Posted on 02/01/2024 7:38:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
A new study showed that a teaspoon a day of cinnamon might help reduce a person’s diabetes risk.
So, how much of it does a person need to eat?
Teaspoon a day of common spice may reduce diabetes risk (WKRC, CNN Newsource, CBS Newspath)
The study was conducted in those with prediabetes, which means a person’s blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be considered type two diabetes.
It’s also a time when increasing a person’s activity can really make a difference, something that Samantha Goldfeder knows about.
"Just the consistency of coming kind of day in and day out, I think it’s really helpful from a physical health perspective and just a mental health perspective,” said Goldfeder.
Other changes that can make a difference include improving a person’s diet and losing weight if needed. Those can both lower a person’s risk of ever being diagnosed with this chronic illness.
One of those changes, according to this new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is adding cinnamon to the menu. In this study, supplements that equaled out to about a teaspoon of cinnamon a day actually dropped blood sugar levels during a 12-week period. That’s when compared to a placebo pill.
Researchers found this to be true in those who were overweight, obese, and prediabetic.
Other health choices, such as fitness, are also important.
“I think consistency is definitely number one,” said Nic Alessandrini, a personal fitness trainer.
This does show the positive benefits of spices as part of a healthy lifestyle. Those who are concerned about their diabetes risk should ask a doctor for a blood test.
Be careful with high amounts of cinnamon if you have trouble with your liver.
Cinnamon cookies
We all do our best at that, Samantha. Are you lending a hand where needed?
Taking cinnamon pills is probably a bad idea if your diabetes type 2 is a consequence of metabolic disorder.
Yes but it needs to be Ceylon Cinnamon. Any other is not true cinnamon, but called Cassia Cinnamon.
You can read more about this at
https://www.livestrong.com/article/516598-the-health-benefits-between-ceylon-cinnamon-and-cassia/
Sorry, I don’t know how to make it a link.
Sneakin’ down your alley way
And knockin’ on your door
Thought I had enough but I’m back for more
Cinnamon let me in
Cinnamon let me in
(Yours was an informative post. But I couldn’t resist, especially since I’m stuck in the 1960s.)
I love cinnamon in my oatmeal - along with some maple syrup.
Well if it isn’t in Medical Express it is not true.
That much would be hard on your stomach.
Yes I have read the benefits of cinnamon but how to incorporate it into one’s diet.
I’ve been explaining that to people for a few years now.
ONLY use Ceylon. All of the other ones contain a toxin (can’t remember the name).
Using cinnamon isn’t new. I read about it quite a while ago. Bought the capsules, and tried it. I ended up getting heartburn from it. Had to stop, because I was already taking two Nexium a day for acid reflux that developed after having given birth to a big baby boy. The flap that closes to keep the stomach acid from coming back up into the esophagus got damaged.
I don't know where you got this information. It has been long known that cinnamon is effective across all metabolic indicators.
Never saw that one before. Yeah. Bad idea.
A spoonful of cinnamon helps the sugar go down.
Cinnamon gives me heartburn. I used to put it on toast with sugar and that small amount was tough to take.
To reduce the risk of diabetes, can O just eat three boxes of cinnamon toast crunch every day? Pure cinnamon is hard to eat.
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