Drug can help prevent Type 2 diabetes

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | September 16, 2006 | MARILYNN MARCHIONE AND MARIA CHENG

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[JDoutrider]

I personally snort it!

LOL!

What I do is make up a cup of Earl Gray tea, toss in some splenda, and add a full teaspoon of the good spice! Also add it to oatmeal...

I'm not sure if pharmacies still sell empty gelatin capsules, maybe your local organic food stores still do...

[JDoutrider]

You can bet your bottom dollar someone will capitalize on this very soon and market a pill form for the rest of the crowd learning of this!

[Titan Magroyne]

You've met your first, then. I don't like the taste of cinnamon, which I can tolerate in only small amounts such as on cooked apple dishes.

All the same, what form and dosage does your wife use? If I can cut and swallow an equivalent dose of cinnamon stick ... I prefer holistic supplements to expensive prescription medications.

I take prescribed medication and fish oil pills to treat HBP and balance cholesterols, and treat T2 diabetes through diet, all at the direction of my doctor.

[c-b 1]

Cinnamon is also supposed to lower cholesterol. Mine was 235 before Lipitor. After Lipitor it was 175. After Lipitor & 2 teaspoons of cinnamon a day is is now 120.

120, You might want to do some research, my doctor says that is waaay too low. Your brain runs on colestrol, I don't know about you, but my brain doesn't work well enough when it's well fed.

[norraad]

500~1000mg. capsules are available.

I also sprinkle a bit on top of the coffee grounds with a grain or two of salt & nutmeg before brewing.

[Mom MD]

It also causes quite a bit of weight gain

[goodnesswins]

Get yourself some cod liver oil (lemon or peach flavored) and try taking a couple tsp a day.....that might help the HDL...

[goodnesswins]

I add cinnamon to my morning coffee.....dump in about a tsp, then add the coffee....stir....than make sure I drink the good stuff at the bottom.

[neverdem]

I'd say your physician could advise you how long that might be and there doesn't seem to be any information on the net concerning the matter.

So, it's not just a potential "side effect" ~ you can induce a heart attack simply switching from one drug to the other.

I am a physician. I'd say your friend had underlying coronary artery disease and bad luck if he had a myocardial infarction. The timing was an untimely co-incidence.

If he had an episode of congestive heart failure, which is not the same diagnosis, that was probably due to just the Avandia. Avandia interacts with a number of other drugs, but the only adverse effect that I would expect the combination of Avandia and metformin is hypoglycemia. I would be wary of what I find on the internet. I just scanned rosiglitazone and metformin, adverse effects on PubMed. You're welcome to see what I missed.

[goodnesswins]

see post 29

[Prophet in the wilderness]

How about Salmon and Olive oil ?

[jamaly]

Doc,

What do you think about the cinnamon "therapy"? Does it sound safe and/or reasonable to try?

[JDoutrider]

Giving that a try as of late... hyping up on the omega 3's... next sero draw next month...getting too old to have imbalances like I have lately! Weird how it all hit me so quickly!

Thanks for that imput!

[HiTech RedNeck]

"Rosiglitazone" sounds like an Italian name.

It's a dish of calzone with roses and glitter on top.

[Thinkin' Gal]

You have to watch your diet closely so you can up your omega 3 fat intake.

I have been buying whole flax seed (I can get it at Longs for ~ $3.75/ 2lb bag.) I grind up about 1/2 cup (in a coffee grinder) every few days. I go through 4 lbs in a little under 3 months, which works out to about 3/4 oz. per day. I mix it in a protein shake in the morning and put some on my salad in the evening.

I have been using it for about four months and I am really surprised at what it has done for my skin. Seems like it took ten years off. Maintaining a tropical tan helps too... well, at least until it pays me back in a few years, lol. :-)

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[varina davis]

I took Avandia for several months and had every bad reaction possible. Within a few days after I stopped, all was well again. Now primarily on Metformin ER, which is better tolerated than the regular.

Also use at least a full teaspoon cinnamon in my morning coffee mix.

[Right Wing Assault]

It's a dish of calzone with roses and glitter on top.

I think I had that at a wedding reception!

[neverdem]

Enter cinnamon and diabetes into PubMed's query box through the link in comment# 30. The tenth citation has the whole article, and IIRC, they had good results, but don't forget about diet and exercise, even if that's just walking.

[jamaly]

Thanks