[El Gato]

drop a quarter to a full teaspoon per day of ground cinnamon into a cup of hot coffee or tea.

I tried that. Tasted like Saddam's dirty socks. Taking it in capsules seems to work OK.

[muawiyah]

The problem is when you start consuming a large quantity of cinnamon you are increasing your contact with the carcinogenic chemicals in it.

I thought it best to eliminate that risk.

BTW, I've totally removed sugar and starch from my diet. Fortunately I have an hereditarily LOW cholesterol level ~ barely over 100 ~ when I was younger it was even less and the doctors always wanted samples of my blood for research.

Cinnamon makes things taste sweeter to me now.