DOC News November 1, 2007
Volume 4 Number 11 p. 15
© 2007 American Diabetes Association
Cinnamon Offers No Benefit in Diabetes
To investigate whether powdered Cinnamomum cassia may be
beneficial in type 2 diabetes—as some past research, mostly in animals,
but some in humans, has indicated—a group of investigators conducted a
controlled clinical trial of cinnamon
consumption.
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The researchers, from University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma City
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation, recruited 57 participants with type 2 diabetes for their study.
Twenty-nine participants consumed a 500-mg capsule containing cinnamon twice
daily for 3 months, while the remainder consumed a capsule containing wheat
flour acting as a placebo.
The investigators tested participants' fasting glucose, cholesterol,
triglyceride, and insulin levels at 1, 2, and 3 months after the initiation of
cinnamon supplements. The participants showed high adherence with the
protocol, based on regular capsule counts. The analyses revealed no
differences between the two groups on any of the indicators.
Further research may identify whether cinnamon works for some people or in
specific cases, the researchers note. "Until then," they conclude,
"cinnamon cannot be generally recommended for treatment of type 2
diabetes in an American population."
Blevins SM, Leyva MJ, Brown J, et al.: Effect of
cinnamon on glucose and lipid levels in non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Care 30:2236–2237, 2007.[Free Full Text]
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