Cinnamon/blood sugar study

Once upon a time, our fellow Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása rambled on about "Cinnamon/blood sugar study."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

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i'm not about to go out and buy 10 kilos of cinnamon, but i'm curious about the distinction since
it is a pretty significant difference.

I have found that chewing on a cinnamon stick will relieve a sugar buzz in about 15 minutes.

Just thought that you might want to know. 🙂

I read a similar article in New Scientist - tried to send you the link but couldn't drag and copy -
anyway, it sure sounded to me like they were discussing the spice we know as cinammon that is sold
here in all the grocery stores - not some other spice. If you find out more let me know. If you want
me to copy the article and post it I will try - but it's pretty much the same that was in the
Diabetes Care article.

Dorothy

Star?lfur@Loft?r?sa.nospam said:

If anyone has been following the recent news that cinnamon has been found to lower blood sugar
levels and knows anything about the study then i have a question. they keep talking about
cinnamon, but mention all the foods that people put 'cinnamon' into. 90% of the substance known as
'cinnamon' is, in fact, cassus bark, not the bark of the 'cinnamon' tree and while somewhat
related, it is not the same thing.

I think the active ingredient found to mimiic insulin in those
experiments was the compound that gives it "the cinnamon taste". This
is a water-soluble polyphenol compound called MHCP. This is probably
the compound found in "cassus bark" if it has the cinnamon taste.

Elmer

Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása <Starálfur@Loftárása.nospam> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>... 90% of the substance

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known as 'cinnamon' is, in fact, cassus bark, not the bark of the 'cinnamon' tree and while
somewhat related, it is not the same thing.

This (part)introduction to one of the recent studies [1]cinnamon, will hopefully clear your
confusuon.

galya

"The cinnamon, also known by Cassia, Sweet Wood, and Gui Zhi, is traditionally harvested in Asian
countries. It is, perhaps, one of the oldest herbal medicines, having been mentioned in Chinese
texts as long as 4000 years ago [1 and 2]. The large number of applications for cinnamon indicates
the widespread appreciation that folk herbalists around the world have had for cinnamon as a
medicine [2], including the treatment of diarrhea, arthritis, etc. [1]. Furthermore, it has been
reported that the cinnamon extract has vasodilative, anti-thrombotic, antispastic, anti-ulcerous,
and anti-allergic action
[2]. In the last decade, in vitro studies revealed that the cinnamon extract mimics the effect of
insulin, which potentiates insulin action in isolated adipocytes [3, 4, 5 and 6]. It is
believed that the methylhydroxychalcone polymer (MHCP, extracted from cinnamon) is responsible
for the above effect. MHCP may be useful in the treatment of insulin resistance via increasing
glucose utilization in cells [6]. Moreover, the cinnamon extract has also been shown to improve
the insulin receptor function [5 and 6]. However, to our knowledge, up till now the effect of
the cinnamon extract on insulin action has not been demonstrated in in vivo studies."

3. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2003 Dec;62(3):139-48. Cinnamon extract (traditional herb) potentiates
in vivo insulin-regulated glucose utilization via enhancing insulin signaling in rats.

Qin B, Nagasaki M, Ren M, Bajotto G, Oshida Y, Sato Y.

Department of Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,
464-8601, Nagoya, Japan PMID: 14625128

(Dorot29701) said:

discussing the spice we know as cinammon that is sold here in all the grocery stores - not some
other spice. If you find out more let me know. If you want

Problem is that you never know if it is really cinnamon. But cassia contain the same stuff, but in
different ratio's so I would guess that will be almost as effective,

Once upon a time, our fellow Alf Christophersen rambled on about "Re: Cinnamon/blood sugar study."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

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Quoted message said:

discussing the spice we know as cinammon that is sold here in all the grocery stores - not some
other spice. If you find out more let me know. If you want

Quoted message said:

Problem is that you never know if it is really cinnamon. But cassia contain the same stuff, but in
different ratio's so I would guess that will be almost as effective,

Once upon a time, humans were not afraid to use a little common sense in their daily lives. Any fool
could figure this stuff out for themselves in about 15 minutes.

Of course, the science geeks in the audience could always read the full text of the study.

Just my opinion. But, I am *right* as usual!

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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Once upon a time, our fellow Alf Christophersen rambled on about "Re: Cinnamon/blood sugar study."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

discussing the spice we know as cinammon that is sold here in all the grocery stores - not some
other spice. If you find out more let me know. If you want

Quoted message said:

Problem is that you never know if it is really cinnamon. But cassia contain the same stuff, but
in different ratio's so I would guess that will be almost as effective,

Once upon a time, humans were not afraid to use a little common sense in their daily lives. Any
fool could figure this stuff out for themselves in about 15 minutes.

Of course, the science geeks in the audience could always read the full text of the study.

Just my opinion. But, I am *right* as usual!

Everyone appreciates all your increasingly vague input, and if you end up on thorazine and confined
to the psych ward, remember that many here thought you were very helpful. For now, you might try to
avert that by just using the conventional sort of humility and responses that are within your depth
that almost all other human beings who post to this group use and most all respond kindly to. If you
don't know the specifics of the subject you're talking about sometimes, just answer if you think you
can be helpful without all the extraneous BS. You could save all that up for some sort of local or
national rally. This way, you might be able to work your way out of a developing disorder, which
*everyone* would be happy to see.

Once upon a time, our fellow Kramer rambled on about "Re: Cinnamon/blood sugar study." Our champion
De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

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just answer if you think you can be helpful without all the extraneous BS.

Read the Full Text of the study, Mr. Geek!

Just my opinion. But, I am *right* as usual!

Once upon a time, our fellow Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása rambled on about "Cinnamon/blood sugar study."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

Quoted message said:

If anyone has been following the recent news that cinnamon has been found to lower blood sugar
levels and knows anything about the study then i have a question. they keep talking about cinnamon,
but mention all the foods that people put 'cinnamon' into. 90% of the substance known as 'cinnamon'
is, in fact, cassus bark, not the bark of the 'cinnamon' tree and while somewhat related

Once upon a time, humans were not afraid to use a little common sense in their daily lives. Any fool
could figure this stuff out for themselves in about 15 minutes.

This is an old story really.

The latest study was reported in the news on Dec 11th as well as on Nov 25.

The complete citation is:

Khan A, Safdar M, Ali Khan MM. Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People With Type 2 Diabetes.
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ct Diabetes Care. 2003 Dec;26(12):3215-3218. PMID: 14633804

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Richard A. Anderson, Nutrient Requirements and
Functions Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Bldg. 307, Rm. 224, Beltsville, MD
20705. E-mail: [email hidden]!usda.gov

So, either you can read the complete paper or you might try contacting the lead author of the study
via the above address after removing c!
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