/oss/taxonomy/term/1126/all en /oss/article/general-science/coumarin-illegal-chemical-causing-americans-miss-out-sweet-treat <div></div> Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:31:30 +0000 Cassandra Lee – OSS Intern 2565 at /oss /oss/article/food-health/cinnamon-and-health <p>Just mention cinnamon, and I can smell and almost taste my mother’s apple strudel. She made it from scratch, gently pulling the pastry on a table until the dough was paper thin. The filling was made with fresh apples, and of course a liberal sprinkling of cinnamon. Who would have ever thought that the cinnamon had medicinal value? But judging by a recent study carried out at a Pakistani University, the brown powder which originates from the inner bark of a type of evergreen grown in Asia, can help control blood glucose levels while it reduced triglycerides and cholesterol.</p> Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:06:23 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1979 at /oss