Seeking Mr Peachy...or anyone, really...?

One to six grams of cinnamon, daily for 40 days, reduces fasting blood glucose by 18-29%, triglycerides by 23-30%, LDL-cholesterol by 7-27%, and total cholesterol by 12-26%. There was no 'dose-effect'; thus it's not known if less than 1 gram a day would be equally beneficial. The changes persisted, largely, for 20 days after the patients had stopped taking extra cinnamon.

How does cinnamon work in this way? That remains to be determined. It's likely that somehow there's an increased sensitivity to insulin. And cinnamon also has antioxidant properties.

Read this study:http://www.healthandage.com/public/health-center/1...

I don't think it's particularly appropriate to quote a single small study that is six years old now and has been largely discredited. Cinnamon may have some small but measurable beneficial effects for diabetics. It sounds as if you are one with a positive experience. If so, that's great. No one knows why cinnamon improves blood sugar readings, but if it works for you it's a better alternative than a lot of the approved medications.

Here is a link to an article that is more skeptical about the benefits of cinnamon:

"After examining the final fasting blood glucose, A1C levels, and lipid levels, researchers found that cinnamon had no real effect on people with diabetes. The type of diabetes, type 1 or type 2, did not matter."

Unfortunately all the hype was disproven, but if it's working for you, I suppose it's harmless.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/summarie...