[Sca-cooks] Medicinal cinnamon

[Terry Decker]

I exchanged messages with one of the researchers doing the initial study of 
using cinnamon to help control blood sugar levels and obtained a copy of the 
paper.  My particular interest was whether they were using cinnamon or 
cassia, and was told that it was regular cinnamon from C. zeylanicum.

The effect is actual.

Bear

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I take cinnamon to help with blood sugar control.  I don't know if the 
effect is actual or placebo, but my count is a little lower when I take it.



I read in Toussaint-Samat that cinnamon is used in Africa (if I recall 
correctly) to control diarrhea in children.  One flu-stricken day (before I 
became diabetic) I gave it a try and choked down a teaspoon in a cup of hot 
water.  It worked beautifully.



Capsules of cinnamon will work as well, although with the capsules I have a 
tendency to burp cinnamon dust, which makes my husband laugh and the cats 
look at me funny.





Talana