Comments on: CCF Tea (Cumin, Coriander & Fennel) Is Risky For Weight Loss

By: Farhanul Haque

Farhanul Haque — Sat, 09 May 2020 09:00:13 +0000

I tried it earlier but after using couple of days my blood pressure shoot so I stopped. Is there anyway that I can use it and BP doesn’t shoot.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:59:05 +0000

There is zero ‘side effect’ to having fennel, cumin, and carom together with water. been doing it for YEARS as per my mother’s passed down healthy recipe.

By: Superfoodly

Superfoodly — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:02:21 +0000

In reply to Gaby. You are referencing a totally different characteristic. Something can be both good and bad for you. It may reduce UV-induced cell damage, that doesn't cancel out the side effect discussed above.

By: Gaby

Gaby — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 07:09:53 +0000

I just gave a quick view to the study about fennel n sun n it says exactly the opposite. Have u read it,at least?
Dietary Foeniculum vulgare Mill extract attenuated UVB irradiation-induced skin photoaging by activating of Nrf2 and inhibiting MAPK pathways.
Sun Z1, Park SY1, Hwang E1, Park B1, Seo SA1, Cho JG1, Zhang M1, Yi TH2.
Author information
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill (FV) has long been prescribed in traditional medicine due to its antioxidant anti-inflammatory properties. However, little research has been done on the use of FV to alleviate changes in UVB-induced photoaging PURPOSE: This study was to investigate the photoprotective effects and mechanism of FV in vitro and in vivo.

METHODS:
The anti-photoaging effect of FV was assessed in normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) in vitro. The secretion of reactive oxygen species (ROS), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), GSH, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), procollagen type I, IL-6 and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) were measured by kits. Additionally, the level of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2), p-ERK and p38 were evaluated by western blotting. In vivo, H&E and Masson’s trichrome staining were employed. The expression of MMP-1, procollagen type I, TGF-β1 and elastin were measured by western blot.

RESULTS:
FV significantly increased the production of collagen, elastin and TGF-β1 levels, while blocked matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) production in UVB irradiation induced hairless mice, which were consistent with the result in NHDFs. Furthermore, FV dose-dependently decreased the production of ROS and LDH by promoting the nuclear amount of Nrf2 and enhancing the expression of cytoprotective antioxidants such as GSH. FV also significantly quenched UVB-induced phosphorylation of ERK and p38 in NHDFs.

CONCLUSION:
Our results indicate that FV is a potential botanical agent for the treatment of skin damage induced by UV irradiation.

KEYWORDS:
Collagen; Foeniculum vulgare Mill; Matrix metalloproteinases; UVB

PMID: 27765346 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2016.06.008
[Indexed for MEDLINE]

It says it attenuated the effect of the uvb radiation,it boosted production of collagen,it enhanced the protective effects of an antioxidant and is a botanical studied for the TREATMENT OF THE DAMAGE INDUCED BY RADIATION…
I know all this weird medical jibberjaber is hard to understand but what the hell…this study says one thing n u claim it says the opposite…starts right with the title where it says fennel ATTENUATES PHOTOAGING.Google meaning of attenuate,pls
The takeaway I get is to go check the other studies which u added n make my own informed opinion

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 21 May 2018 21:13:35 +0000

The following study shows that the other components of fennel tea work to inactivate the estragole. The studies which showed carcinogenic effects from estragole were all done with pure estragole, without any of the other inhibiting factors naturally existing in fennel tea. In Italy, where the use of fennel tea is very common by children (given to them by their mothers), there is no increase in cancer compared with the rest of the world.
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/860542/

This article
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691513008570
concluded that “The results presented show that the consumption of fennel teas generally presents a low priority for risk management actions, especially when one cup of fennel tea is consumed by adults on a daily basis.”

By: Abi

Abi — Tue, 08 May 2018 14:16:00 +0000

I was going to add fennel to my mixture, but after reading it’s estrogenic, I think I’ll give it a miss. Thanks for the info!

By: Dave Clark

Dave Clark — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 22:31:35 +0000

Seems like every day I find out something I like is no good for me. Guess I will throw my fennel seeds out, unless I find conflicting information to what you wrote.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:31:26 +0000

Hi,
In your article, can you please add that estrogens are fat soluble and that the tea is made in water. This means that minimal amounts of estrogens would be released in a water based tea. Otherwise it seems like the article maybe somewhat misleading making people think that fennel causes cancer (I’m assuming you don’t have any randomized studies showing fennel causes cancer). Thanks and have a great day.