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Strong Support
A natural spice called cinnamon might help slow down a harmful process in brain cells that’s linked to diseases like Alzheimer’s, at least in lab-grown human cells.
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Effects of cinnamon extract on glycogen synthase kinase 3 phosphorylation of tau
Cross-Sectional Study
In Vitro
Scientists tested if cinnamon extract can reduce a harmful modification of a brain protein linked to Alzheimer’s, and they found it did — in lab-grown human cells that were engineered to make that protein and the enzyme that modifies it.
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