Guest guest Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Quite an interesting article I read yesterday on Cinnamon and Diabetes. I did not know that Cinnamon has such good benefits too. If you have more information on this, please feels free to contribute so it can benefit the whole group. Recently, a surprising link was established between using cinnamon and the prevention of some diabetes symptoms. It has commonly been known that cinnamon helps with energy. Now it would seem that cinnamon can be a low cost addition to help strengthen a diabetes regimen. Funded by the Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation, or DAREF, Dr. Richard Anderson performed a study at the United States Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center to examine possible useful effects of cinnamon in diabetes. Mr. Anderson was able to actually isolate the compound in cinnamon that is responsible for some of the positive aspects of cinnamon for diabetics. The compound which feature specific Type-A polymers, was found to effectively lower blood sugar in diabetics. Additionally, Type-A polymers were discovered to decrease a patient's total cholesterol by up to 26 percent. Low density lipoproteins, commonly known as the bad cholesterol, were lowered 10 to 24 percent by the intake of the polymers, while triglycerides were decreased by 23 to 30 percent. This research is of the utmost importance to diabetics. Even more important may be the effects that this compound can have on the millions of people who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes. It can help to delay the diabetes' onset, and can a person time to learn about the condition and how to keep it from significantly affecting your health. Read the full post at: http://informationalnetwork.blogspot.com/2007/01/cinnamon-and-diabetes-b\ y-robert-miller.html <http://informationalnetwork.blogspot.com/2007/01/cinnamon-and-diabetes-\ by-robert-miller.html> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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