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Hello, I'm pre diabetic and recently my blood sugar readings have gone up which has naturally worried me, so I've been looking into taking cinnamon to bring the levels down. And it has disturbed me greatly to discover that a lot of the suppliers are not ruthlessly honest about their source of cinnamon, and are indeed selling cinnamon cassia which contains high levels of coumarin which can potentially harm the liver and cause cancer. One company usually known for the quality and reliability of their products, supplies capsules of cinnamon burmanni to their customers and apparently this contains the highest amount of coumarin. So, if you're taking cinnamon please check that you're not taking the harmful variety.
Best wishes.
Cinnamon
★★★★★
Cinnamon
Studies show that cinnamon lowers blood glucose levels in diabetes. It also enhances the effectiveness of insulin. It is often used in baked sweet breads (or other sweet or heavy foods) because it counterbalances the negative properties of such foods. That's why it might be a perfect medicinal spice for diabetes.
Cinnamon improves the blood circulation and warms the body. Incidentally, poor blood circulation and coldness are seen as one of the major causes of fibroids and cysts in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, one of the formulas used for fibroids is Cinnamon and Hoelen (Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan). If you can get it, it would be the best. But if you cannot, just pour hot water over 1 tsp. cinnamon and drink the tea 2-3 times a day. You can also put water and cinnamon powder into a pot and boil it for 10 minutes. I found out that it has a stronger taste when drunk this way.
Also, make sure that the cinnamon you use is from Sri Lanka (Cinnamomum zeylanicum). The most popular commercially sold variety might be harmful to health when taken in high dosages (it contains toxins).
Cinnamon
★★★★★
(Arcadia, Ca)
01/12/2013
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Cinnamon, 1/4 tsp 30 min. before a meal is very effective for type II diabetes, it also lowers your BP.
(Florida)
03/16/2014
Cinnamon is good but most all cinnamon you buy off the shelf is a cheap cinnamon referred to as cassia cinnamon. Some will specify this and some will not, just lists cinnamon as the ingredient and you can be sure if it is fairly cheap, it is cassia. The problem with the cassia type cinnamon is that when taken for medicinal purposes such as daily for diabetes, can have detrimental effects on your liver. Coumarin is the ingredient in cassia that is not good for you. An alternative and considered TRUE cinnamon is Ceylon cinnamon and does not have dangerous levels of coumarin. It is more expensive but taste so much better, again true cinnamon. There is also a Saigon and korintje which also have the higher levels of couman.
