Cinnamon spice produces healthier blood

New Scientist ^ | November 24, 2003 | Debora MacKenzie

[Quix]

Chinese have considered cinnamon a medicine for a VERY LONG time.

[Riley]

Thanks, JA.

I am waiting to see if they can come up with something that'll safely remove arterial plaque and clotting from blood vessels. THAT'LL be the thing. In the meantime, there isn't much at most GNC-type stores that'll cause big problems, if it is used with a dose of sense and a degree of self-education.

I had a heart attack about 4 weeks ago. I got an Angioplasty and a stent in an occluded graft for it- felt immediately better.

[Marie]

Both my husband and best friend had high blood pressure and cholest. issues. My friend tried Flax seed oil and had a complete recovery in 7 days. My husband had the same results in 5. It's the best kept secret, as far as I'm concerned.

[Judith Anne]

You take blood thinners, of course?

I take aspirin several times a day for arthritis, in my opinion it's helping my heart...

[Riley]

Flax seed oil, eh? Thanks Marie, I will do some research on it.

What did it do- lower the LDL? Is the effect temporary, or is ongoing dosage necessary? We're there other dietary changes that took place at the same time?

[Spirited]

"Moral of the story is that its up to me to listen to advice, but make my own decisions. I fall significantly short of being impressed by medical credentials alone, anymore."

"The human cost of medical errors is high. Based on the findings of one major study, medical errors kill some 44,000 people in U.S. hospitals each year. Another study puts the number much higher, at 98,000. Even using the lower estimate, more people die from medical mistakes each year than from highway accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS.
> Institute of Medicine, 2000" http://www.iatrogenic.org/contents.html

You have joined an enormous group of people who understand that unless you think for yourself and sometimes go outside the box you are not likely to have a very long life.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/jul2003_cover_book_01.html

If you read simply the side effects of medications prescribed you can often decide that the side effects are worse than the problem and use proper discretion.

Life Extension Foundation Magazine had a lengthy article this year on how, why and in what circumstance to reduce the medications you are taking in order to preserve your health and life. Believe that article is available for perusal online.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/mar2003_cover_effects_01.html

Wisdom dictates that you choose very carefully.

[Baby Bear]

Have you tried eating garlic? Raw is best, but other forms are OK.

[twigs]

Thank you for this information. I was recently put on Lovastatin and took myself off of it in just three weeks because of the side effects. I told the doctor that I would do other things but I would NOT take that medication. Is myrrh ever used to spice foods? Can you find it as a cooking spice?

[Riley]

Thanks for the links. I have to go take care of a client right now, so I'll check them out later.

[Spirited]

You all might also look into this:
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2001/june2001_cover_policosanol.html

[Riley]

Have you tried eating garlic? Raw is best, but other forms are OK.

I love the stuff to death.

[pollywog]

Try sprinkling it in fresh coffee before you brew.....it's pretty good:0)

Thanks for this tidbit. Off to try it.....

[cherry]

Riley....you take care of yourself....appreciate your commentary from your exp...

[Marie]

I know that blood pressure was restored to normal in both of them within one week and dropped a little lower in the week after that. (My husband went from 145/90 to 125/60 and my friend went from 175/145 - on blood pressure medication - to 128/72 with no medication in two weeks) My husbands bad cholesterol was borderline high (I'm not sure of the numbers) and it's now low/normal. My friend was a walking heart attack and she was normal when the dr checked her again a month later. They both took one to two 1000 mg flax seed oil a day.

My friend found out about it while visiting her dr for her high bp. While in the waiting room, she started chatting with another woman was waiting with her husband. The lady told my friend about the oil and my friend confirmed the story with their doctor. He told her to try it, that it couldn't hurt. He had only seen this one patient who tried it, so he wasn't completly convinced that the oil worked. Now, after my friend's trial, he getting cautiously optimistic.

There were NO other lifestyle changes for either of them. Now my hubby is nagging his mother to just TRY the oil and he NEVER nags. If it's going to work for you, you'll know it within a month. If not, it won't hurt you at all. (Unless you're alergic to flax!) ;-)

[cherry]

I would love to know the breakdown of the "hospitals" listed in that first study, because I think it wasn't just hospitals, but nursing homes as well, where you have a clientale that is sickly from the start...

medical errors sometimes are confused with wrong outcomes or unwanted outcomes....like giving someone a unit of blood, and having them develop an allergic reaction and possibly death....

or prescribing one medicine that does not work or has too many untoward effects that it actually harms a pt.

Of course, there are out right mistakes...wrong pt, wrong procedure, etc..etc...

Health care has lengthened our life spans so much that I think that some people think that there is no reason to die...

At the turn of the century, I think the American average age of death was like in the 40's.....unbelievable where we are today...

so, you can chose NOT to visit your doctor or hospital, and not be subject to all those "medical errors" but your best chance is working with the health care system....

EXCEPT....you must pay attention, think thru all treatments or RX's....do your own research, and always question everything....why, how, when, etc.....

there is so much variance in health care offered, that the consumer must be alert.....

[Spirited]

You might try the top left protocols search on this page under Cardiovascular;
http://www.lef.org/protocols/

If they do not guide you to look at homocysteine please do so as well.

Research on oral chelation might interest you, too.

GNC products may do little harm but they are not necessarily of quality to accomplish your purposes, either. There is great profit in the field and the difference between the quality of products is frquently enormous while the price is usually negligible. The integrity of the manufacturer is a definite factor.

[ibheath]

Bump for later

[pepsionice]

This makes me wonder what else Grandma used to use in her herbs and teas....that would help improve our health? I think all of these millions in research are just wasted going down the drain...we ought to go back to the basics.

[bootyist-monk]

JERRY: That's the last babka. They got the last babka.

ELAINE: I know. They're going in first with the last babka.

JERRY: That was our babka.

ELAINE: You can't beat a babka.

JERRY: We had that babka.

ELAINE: (exhales) They're going to be heroes.

JERRY: Well what are we going to do now. If we can't get the babka the
whole thing's useless.

ELAINE: Well how about a carrot cake?

JERRY: Carrot cake? Now w-why is that a cake? You don't make carrots
into a cake. I'm sorry.

ELAINE: Black Forrest?

JERRY: Black Forrest? Too scary. You're in the Forrest, oohh.

JERRY: How about a Napoleon?

ELAINE: Napoleon? Who's he to have a cake? He was a ruthless war monger.
Might as well get Mengele.

JERRY: That was our babka. We had that babka!

ELAINE: What's this one?

CLERK: That, Cinnamon Babka.

ELAINE: (gasp)

JERRY: Another babka?

CLERK: There's chocolate and there's cinnamon.

JERRY: Well-well we got to get the cinnamon.

ELAINE: No, but they got the chocolate. We'll be going in with lesser
babka.

JERRY: I beg your pardon? Cinnamon takes a back seat to no babka. People
love cinnamon. It should be on tables in restaurants along with salt and
pepper. Anytime anyone says, "Oh This is so good. What's in it?" The
answer invariably comes back, Cinnamon. Cinnamon. Again and again.
Lesser babka - I think not.

CLERK: 49?

ELAINE: I'll have a cinnamon babka.

JERRY: … and a black and white cookie, for me. Peace!

(Jerry puts up the 2 finger peace sign and smiles)

[Cinnamon Girl]

Right here, baby!