The honey & cinnamon myth I keep reading about ????

charleeh

Hi everyone.

You who have read my posts before probably guess that I love my natural things so as you know I like to keep 'informed' about any possible natural way to help ease arthritis pain.

I keep seeing things online about quote:

"A study being carried out by Copenhagen University where 2000 patients were given honey & cinnamon and over a week 76 of them were 'cured' of the symptoms, a while later half of them had more manageable pain"

... the numbers and exact details vary on which site you go on.

However I found a site today saying they had researched this 'claim' and it was all false!!! Apparently a spokesperson for the Copenhagen University denied any such research?

In addition Cinnamon is a blood thinner (so I hear) so that could do more damage than good if you were already on medication than affected your blood couldn't it?

My conclusion is maybe I will swap my nightly nutella on toast for honey on toast and maybe when I make a banana loaf cake (when my hands permit!) I'll add a bit of cinnamon but apart from that I don't think I shall pursue this any further lol :roll:

My specialist said if I find a natural remedy that cures the arthritis disease I'd probably get the Nobel Peace Prize.... I shall continue my wait then lol

I'd like to hear anyone else's views on the myths tho?? .... diet and such?

Best wishes
Charleeh

Boomer13

I've heard of a lot and tried a few, and, now I am of the mind that it's all quackery. I lived in a large, pinkish bubble of hope for awhile that something 'natural' would cure me. I guess the hope was good for me at the time.

Now I believe the science, eat an excellent diet with lots of fruits, veggies, nuts and fish. I take my drugs as they were prescribed and try not to get my hopes raised when a new "cure" comes along.

I don't take any herbal supplements because as you say, they can interfere with your meds, (blood thinning effects, etc). I have enough trouble managing side-effects from what I take now. I figure don't need more issues, I have enough 'fun' as it is :roll: .(-groan- ) Why is there no smilie for 'groan'??

My humble views on the subject,
xxAnna

charleeh

Thanks for your reply Anna, its good to know I am not the only one who ever has considered a 'natural' cure lol

Again like you I stick to my proper meds ...... these days anyway, I have to lol



Best wishes
Chareeh

hileena111

Hi
I would be apprehensive about trying "natural" remedies but if you check with your GP and he says they wont do any good but wont do any harm I would be tempted to try them.....I don't expect a cure but I still look for things to ease the pain a bit.
So if I knew they wouldn't do any harm eg: clash with other meds I would try them
Love
Hileena

dreamdaisy

There is one thing to bear in mind, namely if these things worked then this forum wouldn't exist. We would all be swigging our cider vinegars, whilst wearing our magnetic bangles and lining our shoes with copper insoles so we could be out there living life to its best. I did the rosehip thing for a while, spent a fair few quid and things worsened because that is what they do. Mind you, I don't get too far with the meds either - stymied on all fronts methinks! I know my arthritis will be 'mended' one day, but until then I will continue to dedicate my life to increasing the drugs' companies profits. :lol (Note to self, buy shares.)

I cannot think of any disease that has been cured or eradicated by natural remedies. I think that's another thing to bear in mind. There is, always has been and always will be a gulf between theory and reality. The trouble is we're living the reality. DD

charleeh

Hi,

Yeah I agree, I am sure when Culpeper published the first herb book there would have been a line saying "this herb cures this condition " if natural things were so easy surely mankind has been testing these things long before written word especially things like cinnamon and honey.

I shall just hope they discover a 'new' natural 'thing' that cures arthritis now lol. I must say tho, when you are already ill you seem to pay more attention to 'doing the right thing' I guess, like less E numbers, be more healthy by eating better, exercising more etc - maybe it takes you getting ill before you realise how important health is sometimes?

Thanks for your replies,
Best Wishes
Charleeh

dreamdaisy

Of course it does - dealing with a disease wonderfully focuses the mind on all the things that maybe we should have been doing, but the body will do what it wants regardless. Jim Fixx 'invented' jogging to stave off heart attacks, he died from a heart attack whilst out jogging. DD

daffy2

All remedies, natural or synthetic, come up against the same problem, namely that humans are all different, so something that works for one person may do nothing or have adverse effects on another. Many herbal remedies have gone on to become part of the mainstream drug stable( quinine, aspirin, digitalin) and others will doubtless emerge. As far as the individual is concerned it all tends to come down to whether the effects are seen as beneficial and, where relevant, side effects and interactions are acceptable.

charleeh

I totally agree Daffy2;

I can't have codine as it makes me hallucinate; but I can take tramadol fine. Others are the opposite way around.

Marvellous really when you look into where prescribed meds come from and how they began. I'd of loved to have took a degree in all that stuff ..... if I were rich

Best wishes
Charleeh