon and Diabetes -- Disease Type Appears to Matter [04/15/2007]
• Tri-Cities police waste no time finding stolen doughnut truck [08/08/2006]
• STILLWELL: When Anarchists Attack [07/20/2005]
• Cinnamon Oil Kills Mosquito Larvae (Better-Smelling Bug Repelling Tests Underway) [07/19/2004]
• Sailing The Cinnamon Route [03/04/2004]
• Type 2 diabetics may get a health boost from a dash of cinnamon [01/27/2004]
• Cinnamon spice produces healthier blood [11/25/2003]

[CaptainPhilFan]

Mercury!!! Holy rolly moly. I went through at least 2 thermometers a month. That stuff was fascinating. I don’t remember exactly what age or for how long but I’ll never forget rolling that stuff around in my hand and then wrapping it all up and hiding the evidence. Science and danger all in one!

Of course, I did acquire a pituitary tumor in my twenties but I’m sure that had nothing to do with it. :)

[CaptainPhilFan]

I just purchased 2 of the giant containers of Badia ginger - I love this brand. I think ginger was also having “lead problems” recently. Anything to keep as many as people as possible worried, guessing, and feeling guilty or ashamed.

I got Anthony’s (from Amazon) Ceylon cinnamon, a big bag of it.
Planning on consuming more as another weapon in the battle against an elevated A1C.

[dkGba]

I wondered that as well.

[rlmorel]

Very interesting-thank you!

I don’t totally discount research, but I lost a huge amount of faith in the field I work in when I saw how they handled COVID.

[philman_36]

My pleasure, as always.

I did quite a bit of looking into the matter after finding the original information because I don't exactly trust the medical field. Too many bad experiences over the years with friends and family. I never have put much faith in their "cures" and I sure as hell wasn't going to trust the injection. I blame my Mom's deteriorating health over the years on the vaccines she insisted she needed.

I'm going to give it a try when I decide on a vendor to my liking. It can't hurt.