Cinnamon and Blood Sugar ?

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Janet "Jax" B. Sep 16, 2008, 2:47am EDT

Nope...don't have high blood sugar.

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Claudia (kitty-cat) K. Sep 16, 2008, 2:51am EDT

I had heard that chromium was in black pepper, but how would they combine that with Cinnamon?

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Jerri H. Sep 16, 2008, 2:53am EDT

My sister swears by it...but she said you burp cinnamon...she joked that at least she had good smelling burps from it ;)

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Debby C. Sep 16, 2008, 5:11am EDT

I haven't tried it but have read about it and now see cinnamon supplements on the shelves at stores.....I don't know that I could stand burping cinnamon...I'd be wanting cinnamon buns all day long and that in itself is another major struggle and what would the cinnamon do to my acid reflux? oh the dilemma of it all....I think I must go back to bed and dwell on it. lol

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Elaine S. Sep 16, 2008, 6:08am EDT

I've never heard about it

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Donna T. Sep 16, 2008, 6:13am EDT

I've heard it helps -- don't have any actual experience tho

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Pamela K. Sep 16, 2008, 9:57am EDT

I have not heard of it.

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Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Sep 16, 2008, 10:35am EDT

According to "Healing Foods" by Michael Murray, et al:

One recent investigation of sixty people with type 2 diabetes demonstrated that 1 to 6 grams of cinnamon taken daily for forty days reduced fasting blood glucose by 18 to 29 percent, triglycerides by 23 to 30 percent, LDL (bad) cholesterol by 12 to 26 percent. In contrast, there were no clear changes for the subjects who did not take the cinnamon.

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Debby O. Sep 16, 2008, 11:34am EDT

Yes it does seem to help and I like cinnamon so that's a plus!

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Sharon C. Sep 16, 2008, 11:45am EDT

well cinnamon toast here I come. I didn't know this stuff. I will have to try it.

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Lisa Frost Sep 16, 2008, 12:33pm EDT

I don't know, it sounds interesting.

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Lune Wolfsong Sep 16, 2008, 12:52pm EDT

I've heard of it, and read it recommended in herbal & nutritional healing books I trust. I've been working it into recipes but not to equal the scale or regularity recommended, yet.

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Lune Wolfsong Sep 16, 2008, 2:03pm EDT

I just went looking for some info on the 'net for a friend, and found an article on WebMD talking about this here. This one was interesting too. Dropping the links off here, as well, in case you'd like to see them.

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