Known for thousands of years for its healing properties, this delicious spice is finally accepted as a powerful treatment option in modern medicine.
This incredibly aromatic spice helps calm stress, fight colds and relieve migraines and inflammations.
Chinese medicine practitioners long valued this spice for it’s anti-clotting and brain function inducing benefits. It is also known to be a powerful preventative measure against heart diseases.
If that wasn’t enough, a new study confirms a long suspected truth that this spice is one of the best natural treatment option for type 2 diabetes.
And the amazing thing is that most of us have this ‘natural medicine’ sitting in our kitchen cabinet right now.
The powerful health benefits of cinnamon powder have been confirmed in various studies throughout the years.
However, Pakistani researchers wanted to investigate if cinnamon has the ability to improve triglyceride, blood glucose, HDL and LDL cholesterol levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
For the study they recruited 60 individuals and divided them in six groups.
The first three groups were instructed to consume a daily dosage of either 1-3 or 6 grams of cinnamon. The other three groups were given placebo pills.
After 40 days of the study, the researchers discovered that in the three cinnamon-consuming groups, the mean fasting serum glucose was lowered by 18 to 29 percent!
Triglyceride levels were reduced by 23 to 30 percent, LDL cholesterol by 7 to 27 percent and total cholesterol by 12 to 26 percent!
There was absolutely no change in glucose or triglyceride levels in the placebo groups.
According to researchers, the consumption of 3 to 6 grams of cinnamon daily is very effective for lowering glucose and triglyceride levels and should be included in the diet of people suffering from type 2 diabetes.
Another study review revealed that 500 mg capsule of cinnamon taken twice daily for 3 months had beneficial effect on glycemic control and drastically improves hemoglobin A1C levels (a measurement used to find out how much glucose is attached to red blood cells) in type 2 diabetes patients.
There are many ways of consuming cinnamon. It is sold in the form of powder, bark or capsules. The great news is that this spice is widely available all over the world.
I would recommend choosing organic brand of cinnamon to ensure the best quality possible.
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there are at least 2 kinds of cinnamon. I believe ceylonese cinnamon is the more active one regarding blood glucose. the difference is boatanical.., different species.., not just that it comes from one country or another. but I believe what is called Ceylon cinnamon is the one more likely to be helpful.
Very informative article
Yes Susan, when it comes to glucose lowering properties Ceylon cinnamon is more powerful. Many scientific studies have demonstrated that.
I personally love cinnamon. I use it cakes, in coffee, I even sprinkle it on oatmeal and fruits. I try to use less sugar and more of this aromatic, tasty spice.
Great post 🙂
This is the best preventive as well as curing medicine
Thanks Susan. I use cinnamon in every kind of porridge even cakes. But defining the exact one for medicinal purposes is very important. I will buy the Ceylon brand. I understand that it comes in pill form as a herb.
Hey Susan,
Is it good for hypertension also. My friend is type 2 diabetic and she is taking the capsules.
Cinnamon can certainly lower blood glucose levels in tests. But the cinnamon in your spice cupboard probably contains little cinnamon. Also cinnamon has toxins in it, that can build up in the kidneys and cause vast problems. A person I know who had insulin resistance used cinnamon, but after 6 to 12 months or so it began to lose its effectiveness.
Two thumbs up for Cinnamon. I’ll keep on putting cinnamon on my morning cappuccino 🙂
I agree with Colin. You have to make sure that the regular cinnamon you use actually contain cinnamon. That is why I buy only good reputation brands.
It is also true that toxin called coumarin can build up in liver and cause some problems, but for that you need to take a very large dose of cinnamon. Just using it in food and spicing can’t cause the damage.
Cinnamon has been known as a natural treatment for thousands of years, and we discover it just now.
In any case cinnamon is much better treatment that dangerous medications.
I love it when something you love is also healthy for you. I’ve heard cinnamon is also good for high blood pressure and all kind of other things. But Colin and Mary are right, lots of the cinnamon sold in supermarkets is nothing but saw dust. Get the good brands sold in health food stores.
I have been buying the cinnamon STICKS and grinding our own. My concern is “in teaspoons….what is the proper amount of cinnamon to ingest daily”? THANK you for the great article! M.
To Mary:
According to the famous book ” The Health Benefits of Cinnamon”, consuming
one teaspoon of ground cinnamon a day helps regulate blood sugar. It also helps decrease the appetite
and helps fight bacterial growth.
Great information to know. Doctors always want to push medications, that’s what they are paid for …
It is proved in so many studies that natural ways are not only more effective, they also million times healthier.
I am pro natural ways to treat everything 🙂
The Ceylon cinnamon referred to in some comments here is the strain which has a lower coumarin content. At issue with this compound found in all cinnamon, is its blood thinning properties. In the body, it closely mimics a well known pharma drug known as Coumadin, a potent, widely prescribed blood thinning agent. What is not mentioned here is that the danger here, especially for those on meds aimed at heart protection is the possibility that, combined with certain other drugs, one could over-thin the blood, leading to problems with internal hemorrhage. The main thing is to take the necessary precautions, ask questions and do your research.
Very informative articles.
It means diabetics type 2 was cure able. Is it ok for ever? or for temporary.
It means diabetics type 2 was cure able. Is it ok for ever? or for temporary.