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

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

as to cinnamon oil..
do not apply it to the skin undiluted either!
i sell essential oils, and we have to warn  people about that one, it *will*
burn your skin.

but anyway, the part that helps blood sugar isnt in the oil, you want the
powdered form.
Kirsten Houseknecht
Fabric Dragon
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
www.fabricdragon.com
Philadelphia, PA     USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Eskesen Smith" <BrekkeFranksdottir at hotmail.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Current research on the effects of Cinnamon


> DO NOT try cinnamon oil!!!  PLEASE!  Not unless you dilute it with alcohol
to about 1:2,000 first; it's dangerous ingested otherwise.  I would ot
recommend eating any essential oil straight...  (It takes a lot of cinnamon
to make cinnamon oil, and it's very strong.)
>
> Regards,
> Brekke
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Harris Mark.S-rsve60
>   To: 'sca-cooks at ansteorra.org'
>   Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:33 PM
>   Subject: [Sca-cooks] Current research on the effects of Cinnamon
>
>
>   Sharon Gordon posted:
>   >>>>>
>   STORY LEAD:
>   Spicing Up Insulin Sensitivity
>   ___________________________________________
>
>   ARS News Service
>   Agricultural Research Service, USDA
>   Rosalie Marion Bliss, (301) 504-4318, rbliss at ars.usda.gov
>   November 21, 2003
>   ___________________________________________
>
>   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.
>   <<<
>
>   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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