I prefer sex myself.
I hate cinnamon.
Andi Breitowich and Food & Wine Magazine, your Internet licenses are here by revoked. You got the the “secret ingredient” of an Internet panic in the second sentence. You could have gotten the typical user to scroll through ads and hidden “load next page” button for hours, but no, you ruined that by getting to the point immediately. I personally was trapped on “these seven secret citrus fruits may make your nose fall off” for three days without finding out if I am in danger of denasalization.
Cinnamon effects the Cytochrome P450 group of enzymes in the liver. These are the CYP enzymes mentioned above. They are responsible for detoxing the body. They are what creates the half life of medications that is then used to determine the frequency of dosage.
The other effect of cinnamon is on allosteric enzymes that can act as switches, either turning enzymes, and thus the corresponding biochemical reaction in the body, either on or off.
A close friend of mine spent his entire career at the medical school researching allosteric enzymes in the liver. It’s the topic of study for his PhD and he stayed with it for 40 years. He authored the textbook on liver enzymes used by universities teaching this topic.
My interest in these enzymes is that it appears these allosteric enzymes are the root cause of auto immune disorders such as MS. By reversing, they can turn the body against itself.
After reading the comments I decided I ain’t going to have sex with a warm cinnamon roll. Might kill me.
Soooo, cinnamon does what has always been advocated. Helps protect the body from poisons.