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I don't think it's gimmicky. Cinnamon is cheap and easy to make and easy to deliver to the patient. Those practical implications are lost if it's only referre

by mojobot 12y ago

I don't think it's gimmicky. Cinnamon is cheap and easy to make and easy to deliver to the patient. Those practical implications are lost if it's only referred to as sodium benzoate. I don't know if this research is done with the same grants as the MS/Cinnamon study from the NIH, but it sounds like it: http://www.rush.edu/webapps/MEDREL/servlet/NewsRelease?id=1503 http://www.rush.edu/webapps/MEDREL/servlet/NewsRelease?id=15...

pcrh 12y ago
I doubt that cinnamon is cheaper than sodium benzoate.
- cbsmith 12y ago
  Hey, we can use actually data for this! http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/price-of-sodium-benzoate.html http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/price-of-sodium-benzoate.htm... http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cinnamon-price.html http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cinnamon-price.html Looks like the prices are surprisingly similar, though cinnamon is, if anything, more expensive. Additionally, I'd imagine that if sodium benzoate is the active ingredient, you'd need less of it to get the job done.
  - topbanana 12y ago
    Do Alibaba also have prices for apples and oranges?
    - zhte415 12y ago
      Apples: http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=apples http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_... Oranges: http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=oranges http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_...
  - Audrey_II 12y ago
    It's time we try the out cinnamon challenge at the old folks home.
  - nathannecro 12y ago
    I'm not sure if you can assume this. I'm not sure myself, but the path that sodium benzoate finds its way into the bloodstream (or wherever it needs to be) is a bit more complicated than just "eat this pure sodium benzoate". Apparently, cinnamon can be used as a vehicle for moving sodium benzoate to wherever it needs to be.
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    Some of the "cinnamon" results are stuffing some very odd keywords for what looks like a simple fluorescent tube.
  - casualobserver 12y ago
    Just in case anyone is thinking of purchasing through Alibaba: Alibaba is notorious for scammers. I know two startups that have lost around $20,000 each on material suppliers listed there who send something cheaper (usually completely different) than what has been requested upon payment. It's usually the orders that are around $1000 that Chinese chemical/raw materials supply companies selectively scam on.
- wisty 12y ago
  Once there's a patent on the use of sodium benzoate to treat things, it will be. OK, you'll still be able to get generic sodium benzoate cheap, but it won't have whatever magic fairy dust the patented version adds to it.
bernardlunn 12y ago
and i can put cinnamon on my oatmeal but sodium benzoate sounds disgusting

by mojobot 12y ago

pcrh 12y ago

I doubt that cinnamon is cheaper than sodium benzoate.

cbsmith 12y ago
Hey, we can use actually data for this! http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/price-of-sodium-benzoate.html http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/price-of-sodium-benzoate.htm... http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cinnamon-price.html http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cinnamon-price.html Looks like the prices are surprisingly similar, though cinnamon is, if anything, more expensive. Additionally, I'd imagine that if sodium benzoate is the active ingredient, you'd need less of it to get the job done.
- topbanana 12y ago
  Do Alibaba also have prices for apples and oranges?
  - zhte415 12y ago
    Apples: http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=apples http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_... Oranges: http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=oranges http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_...
- Audrey_II 12y ago
  It's time we try the out cinnamon challenge at the old folks home.
- nathannecro 12y ago
  I'm not sure if you can assume this. I'm not sure myself, but the path that sodium benzoate finds its way into the bloodstream (or wherever it needs to be) is a bit more complicated than just "eat this pure sodium benzoate". Apparently, cinnamon can be used as a vehicle for moving sodium benzoate to wherever it needs to be.
- nitrogen 12y ago
  Some of the "cinnamon" results are stuffing some very odd keywords for what looks like a simple fluorescent tube.
- casualobserver 12y ago
  Just in case anyone is thinking of purchasing through Alibaba: Alibaba is notorious for scammers. I know two startups that have lost around $20,000 each on material suppliers listed there who send something cheaper (usually completely different) than what has been requested upon payment. It's usually the orders that are around $1000 that Chinese chemical/raw materials supply companies selectively scam on.
wisty 12y ago
Once there's a patent on the use of sodium benzoate to treat things, it will be. OK, you'll still be able to get generic sodium benzoate cheap, but it won't have whatever magic fairy dust the patented version adds to it.

bernardlunn 12y ago

and i can put cinnamon on my oatmeal but sodium benzoate sounds disgusting