[Sca-cooks] Current research on the effects of Cinnamon

[Frances Newberry]

I would be interested in this also as I have been a diabetic since a young 
adult and I am sure each of us on this list knows at least one person that 
is a diabetic.

Lourene, South Downs


>From: "Harris Mark.S-rsve60" <Mark.s.Harris at motorola.com>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: "'sca-cooks at ansteorra.org'" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] Current research on the effects of Cinnamon
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:33:06 -0700
>
>Sharon Gordon posted:
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>STORY LEAD:
>Spicing Up Insulin Sensitivity
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>ARS News Service
>Agricultural Research Service, USDA
>Rosalie Marion Bliss, (301) 504-4318, rbliss at ars.usda.gov
>November 21, 2003
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>Less than a half-teaspoon a day of cinnamon reduced the blood sugar
>levels of 60 volunteers in Pakistan with Type 2 diabetes who
>participated in a study by the Agricultural Research Service and
>cooperators in Pakistan. The findings were published online today in the
>December issue of Diabetes Care.
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>
>Thank you for posting this. I may have to try this. While I have type I 
>diabetes, there may be some type II mixed in as my insulin requirements 
>have gone up. I don't think that doing this will have a detrimental effect, 
>so it may be worth trying.
>
>However, the article is not clear enough about whether this is 'true' 
>cinnamon or cassia. Perhaps some research will turn up more information. Or 
>maybe the research study didn't know of the differance so they may have 
>used either or a mix. It also doesn't specify whether the cinnamon was in 
>powder form in the capsules or a cinnamon oil.
>
>Stefan
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