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New Study Reveals: Cinnamon Lowers Blood Sugar
High levels of blood sugar can lead to some serious
health problems. The human body naturally has sugar,
or glucose, in the blood. The right amount of blood
sugar gives the body’s cells and organs energy.
But too much of it can be dangerous and, in extreme
cases cause diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure,
and more. A recent study has confirmed a possible,
very accessible solution for those struggling to
manage their blood sugar levels.
The research, published in the Journal of the
Endocrine Society, found that cinnamon, in large
doses over time, could help improve measures of
blood sugar control.
The study was conducted in both Joslin Diabetes Center
in Boston and the Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center
in Seoul and involved 51 participants from both
countries. Half of them received a supplement
containing 500 milligrams of cinnamon three times a day for 12
weeks, while the other half received a placebo. After
6 weeks, all subjects reported for a check-in, and
there were no significant differences
between the groups. At the 12 week check-in,
however, the patients that took the cinnamon
supplement showed significant improvements in measures
of blood sugar control.New Study Reveals: Cinnamon
Lowers Blood Sugar sticks.
What cinnamon does, essentially, is either imitate the
effects of insulin and increase glucose transport into
cells, or increase insulin sensitivity, and thus making it more effective at
transporting the glucose.
The findings of the current study support similar
evidence from a previous study, that found that the
intake of large doses of cinnamon over several months
is linked to stable blood sugar levels, with no
apparent side effects, in people with type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common chronic
illnesses, affecting as many as 460 million adults
around the world.
Moreover, according to the CDC, about 1 in 3 adults in
the US has a condition called Pre diabetes where blood
sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough
yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. If left
unchecked and untreated, Pre diabetes is likely to
progress and become diabetes.
Related: 10 Guides to Prevent and Fight Diabetes
New Study Reveals: Cinnamon Lowers Blood Sugar oatmeal
with cinnamon The purpose of investigating cinnamon’s
potential, according to the researches, was to find a
safe,long-term, affordable treatment to
prevent prediabetes from turning into a more serious
disease. More evidence is still needed, but if cinnamon continues to prove
useful it could be an accessible and simple alternative to expensive
or side-effect prone diabetes treatments.
Cinnamon has various other health benefits, which
you can learn about in our previous article: The Top
10 Health Benefits of Cinnamon.If you are interested
in taking cinnamon as a supplement, regardless of
suffering from diabetes, it’s best to consult
your doctor first. Unless you have liver damage, it
should be perfectly OK to enjoy cinnamon in your food.
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