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Cinnamaldehyde

and

Colon Support

Pharmacology researchers at the University of Arizona

published in May 2015 that supplemental cinnamaldehyde,

the main chemical constituent of Cassia and Cinnamon

essential oils, activates an endogenous (natural, internal)

antioxidant response in colon cells.*

Oxidation in colon cells greatly reduces their ability to

normally grow and flourish. According to the researchers,

activating this antioxidant response is a natural means of

maintaining healthy colon cells.*

The colon is a prime target for toxic insult. In a
recently published preclinical study (May 2015),
dietary cinnamaldehyde was found to activate the * These statements have not

Nrf2-regulated antioxidant response in colon cells, been evaluated by the Food and
which protect the colon cells against oxidative and Drug Administration. This
toxic insult3.* Nrf2 is a DNA regulatory protein, and
its activation is being studied quite extensively for product is not intended to
its ability to unleash the antioxidant activity latent diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent
in each cell. Without an activator, this powerful any disease.
endogenous (internal) antioxidant activity lays
dormant within the cell.