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Cinnamon may be good for type-2 diabetes |
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Good News for type-2 diabetes.
A new study this year found 500 mg of cinnamon might beneficial for type-2 diabetics. More research is needed.
The a new study details of Dr Stoecker and her co-workers recruited 137 hyperglycemic patients with an average age of 61 to participate in their double-blind, placebo controlled study. They used a patented cinnamon ingredient in the study.
A placebo was given to randomly assigned participants to receive placebo or a 500-milligram daily dose of the cinnamon extract for two months.
Results showed that fasting glucose levels decreased from an average of 8.85 to 8.19 mmol/L in the cinnamon group, while the placebo group experienced a decrease from 8.57 to 8.44 mmol/L.
Furthermore, blood sugar levels two hours after a carbohydrate-rich meal decreased by 12 percent following cinnamon supplementation, compared to only 3.1 percent in the placebo group.
You can read more:
FASEB Journal
2010, Vol. 24:722.1
“Cinnamon extract lowers blood glucose in hyperglycemic subjects”
Authors: B.J. Stoecker, Z. Zhan, R. Luo, X. Mu, X. Guo, Y. Liu, Q. Guo, J. Zhou, J. Kong, Z. Zhou, B. Cui, R.A. Anderson
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