Cinnamon not only increases the delicious food, but also a positive impact on the health of people with diabetes.
The U.S. researchers found in those who are true cinnamon supplementation dose, fasting glucose levels lower than their team does not touch the spices. Moreover, the report also shows that cinnamon can improve a few key indicators for cardiovascular health, reduce the total amount of cholesterol and bad cholesterol, triglycerides and triglycerides, while increasing the dose the amount of good cholesterol.

In a new report published in the journal The Annals of Family Medicine, the experts analyzed data collected from 10 trials involving 543 patients of Type 2 diabetes. These studies compare groups who are members of cinnamon supplementation (doses ranging from 120 mg to 6 grams while eating or after eating a daily, within 4 to 18 weeks) with those who did not use cinnamon. "When you sum up the results of all the tests, we found that in patients with Type 2 diabetes, blood sugar and cholesterol levels are improving," said Olivia Phung experts from the University of Western medical in Pomona, California, USA.

The previous studies on the effects of cinnamon on blood sugar have different results. In fact, when the researchers in a new report conducted tests on spices on in 2008, they said that it had no effect on blood sugar and cholesterol. However, in the last analysis, they are combined data of recent surveys in the diabetic patients. The initial study has identified cinnamaldehyde, a compound is said to have improved glycemic impact, may be due to stimulating the production of insulin and efficiency. "By consolidating the activities of insulin, blood sugar control improved. In the study, patients received cinnamon reduced fasting blood glucose level was 25 milligrams / deciliter, not drug metformin (58 mg / dL), but better than the new drugs sitagliptin (16 to 21 mg / dL).

It is unclear exactly cinnamon dosage needed to be effective for patients with Type 2 diabetes, as well as timing and frequency of this additional spices. Researchers have yet to identify the group of patients can get the best performance from cinnamon, as well as inserting new therapies into current therapies to maximize the effect. Need to deploy additional new research on the effects of cinnamon for the treatment of this devastating disease, but based on the latest results of the analysis, it seems that cinnamon is useful for people with diabetes Type 2.

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