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RE: Can Cinnamon Help Reduce The Obesity Epidemic? Cinnamon Has Been Observed To Convert White Fat To Brown Fat

in #science8 years ago (edited)

No I am not. Typically the use of models like rat, mouse, dog etc. Preceeds any sort of human trial. I don't suspect that this result will inspire a human trial either. It's positive and quite interesting, but actual human trials cost millions... I don't think people would valuate these findings as worth the money risk.

At least not in the US. However this was a Chinese research group. So perhaps things would be viewed differently there? I don't know.

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Very true but if this "cinnamon link" turns out to be significant, I'm pretty sure that some larger company might be interested in conducting some studies.But we'll see... I hope we'll at least see some further basic research in this area.

I suspect they won't if only because there wouldn't be a way to monetize cinnamon. Perhaps I am being too cynical.