Paul,

This might interest you (and others, too) as you mentioned that your
blood glucose level had proven resistant to improvement and I don't
see cinnamon in your regimen.

[Both Paul and I use cinnamon daily in our breakfast powders. You may not have
looked under "Breakfast Powders"
http://morelife.org/personal/health/his-regimen.html However in checking on
this I see that Paul's amount is incorrectly given there. It should be 1.0 gram
rather than the 650 mg that currently shows; this will be corrected w/ next
upload. We weighed the weight of the approximate volume that he uses in his
smoothie, though the cinnamon in Toronto and Arizona may not be the same
density. I rechecked my amount and the 2 1/4 tsp (new) that I use daily weighed
1.1 g here in AZ this afternoon.

Your message prompted me to look and see when we'd actually started using the
cinnamon; I found that we'd failed to make note in the Regimen Changes. However,
a look at some old files shows that it was in ~Feb 2002 at the 650 mg amount for
Paul and 1/4 tsp for me. Our increase to the current ~1 gram level was probably
at the end of last year, likely after Paul read something similar to the
abstract below. **Kitty]


"One gram (slightly less than a half-teaspoon) of cinnamon per day was
given to 60 volunteers with type 2 diabetes. In just 40 days, this
small amount of cinnamon reduced fasting glucose levels anywhere from
18 to 29 percent, triglyceride levels 23 to 30 percent, LDL
cholesterol levels 7 to 27 percent, and total cholesterol 12 to 26
percent. No advantages or greater improvements were found when larger
doses were given. Also, when the participants stopped taking the
cinnamon, their blood sugar levels and other readings began to return
to former levels. (J Agri Food Chem 04;52(1):65-70) (Diabetes Care
03;26(12):3215-8)"

[Yes, I have been aware of the value of cinnamon for glucose control for some
years now. And the evidence has been getting stronger all the time. I just wish
it worked better for me. The problem with most of these things is that they only
have major observable effects on those who have really high values of fasting or
postprandial blood glucose and have more decrease potential. Such studies seldom
include "normal" individuals, so what the supplement under study will do for
those without clear signs of the dysfunction under investigation is largely
unknown. --Paul]