just a little word of warning for all you fans of
cinnamon toast... i saw this in the july 26
edition of the halifax _daily news_.
CINNAMON'S SIN by Lawrence G. Proulx
The Washington Post
There's good news and bad news for
cinnamon lovers, you daredevils! And if your
passion for that piquant taste hasn't given you
mouth ulcers or inflamed lips, you can skip the
bad and hop right to the happy ending.
For a tiny minority of cinnamon users, the
very chemicals that give cinnamon its sharp flavor
can be the source of chronic mouth problems.
"If it's overlooked, that person can be
miserable until it's diagnosed," said Toby
Mathias, a staff dermatologist at Group Health
Associates in Cincinnati.
Unfortunate people can react badly to
cinnamon in two ways, said Michael A. Siegel, an
associate professor in the department of oral
medicine at the University of Maryland at
Baltimore, who presented several case studies at a
recent meeting of the Academy of General
Dentistry. Cinnamon can act as an irritant, in
which case "in some people the mouth feels burning
and dry." Or there can be a true allergic
reaction; then "you're very likely to see ulcers
like cancer sores on the inside of the mouth.
It's what we would call a delayed hypersensitivity
reaction, meaning that the body recognizes the
cinnamon as foreign and 48 to 72 hours later your
mouth breaks out."
"In the case of the irritant," Siegel
said, "you moderate, you use a little less of it.
In the case of allergy, your very next bite will
cause the ulcers. You can't eat cinnamon
anymore."
Dentists should be aware of cinnamon's
dark side, said Richard L. Miller, a professor of
oral pathology at the University of Louisville
school of dentistry. "These lesions can be
confused with more serious conditions," he said.
Miller adds, "The majority of the cases
we've seen have been (people chewing gum) in
smoking cessation. It's not the occasional user.
It's the person using two, three packs of gum or
candy (a day)."
Siegel emphasized: "We're not recommending
that you stop using cinnamon if you don't have a
problem. It is very likely that you will never
have a problem ... This is not dangerous, and it
will never lead to oral cancer."
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with that in mind, i suggest that all halifax
netters attend the cinnamon toast bbq this sunday
and check out rebecca west, plum tree, broken
girl, and others. and eat your cinnamon toast!
remember, it's not cancerous -- usually.
james :-)
p.s. someone should post directions; i don't know
exactly where this thing is taking place.
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