More support for cinnamon extract benefits for diabetics

MikeV · medicine forum beginner Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 25

http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=68338&m=1NIE612&c=esaxlclacofhthy

summary:
12/06/2006 - A daily supplement of an aqueous cinnamon extract
improved blood-glucose levels in type-2 diabetics by over ten
percent, say German researchers - supporting previous studies into
the benefits of the spice for diabetic.

The new study, published in the European Journal of Clinical
Investigation (Vol. 36, pp. 340-344), adds to a growing body of
science linking the common spice to improvements in blood glucose
levels in diabetics.

A previous study reported in 2003 (Diabetes Care, Vol. 26, pp.
3215-3218) that just 1g of the spice per day reduced blood glucose
levels, as well as triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and total
cholesterol in a small group of people with type 2 diabetes.

But the researchers, from the University of Hannover, claim that
their study is the first to evaluate an aqueous cinnamon extract on
fasting glucose levels, serum lipid levels and glycated hemoglobin
A1c (HbA1c) levels, in Western type-2 diabetics.

In the new study, 79 diabetic volunteers were randomly assigned to
receive either three capsules per day, each containing 112mg of
aqueous cinnamon extract (by Finzelberg), equal to one gram of
cinnamon, or an identical-looking placebo.

The volunteers were not receiving insulin therapy, but were
controlling their disease by oral antidiabetics or diet.

Previous studies have indicated that improved glycaemic control
could lead to improvements in lipid profiles.

Such an effect was not observed in this study, say the researchers,
because the improvements in glucose concentrations were not
sufficient to induce such a change.

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MikeV

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