Cinnamon spice produces healthier blood

New Scientist ^ | November 24, 2003 | Debora MacKenzie

[taxcontrol]

Encouraging news

[Judith Anne]

Fascinating, thanks for posting....

I wonder if the health-food stores have cinnamon in capsules?

[Judith Anne]

Incidently, myrrh capsules have been found to lower cholesterol in controlled studies...

[taxcontrol]

Forgive my ignorance but what, exactly is myrrh?

[Nat Turner]

I have been a type I diabetic since 99.

This is VERY good news

[Always Right]

Which one is Cinnamon Spice?

[steveo]

Myrrh is a tree resin used as incense.

[Judith Anne]

Myrrh is a spice, one of the three items said to be given to the newborn Jesus Christ (gold, frankincense, and myrrh) used to prepare bodies for burial in that time.

Myrrh capsules are very inexpensive, especially compared to Lipitor, or other cholesterol lowering drugs. I'm thrilled to hear about cinnamon's effects on diabetes...and I hope some more good studies to determine doses, etc. are conducted.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if a senior citizen with high cholesterol, diabetes and risk of heart disease could be treated with aspirin, cinnamon, and myrrh, instead of the current very expensive med?

[American72]

PING!

[taxcontrol]

Thinking about a pill that mixes fiber, cinnamon, green tea, and norther white bean extract. Call it sugar control or some such, sell a bunch, make a fortune, retire.

Hmmmm, nice dream anyway.

[muggs]

I wonder if the health-food stores have cinnamon in capsules?

If not, you should be able to buy empty capsules from a good health foof store and fill them with cinnamon from the grocery store.

[Conan the Librarian]

Myrrh was a spice used to help in the burrial service. It is pungent and covers up bad smells. It was given to Jesus by the Wise Men as a symbol of his mortality and pending death.

[Judith Anne]

Sure. A bottle of cinnamon goes for 50 cents in the grocery store...especially now, during the holidays, plentiful and cheap.

[Riley]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if a senior citizen with high cholesterol, diabetes and risk of heart disease could be treated with aspirin, cinnamon, and myrrh, instead of the current very expensive med?

At 42 I am not a 'senior citizen', but I do have really nasty heart disease. I am going to try the Myrrh for a while- and see what it does to my cholesterol.

[GailA]

There is a verse in the Bible that says that our food will be our medicine, and our medicine our food.

[geege]

Try sprinkling it in fresh coffee before you brew.....it's pretty good:0)

[T Minus Four]

a pill that mixes fiber, cinnamon, green tea, and norther white bean extract

Mmmmm, sounds yumy!

[Judith Anne]

The bottle I have, 100 capsules for around 6.50, says take two myrrh tablets three times a day. You should check for yourself, and make sure you don't have some sort of reaction to it by taking smaller doses at first, maybe a capsule a day, then increasing gradually to the recommended dose on the bottle you buy...

After a month of whatever dose you settle on, get your cholesterol checked.

I'm going to try the cinnamon tablets, small doses at first, and see what it does to my blood sugar levels...Type II diabetes runs in my family, and I'm at the right age to get it, even though my weight is low, I occasionally have a slightly elevated blood glucose. A maintenance Atkins diet is how I eat, with an occasional excess...

[S.O.S121.500]

BOOKbump

[Judith Anne]

Hmmmm....I'll try it...thanks! ;-D