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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / August 2006Cinnamon question
Hi all, I've been hearing about cinnamon and it's potential to reduce blood sugar. About three months ago, I started taking some cinnamon at dinner time. I started with less than 1/2 teaspoon, but eventually worked my way up to 1/2 a teaspoon. This is the common cinnamon powder you buy at the grocery store (USA). I noticed a very positive and gradual lowering of my fasting blood glucose in the mornings in the first month. I was really amazed that it was working. For the first month, the BG readings came down. Then it stabilized with a very good score range in the second month. However, since the beginning of the third month it started with some minor fluctuations up, which then came down again. Then it started going up gradually. Sometimes I would get scores similar to my second month readings, but the trend was up in the third month. So, for the last two weeks or so, I upped my cinnamon intake to 1/2 a teaspoon at each meal. Still, it doesn't seem to be going down, or at least not to my second month readings' ranges. I haven't altered my diet drastically, and I have cut out red wine (which I did drink during month one and two). I would have thought that this at least should give me scores that I got during my second month (very good scores). Is it possible for the cinnamon effects to wear off? Is this what's happening and has anyone else had this experience before? Thanks. Daniel > So, for the last two weeks or so, I upped my cinnamon intake to 1/2 a > teaspoon at each meal. Still, it doesn't seem to be going down, or at [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Is it possible for the cinnamon effects to wear off? Is this what's > happening and has anyone else had this experience before? I chuck cinnamon into my breakfast cereal and into curries because I like the taste; it never did anything to my bg levels. Wine, on the other hand, reliably lowers my pp if I have a glass with a meal, and my fbg if I have a bedtime glass. YMMV. Nicky.  SignatureA1c 10.5/5.3/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 No Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/72/72Kg Hi, I noticed the same thing with my levels. My endocrinologist told me (and backed it up with research - he was a researcher at Rockefeller University in NYC) that above a certain amount, there is no benefit for your sugar levels. But! there is some good news - the increase in cinnamon can help triglcerides and ... something else - I can't remember. So hey - why not take it? I actually take capsules - they seem to be easier on the stomach. Good luck! >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >Daniel SignatureThanks Ruthie A cure for Diabetes is in sight! Bush needs to allow more Stem Cell Research - he is killing us! , > Is it possible for the cinnamon effects to wear off? Is this what's > happening and has anyone else had this experience before? The question you have to ask is this: how high were your blood sugars during this period. If they were lower than they used to be, but still much higher than normal (i.e. fasting over 110 mg/dl), your beta cells are still being damaged. By the time you get a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis you may have lost as much as 80% of those beta cells, and with each passing month that blood sugars stay over normal, more of them die. As they die blood sugars deteriorate. So unless you have been running very normal blood sugars all the time, the cinnamon may have only slowed down the deterioration. FWIW, cinnamon gave me some serious and very unexpected highs followed by lower numbers, and I stopped using it because I figured those highs were causing more damage than I wanted to have to deal with. --Jenny http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes Diabetes Info http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control >So, for the last two weeks or so, I upped my cinnamon intake to 1/2 a >teaspoon at each meal. Still, it doesn't seem to be going down, or at >least not to my second month readings' ranges. I haven't altered my >diet drastically, and I have cut out red wine (which I did drink during >month one and two). I would have thought that this at least should give >me scores that I got during my second month (very good scores). First, I have cinnamon in my morning coffee. The only way that affected my BGs was that it replaced the milk - and it was the milk that was raising my morning post-prandials at that time. Some, but very few, people here have reported improvements with cinnamon but it was a slight improvement at best. The only studies that I am aware of originated in Pakistan; not a highly credible medical research source IMO. Has it occurred to you that your increase started at the same time as you cut out the wine? I have never claimed that red wine reduces BGs - but it certainly doesn't raise them unless you are drinking fortified or sweet reds such as Port. You say that your diet didn't change - what is it usually and what are your post-prandial numbers? Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 500mg SignatureEverything in Moderation - Except Laughter. On 28 Aug 2006 08:07:31 -0700, avenue10@gmail.com wrote: >So, for the last two weeks or so, I upped my cinnamon intake to 1/2 a >teaspoon at each meal. Still, it doesn't seem to be going down, or at >least not to my second month readings' ranges. I haven't altered my >diet drastically, and I have cut out red wine (which I did drink during >month one and two). I would have thought that this at least should give >me scores that I got during my second month (very good scores). First, I have cinnamon in my morning coffee. The only way that affected my BGs was that it replaced the milk - and it was the milk that was raising my morning post-prandials at that time. Some, but very few, people here have reported improvements with cinnamon but it was a slight improvement at best. The only studies that I am aware of originated in Pakistan; not a highly credible medical research source IMO. Has it occurred to you that your increase started at the same time as you cut out the wine? I have never claimed that red wine reduces BGs - but it certainly doesn't raise them unless you are drinking fortified or sweet reds such as Port. You say that your diet didn't change - what is it usually and what are your post-prandial numbers? Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 500mg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, I just read an article in the Sept. issue of "Alternative" (magazine) indicating that the following three items can help regulate blood glucose levels by bootsting production of insulin or by slowing the absorption of sugar from the intestine: 1. Gymnema 2. Cinnamon 3. American Ginseng website: www.alternativemedicine.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Sometimes I would get scores similar to my second month readings, but > the trend was up in the third month. Keep in mind that diabetes is a progressive disease. > So, for the last two weeks or so, I upped my cinnamon intake to 1/2 a > teaspoon at each meal. Still, it doesn't seem to be going down, or at > least not to my second month readings' ranges. I haven't altered my > diet drastically, and I have cut out red wine (which I did drink during > month one and two). I would have thought that this at least should give > me scores that I got during my second month (very good scores). Cinnamon raised my BG very badly. I stopped taking it and my numbers came down. Also, red wine will lower your BG. > Is it possible for the cinnamon effects to wear off? Is this what's > happening and has anyone else had this experience before? Could be. Don't know. SignatureSee my webpage: http://mysite.verizon.net/juliebove/index.htm You'll find the old YMMV (your mileage may vary) response to cinnamon. Some find it helpful, some find it harmful. Some - like me - just like it and since it doesn't seem to make a difference to my blood sugar, I have a piece of broken cinnamon stick in my instant coffee every morning. Reduces my craving for sugar and makes the aspertame taste better! (Swedish sweet tooth!) Nan, Type 2 > > Hi all, > > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Could be. Don't know. >You'll find the old YMMV (your mileage may vary) response to cinnamon. >Some find it helpful, some find it harmful. Some - like me - just like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >better! (Swedish sweet tooth!) >Nan, Type 2 Did I get that idea from you or the other way around? Instant coffee? Nan - have your tastebuds disappeared? :-)) I crumble a piece of quill into my mini-one-cup-espresso thing. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 500mg SignatureEverything in Moderation - Except Laughter. |
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