cinnamon and insulin

"Al" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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does consuming cinnamon along with sugar reduce the amount of insulin
that the body will secrete?

I keep reading page after webpage saying that cinnamon improves insulin
sensitivity and mimics insulin. That should mean less insulin is
secreted, but I haven't seen anyone say that specifically.

You can find it in: Vegetarian Times, Nov/Dec2004 Issue 326, p85, 1p

Eating half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day can lower blood sugar levels
significantly, according to a study led by Richard A. Anderson, PhD, at the
US Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center in
Beltsville, Maryland.

"Al" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

does consuming cinnamon along with sugar reduce the amount of insulin
that the body will secrete?

I keep reading page after webpage saying that cinnamon improves insulin
sensitivity and mimics insulin. That should mean less insulin is
secreted, but I haven't seen anyone say that specifically.

and:
Cinnamon makes muscle and liver cells more sensitive to signals from
insulin, an important blood-sugar-controlling hormone, says study author
Richard Anderson, PhD. Have a little (about 1/6 teaspoon) at breakfast,
lunch, and dinner, for a daily total of about 1/2 teaspoon.

Prevention, Jun2004, Vol. 56 Issue 6, p50, 1p

`Bev said:

Cinnamon makes muscle and liver cells more sensitive to signals from
insulin, an important blood-sugar-controlling hormone, says study

author

Quoted message said:

Richard Anderson, PhD. Have a little (about 1/6 teaspoon) at

breakfast,

Quoted message said:

lunch, and dinner, for a daily total of about 1/2 teaspoon.

Do not try posting about cinnamon in any of the diabetes ngs. They are
convinced that cinnamon does not work. I find that cinnamon can help
prevent/cure a sugar buzz.
--
john
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Natural-Health

"Do not try posting about cinnamon in any of the diabetes ngs. They are
convinced that cinnamon does not work. I find that cinnamon can help
prevent/cure a sugar buzz."

On the two groups I follow it is a commonly reoccurring topic, one has
posts today. Many try/use it and report results of same. Are you
sniffing it, the sugar or cinnamon that is?

John 'the Man said:

`Bev said:

Cinnamon makes muscle and liver cells more sensitive to signals from
insulin, an important blood-sugar-controlling hormone, says study

author

Quoted message said:

Richard Anderson, PhD. Have a little (about 1/6 teaspoon) at

breakfast,

Quoted message said:

lunch, and dinner, for a daily total of about 1/2 teaspoon.

Do not try posting about cinnamon in any of the diabetes ngs. They are
convinced that cinnamon does not work. I find that cinnamon can help
prevent/cure a sugar buzz.

Check the archives of alt.support.diabetes around March 2004. There were
many positive posts at that time. The more recent threads, less positive,
had fewer people posting.

My own experience with capsules of powdered cinnamon was rather positive,
but I backed off because everything was beginning to taste like cinnamon. 🙂
Perhaps the cinnamon oil extract would avoid that side effect. At present
I'm using chai teas that include cinnamon sticks and many similar
ingredients.

I also get a very good effect from Oregon CHai's Chai Nog, which says they
use traditional holiday spices in addition to the regular chai mixture.
Nutmeg might be important. I'd like to hear from others about this.

You might try searching for 'insulin' 'cinnamon' 'nutmeg'.

Skinny

"Perhaps the cinnamon oil extract would avoid that side effect. At
present"

No, the substance thought to have the insulin mimic activity is water
soluble, and the author of the research said it is completely aabsent in
cinnamon oils. It's also likely the oils contain much of the flavor
sources that you found persists.

Maybe this might be an option?

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