Cinnamon and Type 2 diabetes

There has been much talk these days of cinnamon. According to some studies, cinnamon can improve the rate of cholesterol and blood glucose in people with Type 2 diabetes. The results of a study of 2003 in Pakistan showed lower levels of blood glucose fasting triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol after 40 days with continued to decline for 20 days after that of the levels.

The study consisted of 60 patients with Type 2 diabetes, which were divided into 6 groups of 10. Three groups of cinnamon received totalling 1, 3 or 6 grams of cinnamon capsules per day. The other three groups received placebo capsules. The capsules were taken to three times per day after meals. All three levels of results show cinnamon, leading researchers to believe that as little that 1 gram of cinnamon per day can benefit people who have Type 2.

There was a debate in this country on the question of whether "true" cinnamon was used for the study. Function of the food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are two types of cinnamon sold to the United States; cinnamomum cassia (l.) nees or cinnamomum zeylanicum blume. Most of the cinnamon sold in our stores is cinnamomum cassia. The Pakistan study mentions cinnamomum cassia as cinnamon was used.

Richard a. Anderson, PhD, CNS, the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC), is one of the original researchers in the study of Pakistan. The BHNRC is the Department of Agricuture (USDA) United States. According the results of its ongoing study on components of cinnamon and their effect on blood glucose and cholesterol, he said.

"We have also shown that the active components from cinnamon are found in the soluble part cinnamon water and are not present in the oil of cinnamon, which is largely fat soluble." In addition to ground cinnamon consumed directly, can also make a cinnamon tea and let the solids settle down or use cinnamon sticks, which are a tea light nice. Cinnamon can also be added to orange juice, oatmeal, coffee before brewing, salads, meat, etc. The active components are not destroyed by heat. »

According to these studies, it seems that cinnamon may decrease blood sugar, triglyceride and LDL cholesterol in people with Type 2 diabetes. The fact that the studies so far have participated in a small amount of people and have not yet explored the benefits in the long term of cinnamon, would lead to the conclusion that there is perhaps enough evidence gathered again, in support of cinnamon as a major player against Type 2. But probably the addition of more cinnamon to already healthy lifestyle changes or injured.