Does cinnamon really slow down cancer?

Three Seasons

The reason I ask is I found the below link.

http://www.life-enhancement.com/magazine/article/1164-can-cinnamon-fight-cancer

My uncle was recently diagnosed with liver cancer, would like to tell him about it but would also feel a bit stupid telling him cinnamon will help him stop the spread of cancer.

Basq

Probably AH is not the best place for this question..

donvito99

Jim Stynes tried everything. There's nothing stopping you, but as you say, no point in getting hopes up.

Isn't there a Homeopathy thread ongoing?

Jimoslimos

Pretty much everything slows down or kills cancer cells in a test tube. The difficulty is in applying that in vivo

Mr Benevolent

Depends. Are you going to tell him to stop all his chemo and radiotherapy treatments just to eat cinnamon all day? If so, expect a punch in the face. I'm all for the power of suggestion, but try not to be a fucking idiot.

Three Seasons

Confab wrote: »

Depends. Are you going to tell him to stop all his chemo and radiotherapy treatments just to eat cinnamon all day? If so, expect a punch in the face. I'm all for the power of suggestion, but try not to sound like a f[COLOR="black"]u[/COLOR]cking idiot.

Why would I tell him to stop the chemo, just take cinnamon in addition to help, it it does in fact help.

MadsL

http://www.cancerletters.info/article/S0304-3835(05)00009-1/abstract

To explore possible anti-cancer properties of water-soluble, polymeric polyphenols from cinnamon, three myeloid cell lines (Jurkat, Wurzburg, and U937) were exposed to increasing concentrations of an aqueous extract prepared from cinnamon (CE) for 24h. Cell growth and cell cycle distribution patterns responded in a dose-dependent manner to CE. That is, an increase in the percentage of cells distributed in G2/M was observed in all three cell lines as the amount of CE increased. At the highest dose of CE, the percentage of Wurzburg cells in G2/M was 1.5- and 2.0-fold higher than those observed for Jurkat and U937 cells, respectively. Wurzburg cells lack the CD45 phosphatase and may be more sensitive to imbalances in signaling through kinase/phosphatase networks that promote growth. The results suggest the potential of CE to interact with phosphorylation/dephosphorylation signaling activities to reduce cellular proliferation in tandem with a block at the G2/M phase of the cell cycle.

There is a big leap from extracting cinnamon and applying it to cells in a lab, to eating it. Very early days with this research.

Why not bring him a hot chocolate laced with cinnamon and casually mention it.

The Road Runner

It slows down stupids anyway :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyk7utV_D2I

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

Confab wrote: »

Depends. Are you going to tell him to stop all his chemo and radiotherapy treatments just to eat cinnamon all day? If so, expect a punch in the face. I'm all for the power of suggestion, but try not to be a fucking idiot.

I don't think you can just sit around all day eating cinamon. You would get no protein or vitamins or essential oils and fats. Even if you incorporated the large range of cinnamon flavoured deserts.

humanji

Boards isn't the place for medical advice.