Cinnamon Can Lower Blood Sugar

Niiice! For once, one of my addictions is actually healthy!

Cinnamon and oatmeal works pretty well, indeed. That's basically what I do. A good way of making this oatmeal tastier without having to bathe it in sugar first. :)

Interesting. I wonder what would happen if we ate a little cinnamon with any higher glycemic food?

Brian

Lose Weight With Me said:
Interesting. I wonder what would happen if we ate a little cinnamon with any higher glycemic food?[...]

A cup of cinnamon tea afterwards would work. My great-grandma, who loved her sweets, always followed her meals with it, saying it was "digestive", and I remember how my grandma would make fun of her and say "peppermint is digestive, not cinnamon, you just like the taste of it". Maybe she had a point after all.

Jan said:
A cup of cinnamon tea afterwards would work. My great-grandma, who loved her sweets, always followed her meals with it, saying it was "digestive", and I remember how my grandma would make fun of her and say "peppermint is digestive, not cinnamon, you just like the taste of it". Maybe she had a point after all.

Peppermint boosts the release of hydrochloric acid, so foods digest more rapidly and thoroughly.

Cinnamon might do the opposite. I know vinegar does, and that has been prescribed for lowering the glycemic index of carbohydrates.

Carbs digest poorly in an acidic environment, and therefore the stomach empties at a slower rate. Probably why I'd often get heartburn after eating too much spaghetti with that acidic tomato sauce. Indigestion.

my absolute favorite thing to have with breakfast is cantaloupe melon with cinnamon (and sometimes a little ginger) sprinkled on top

This explains a lot. I've been using a LOT of cinnamon lately. I have noticed that it can treat a sweet tooth, so I actually have been putting a bit in a saucer with a touch of splenda for sweetness, and just eating it plain like that to prevent snacking. Now I know that I'm not crazy thinking it's been working.

Actually there is some quite good literature about how spices help our health and I have heard that cinnamon is good for you. I have found that you can add it to almost any spicing and it adds something. I grew up on it only as an apple pie or cinnamon toast thing, but a dash to spicy food and there is a lovely "up a notch" thing that goes on. I learned alot of this from this woman, Nancy Emerson Lombardo, who has a brain healthy diet: http://www.healthcareinsights.net/

i usually cut some apples (granny smith or golden delicious) into wedges, sprinkle with cinnamon and warm in the microwave for about 1 min so that they're softer. i eat it with about 1 1/2 tbps of pb. it's a tasty & filling snack and about 176 cals.

kailash said:
Peppermint boosts the release of hydrochloric acid, so foods digest more rapidly and thoroughly.[...]

Indigestion not only can lower the glycemic index, but it also makes you feel fuller longer. So bring on the indigestion, hehe.

I would rather eat the right things and digest them thoroughly, rather than let them ferment in my stomach and/or suffer heartburn.

Another negative effect of indigestion is the loss of ability to eat more frequent meals, if your last meal has not yet been emptied from the stomach.

The "candy tray" compartment in my car contains ginger chews and peppermint pinwheels.

Kailash said:
Another negative effect of indigestion is the loss of ability to eat more frequent meals, if your last meal has not yet been emptied from the stomach.

Not really a negative for people not trying to gain mass. For people trying to lose weight, the only reason to eat frequently is to prevent drops in blood sugar and cravings - if you still feel full, there is no drop in blood sugar.

Great to hear about this news. But I don't take cinnamon that often. Anyway it's a great piece of knowledge too.

Back in 2003, a doctor diagonesed me as borderline diabetic...wanted to put me on meds right off the bat. I was like, no way! So after going home and crying myself to sleep. I took action. Got nutrition books, started biking everyday and doing other exercises. Well, I started using cinammon as a substitute for sugar in my coffee, and added it to my yogurt which I was eating on a daily basis. I had made the decision to try this six months, then go to the doc... if things still looked bad, then I'll do the meds. Well, when I went back to the Dr 6 months later, we were both shocked at the improvement. Not only was my blood sugar normal, my bad cholesterol had dropped by 41 pts! Mind you, I only lost 5 lbs, but I guess that's all it took. So even though the Dr says I am no longer diabetic...borderline or otherwise, I am still very careful and faithfully use cinnamon. so glad that medical science has proven it's better for ya than those pharmaceuticals that sometimes can be worse than the disease!

Thanks for this site, I think Cinnamon is an effective for blood suger