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Cinnamon For Type 2 Diabetes

MyMississippi

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MyMississippi Enthusiast
MyMississippi
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Just wanted to post this for those of you who are pre-diabetic, or type 2 diabetics. Check out the research on cinnamon helping to lower blood glucose. (excuse if this has been discussed before )

Maybe this is why to my amazement my pumpkin muffins (lots of cinnamon in them) did not raise my blood sugar levels. I'm prediabetic--- ( there is diabetes on both sides of my family, :( ) But I'm fighting it with diet and activity. So far, so good. :)

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ShayFL
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The cinnamon doesnt work that fast (i.e. eating a pumpkin muffin). But if you ate the same pumpkin muffins everyday with at least 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon in them for about 2 months, you could expect a reduction in your morning fasting glucose.

Cinnamon does work. I took the pills for 2 months and it reduced my sugar too much. I am not diabetic. But my BS runs a little higher than I would like. But it made it too low in the morning so I was waking up at about 5 am starved with low blood sugar.

So if you want to try cinnamon, please monitor your BS closely to see how you react.

What works best for me is exercise! With walking (about 30 minutes) in the am keeping my BS stable throughout the day. I try to throw in a 20 minute bike ride everyday weather permitting as well. Usually late afternoon or after dinner.

Also, I keep my carbs per meal reasonable. If I go over 40 carbs at any given meal, my BS will skyrocket. So I try to keep em around 25-30. And not just any ol carbs either. High fiber!!

This works very well for me.

MyMississippi Enthusiast
MyMississippi
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Shay,

I've been low carb for a few years now----

I've been eating my home made pumpkin muffins for a year or more. (My only "bread treat" ).

I can eat as many as 2 muffins at night with no raising of my FBS. So, for some reason they don't affect my blood sugar---- and yes, I've been eating them a few times a week for a year or so now.

I understand that cinnamon alone is no magic bullet for diabetes. I was a RN for 20 years and worked with many diabetic patients which is one reason I can control my prediabetic condition as well as I do.

I'm just thrilled that something as simple as cinnamon can help lower blood glucose. :)

ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
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CeeCee,

Would you mind posting your Pumpkin Muffin recipe. :)

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Juliebove
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Cinnamon raised my blood sogar. Not only that, it began leaving an unpleasant taste in my mouth. Everything began tasting of it and I felt like I reeked of it. My Dr. told me to quit taking it.

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AliB
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I have been on Insulin now for 5 years. Neither it nor the Metformin was getting my blood sugar down enough (waking BS typically 12, 13, or more).

My doctor decided to try me on Byetta. Helped me lose weight which was great but mucked my stomach up something dreadful and appears to have triggered Celiac/GI. He took me off it after 3 months (I since learned that he should never have put me on it as I was already on insulin!)

I had already decided to try Vitabase Blood Sugar Formula which contains, amongst other things, Cinnamon, and started it the day after going back on to insulin. Immediately it brought my blood sugar right down to normal and now I typically awaken with readings between 5 and 6 which is fantastic. I'm into normal for the first time in at least 10 years and I am very glad to have discovered this.

I tried cinnamon on its own but couldn't stand the taste - I like it with apple and carb foods (although the pumpkin muffins sound good and I wouldn't mind the recipe either!) which are pretty much no-no's for me, but not in anything else - it was making me retch! In the capsules it is going straight into my stomach so I don't have to battle with the taste!

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Just wanted to post this for those of you who are pre-diabetic, or type 2 diabetics. Check out the research on cinnamon helping to lower blood glucose. (excuse if this has been discussed before )

Maybe this is why to my amazement my pumpkin muffins (lots of cinnamon in them) did not raise my blood sugar levels. I'm prediabetic--- ( there is diabetes on both sides of my family, :( ) But I'm fighting it with diet and activity. So far, so good. :)

I was just reading about Cinnamon and it's effects recently too, and was delighted because my blood sugars tend to be low...and depending on my diet...carbs...fluctuate constantly....I am not a diabetic, but my doctor likes to say prediabetic. :rolleyes: I am really working on the Paleo (stone man diet) and feeling great. I love Cinnamon, so that news was good to read, it does lots of other stuff too, like lower the cholesterol, raise the good, lowers the bad, thins the blood, lowers blood pressure, etc.

I have been adding it to my hot cocoa. That's been my desert for the day. I use Hershey's Cocoa, with Stevia, Cinnamon, some coconut milk, about the same amount one would add to their coffee, but I add it to the dry ingredients and mixed thoroughly, then add hot water...add ingredients to your liking, but for me it's yummy and guilt free. The newest research on Cocoa is that it opens artery's and blood vessels.

Glad you're enjoying Cinnamon, me too... :P

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Here's my recipe: It is nothing special--- (I'm rather a bland eater compared to most --- because between wheat allergy and prediabetes, there's not a lot I can eat ! :(

Don't bother with these if you like light, fluffy, muffins,-- as these are somewhat dense (I like 'em that way ) :)

Pumpkin Muffins

2 large or jumbo eggs

3/4 cup whole milk

1/2 cup EEVO ( you could use another oil)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup splenda

1 - 15 oz. can of pumpkin

2 cups gluten free flour (I use Bob's Red Mill baking flour or Bob's RM Bean flour)

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 1/2 heaping teaspoons of cinnamon or more or less

( I also add about 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. of cloves and/or nutmeg)

chopped walnuts or pecans to your taste

In one bowl, Mix all dry ingredients together (except for the sugar and splenda)

In another bowl, Whisk wet ingredients together by hand including the sugar ,splenda and pumpkin.

Add dry to wet and mix by hand (you can put the nuts in now ) --- do not overmix

Bake 350 degrees about 30 min for Texas muffins, less time for regular muffins. Cream frosting would taste good on these--- but I don't use frosting on mine.

ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
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Thanks CeeCee!!

MyMississippi Enthusiast
MyMississippi
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Whooooops ! TYPO ! !

That should have been EVOO (extra virgin olive oil ) for pumpkin muffin recipe ------NOT EEVO ! ! !

Did I mention that my brain is impaired as well ????? :lol:

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ShayFL
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I figured it out though...so what does that say about me. ;)

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