That Cinnamon Supplement? It Might Be Messing With Your Medications

Study Finds ^ | April 25, 2025 | Shabana Khan, Bill Gurley (University of Mississippi)

[Red Badger]

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[Gen.Blather]

I have tried discussing supplements with doctors. They turn into Seargeant Shultz (from “Hogan’s Heros.”) “I know NOTHING!”

[SunkenCiv]

Uh-oh. I’ve been chewing cinnamon taffy for 20 minutes now...

[ConservativeMind]

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[Red Badger]

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[Skywise]

Looks at fireball whiskey…

Uh-oh…

[SunkenCiv]

Cinnamon / Tommy Roe [1969] | 3:06
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[ProtectOurFreedom]

I have tried discussing supplements with doctors. They turn into Seargeant Shultz (from “Hogan’s Heros.”) “I know NOTHING!”

Yep! It's laughable that these articles always say "discuss this supplement with your doctor."

I tried talking to my doctor about the supplement regiments suggested in April 2020 by Dr. Roger Seheult (Quercetin, NAC, Vit D, Vit C, and zinc) to reduce COVID susceptibility. His response? "Follow CDC guidelines." It was purely "I know nut-tink" or, more likely, "My clinic instructed me to tell you that; there's no wiggle room for medical discussion here."

[ProtectOurFreedom]

This reminds me of the Ginger discussion a couple days ago. It has serious implications for interfering with prescription meds, especially blood thinners.

[bk1000]

My mother was taking several meds. One related to her diabetes was to help regulate chromium. I told her to eat grapefruit instead, as she liked it and it was good for chromium. Her response was that the doctor told her not eat grapefruit while taking that med, as it would cause interference. I truly believe we could do without most (most, not all) of the medication out there by avoiding all processed foods, including sugar and seed oils, and getting sunshine and exercise.

[Gen.Blather]

My doctor was trying to get me to take the Covid vaccine. I told him that I didn’t trust the technology and if I got Covid I’d want him to treat the symptoms so I could develop my own immunity. His body language response was unsettling, and he changed the subject so quickly it was off-putting.

I asked a nurse friend, and she told me, “The doctors have been briefed by the hospitals’ lawyers that if they do anything that’s not on the accepted “protocol” they will be legally liable for the results and may also lose their license.”

I believe this is political pressure from the government to force people to either take the vaccine or die. The reason for that is the protocol is a government memo on how to treat patients with Covid. It deliberately takes away the doctor’s ability to do specific things for specific patients.

[egfowler3]

Noticed nothing was said about which of the two kinds of cinnamon they are talking about. I use cinnamon burmannii to keep my A1C at about 6.2 and my blood tests at or close to 100mg/dL. I’m pushing 76 yo and COVID jab free.

I suspect they tested the OTHER type of cinnamon. The one used to flavor foods.

[ComputerGuy]

I keep toothpicks in a vial of cinnamon oil. Every couple of days, I chew one up. It’s a lifelong habit.

[TexasGator]

“My mother was taking several meds. One related to her diabetes was to help regulate chromium. I told her to eat grapefruit instead, as she liked it and it was good for chromium. Her response was that the doctor told her not eat grapefruit while taking that med, as it would cause interference. “

You were wrong. Your mother was right.

Grapefruit is not good for chromium.

[null and void]

True cinnamon (Ceylon) vs the other two popular taste alike cultivars (Madagascar or Vietnam)?

[bk1000]

My bad. I do recall the basis of that story being true regarding grapefruit and some med she was taking, but perhaps it wasn’t chromium. Memories sometimes conflate themselves these days.

[Larry Lucido]

So cinnamon babka is right out then.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Anything you are taking a "therapeutic dose" of is a medicine.

Please treat it as such.

Add or take away one at a time, allow a month for the effect to either show up or go away, and always tell your doctor what you are taking.

Natural does not mean harmless.

[FamiliarFace]

Same for me! Only after I tell my doctor that I don’t want to have any prescriptions will he even begin to discuss supplements, and if they might help. He’s catching on that he needs to up his game with me.