Cinnamon capsules?

kikityme

Anyone had any success? I've been reading a bit, but there's some conflicting studies and the only ones I've found are pretty old.


A study published in the journal Diabetes Care in 2003 looked at 60 men and women with Type 2 diabetes who were taking diabetes medication (not insulin). The participants took either 1, 3, or 6 grams of cassia cinnamon or a placebo, in capsule form, for 40 days. After this time, blood glucose levels dropped between 18% and 29% in all three groups that received cinnamon. However, only the participants who had taken the smallest amount of cinnamon (1 gram) continued to have improved blood glucose levels 20 days after they stopped taking it, for reasons the researchers didn’t quite understand.

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/12/3215.full

MysteriousMerlin

Tried it for a month or so, didn't notice much difference in my daily readings at the time.

hookilau

I've also tried it over the course of the last year (since my Dx last Apirl) and it's never done anything for me one way or another =/
However, I do find that the more fat I lose, along with carb restriction, the easier it is to get good numbers.

I *have* heard of people having good luck with it though, why not try it & see if it does anything for you...can't hurt :drinker:

Naughty_ZOOT

So far I have tried:
cinnamon (modest effect at best, don't consume more than 3/4-1 tsp per day for safety and only Cassia was tested)
R-Ala & Evening primrose- no noticeable effect
Amla powder- no noticeable effect
curcumin- no noticeable effect
Eating low carb/high fat is what got me off the meds and my numbers normal though I am open to new things.

NutmegPudge

My fasting glucose has gone from average of 116 to 106 since I've been using cinnamon supplements. I take about 2400 mg of ceylon cinnamon throughout the day.