Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:19:23 GMT in article
<40e06085.1556078@news.individual.de> florald@bigfoot.com wrote:
>On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:09:10 -0400, Wild Bill 2
><poston8@REMOVEcomcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'd like to exchange email with anyone using cinnamon to
>>reduce cholesterol.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Bill poston8@comcast.net
>>
>>
>>Wild Bill 2, Marietta, Ga. (^_-) email: poston8 at
>>comcast.net
>
>I couldn't think of any easy way to eat a lot of it so I
>started to put much more than was suggested in a good
>recipe I have for carrot cake. I use about a large
>tablesponful instead of 2 tspns.
>
That sounds as quite a lot. In a recent study,
Khan A, Safdar M, Ali Khan MM, Khattak KN, Anderson RA.
Cinnamon improves glucose and lipids of people with type 2
diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2003 Dec;26(12):3215-8. <URL:http:-
//care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/26/12/3215>
(Comments in "Cinnamon spice produces healthier blood" <URL-
:http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994413>)
the daily doses used were 1 g, 3 g and 6 g. All doses were
effective in reducing glucose, triglyceride LDL cholesterol,
and total cholesterol levels in subjects with type 2
diabetes. 3 g/d seemed to reduce LDL more than lower and
higher doses (see <URL:http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi-
/content/full/26/12/3215/T4>) ,but in quick browsing of the
article I did not find any information about whether the
differences in the effects of different doses were
significant or not. Anyway, on the basis of this study only,
it seems that or the time being the best bet could be 3 g/d
or about half teaspoonful per day, and that larger doses may
be less effective (at least if you are a type 2 diabetic).
Other cinnamon studies
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Qin B, Nagasaki M, Ren M, Bajotto G, Oshida Y, Sato Y.
Cinnamon extract prevents the insulin resistance induced by
a high-fructose diet. Horm Metab Res. 2004 Feb;36(2):119-25.
<URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retr-
ieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15002064>
Anderson RA, Broadhurst CL, Polansky MM, Schmidt WF, Khan A,
Flanagan VP, Schoene NW, Graves DJ. Isolation and
characterization of polyphenol type-A polymers from cinnamon
with insulin-like biological activity. J Agric Food Chem.
2004 Jan 14;52(1):65-70. <URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/e-
ntrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_-
uids=14709014>
Lin CC, Wu SJ, Chang CH, Ng LT. Antioxidant activity of
Cinnamomum cassia. Phytother Res. 2003 Aug;17(7):726-30. <U-
RL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrie-
ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12916067&dopt=Abstract>
Lee HS. Inhibitory activity of Cinnamomum cassia bark-
derived component against rat lens aldose reductase. J Pharm
Pharm Sci. 2002 Sep-Dec;5(3):226-30. PMID: 12553890 [PubMed
- indexed for MEDLINE] <URL:http://www.ualberta.ca/~csps/JP-
PS5(3)/H.Lee/cinnamoumum.htm> <URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.-
gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1255-
3890&dopt=Abstract>
Broadhurst CL, Polansky MM, Anderson RA. Insulin-like
biological activity of culinary and medicinal plant aqueous
extracts in vitro. J Agric Food Chem. 2000 Mar;48(3):849-52.
<URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retr-
ieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10725162>
Imparl-Radosevich J, Deas S, Polansky MM, Baedke DA,
Ingebritsen TS, Anderson RA, Graves DJ. Regulation of PTP-1
and insulin receptor kinase by fractions from cinnamon:
implications for cinnamon regulation of insulin signalling.
Horm Res. 1998 Sep;50(3):177-82. <URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.n-
ih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra-
ct&list_uids=9762007>
Berrio LF, Polansky MM, Anderson RA. Insulin activity:
stimulatory effects of cinnamon and brewer's yeast as
influenced by albumin. Horm Res. 1992;37(6):225-9. PMID:
1292975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] <URL:http://www.ncbi-
.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_-
uids=1292975&dopt=Abstract>
Comments and press releases:
<URL:http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2004/040419.htm> (http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2004/040419.htm) <URL:http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-04/uoc--
cmh041304.php> <URL:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20-
04/04/040414003908.htm> <URL:http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/93106/2-
004/April26/cinnamon.html> <URL:http://diabetes.about.com/c-
s/newswire/a/blncinnamon404.htm>
<URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/872733.stm> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/872733.stm)
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Matti Narkia
