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I just put 1/2 teasp. in my coffee and it is not bad. My type 2 diabetes is whacky right now due to stress. This article is great.

Boulder News This is from the article. The cells of diabetics fail to recognize and respond as well to insulin as they once did, leading to elevated blood sugar. Insulin prompts cells to take in the glucose. Cinnamon, Anderson said, makes cells much more sensitive to insulin, thus increasing glucose metabolism, a process in which cells convert blood sugar to energy. As little as half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day can produce effects that in some cases are nearly as dramatic as those produced by the drugs known as statins, which millions of Americans take to lower their cholesterol levels, Anderson said. Thanks for all the good information. I saw this on FOX this morning and I was curious about it.

You only need 1/2 teaspoon a day -- so if you drink several cups of coffee, you can just put 1/4 or less teaspoonful in it every day. I started to do it, now I got to the point, that when I drink plain coffee, I miss the extra taste of cinnamon.

One of the doctors who answers questions on TV ( saw him this morning -- I forgot his name and channel, as I don't watch it regularly) apparenly asked the viewers last week to write in and tell him about their experiences, most said they found positive changes in reduced glucose and cholesterol level. A few wrote in that they haven't been doing it for 40 days, as the original study, and haven't noticed any changes. But we don't know how much cinnamon did people really use.

The doctor's opinion was, that it's unlikely that such small amount of cinnamon could do any harm, and people might as well try it, if it's possible it will do some good.

I am keeping up my cinnamon, and as I said, I actually like it.

Thanks for the article from Boulder News, which explains the mechanism of how cinnamon works. But I don't think they know how does it lower cholesterol.