Ground cinnamon

[Sucr`e]

Has anyone heard of using ground cinnamon as a form of cholesterol control?

 

[SweetGuy]

There was hot story going around a couple of years ago about cinnamon reducing your blood glucose levels. You can buy 500mg capsules at Holland and Barrett but they are ?15 a 100. I don't know if there is any scientific basis for this. This is what DUK said about it:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to.../Treatments/Complementary_therapies/Cinnamon/

 

[Plastirion]

Only heard of it for diabetes and research is being carried out for injections containing a large amount of cinnamon for diabetic neuropathy. I'm now sprinkling enthusiastically on my Weetabix.
Joan
Diagnosed Jan 2009 on insulin since May

 

[AlisonM]

I've been using cinnamon and other spices in place of most of the salt and sweeteners I used to use. They have been traditionally regarded as a stimulant, but whether they have any real medical value I couldn't say.

I like them for the taste, nothing more. But... I'll keep an eye out for more research because it would be so nice if something good was actually good for us.

 

[Sucr`e]

Thanks fellow sufferers for the feedback on Cinnamon.I see from the link that it has only been tested on mice so far. I think i will wait until there is more info.

 

[Carina1962]

Does anyone take cinammon in capsule form? Simply Supplements do cinammon in capsule form and i'm wondering if it's worth buying these and trying them out to see if they make a difference to BS levels. At the moment i only have about a 1/4 of a tsp of cinammon in my coffee first thing in the morning but that's it.

 

[Northerner]

I just came across this blog post about cinnamon:

http://asweetlife.org/robert/blogs/food-nutrition-blogs/cinnamon-and-diabetes/6766/