Daily Express – Cake 'Cure' for Dementia

A recent article in the Daily Express, 'Cake 'Cure' for Dementia', has suggested that cinnamon is a “possible cure for Alzheimer's”, claiming it to be the “holy grail” in slowing the development of or even eradicating dementia in patients.

The article was based largely on research from Tel Aviv University in Israel – who were inspired to examine cinnamon from an extract in the Bible that described priests using it to combat infectious diseases. It was suggested that the research had found when an extract from cinnamon bark was given to mice and fruit flies bred with Alzheimer’s, after four months they showed “remarkably” normal “activity levels and longevity”.

Professor Michael Ovadia, lead author of the study, was quoted as stating: “The discovery is extremely exciting. It would not be a drug with side-effects but a safe, natural substance that human beings have been consuming for millennia”.

The article then went on to quote Dr Marie Jansen of Alzeimer's Research UK, who said: “Although these results look promising in mice and fruit flies, it's too soon to know what effect it would have in people.”

So that's all food for thought – quite literally in fact. Anyone fancy a nice cup of Licorice & Cinnamon tea?