Cinnamon (1g/day) Helps the Glucose Go Down

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Hi All,

 

Musiclear@xxxx, a colleague on the TCM List, posted the mail

below today (I have edited the mail slightly).

 

For further references, see: http://tinyurl.com/727y3

 

Do you think the " cinnamon " refers to Rougui or Guizhi in TCM?

 

Best regards,

Phil

 

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" Cinnamon (1g/day) Helps the Glucose Go Down: In the modern

world, we are not as active as we could be, and our diets are not

as good as they could be, so nearly all of us can use some help

with our blood sugar.

 

Cinnamon is a very powerful tool that can help control blood sugar

levels. I have been recommending routine use of cinnamon for

years now. It is one of the ingredients in my morning health shake.

 

Recent studies have added so much support to this idea that you

could now call cinnamon " the poor man's insulin " .

 

60 volunteers with type 2 diabetes took 1g (slightly less than a half-

teaspoon) of cinnamon/day. In just 40 days, this small amount of

cinnamon reduced fasting glucose levels by 18-29%, triglyceride

levels 23-30%, LDL cholesterol levels 7-27%, and total cholesterol

12-26%. Larger doses of cinnamon gave no advantages or greater

improvements..

 

When the participants stopped taking the cinnamon, their blood

sugar levels and other readings began to return to former levels. (J

Agri Food Chem 04;52(1):65-70) (Diabetes Care 03;26(12):3215-8)

 

If you have diabetes or insulin resistance, or if you have a family

history of the problem, or even if an honest look at your diet shows

some weaknesses, you would be smart to consider the benefits of

adding 1g (1/2 teaspoon) of cinnamon to your diet each day. "

 

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Chinese Medicine , " "

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wrote:

 

>

> Do you think the " cinnamon " refers to Rougui or Guizhi in TCM?

>

 

 

might be guipi, which is more like a culinary grade cinnamon bark which is

sometimes

used as a cheaper substitute for rougui.

 

rh

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I believe that the original article was referring to the spice, and not a

Chinese herbal.

 

Chris

 

In a message dated 9/20/2004 10:44:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

johnlg_2000 writes:

Is this the cinnamon I'd buy off the shelf of the

supermarket? John Garbarini

--- kampo36 <kampo36 wrote:

 

> Chinese Medicine ,

> " " <@e...>

> wrote:

>

> >

> > Do you think the " cinnamon " refers to Rougui or

> Guizhi in TCM?

> >

>

>

> might be guipi, which is more like a culinary grade

> cinnamon bark which is sometimes

> used as a cheaper substitute for rougui.

>

> rh

 

 

 

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Is this the cinnamon I'd buy off the shelf of the

supermarket? John Garbarini

--- kampo36 <kampo36 wrote:

 

> Chinese Medicine ,

> " " <@e...>

> wrote:

>

> >

> > Do you think the " cinnamon " refers to Rougui or

> Guizhi in TCM?

> >

>

>

> might be guipi, which is more like a culinary grade

> cinnamon bark which is sometimes

> used as a cheaper substitute for rougui.

>

> rh

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi John,

 

Not sure if it's the exact same cinnamon used here. The Gui Pi we got at the

school

pharmacy I used to run was very thin bark shavings, and looked much like the

cinnamon

on the spice rack. The Chinese teachers where I ran the pharmacy used to say

the Gui Pi

was good for using to cook with and not much else. Rou Gui is much more

expensive,

thicker and oilier. Gui Pi's interior-warming capabilities are mild in

comparison.

 

I was assuming -- perhaps wrongly -- that the cinnamon used in the article Phil

mentioned was regular ol' food-grade cinnamon like you'd put on toast.

 

rh

 

Chinese Medicine , John Garbarini

<johnlg_2000> wrote:

> Is this the cinnamon I'd buy off the shelf of the

> supermarket? John Garbarini

> --- kampo36 <kampo36> wrote:

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> > Chinese Medicine ,

> > " " <@e...>

> > wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > Do you think the " cinnamon " refers to Rougui or

> > Guizhi in TCM?

> > >

> >

> >

> > might be guipi, which is more like a culinary grade

> > cinnamon bark which is sometimes

> > used as a cheaper substitute for rougui.

> >

> > rh

> >

> >

> >

>

>

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