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cinnamon and CFRD

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ej0820

New member
Hey all.

I just wanted to share this with you guys. When I was first diagnosed with cfrd, my mom told me that cinnamon can help regulate blood sugar. I didn't really think much of it at the time. Well, one night I came home from work starving...we didn't have a whole lot in the house so I made some oatmeal and put A TON of cinnamon in it because we were out of brown sugar. When I was done I was still hungry so I made some toast with a little bit of cinnamon on it too. Later that night, after all my treatments were done and I was getting to bed, my sugar dropped a little low. I know I didn't take too much insulin with what I ate after work and my Lantus wasn't the reason for the low blood sugar. I decided to look up the effects of cinnamon on blood sugar and I read that cinnamon boosts insulin and aids in lowering blood sugar...how cool! lol

I posted a link to one of the sites I found about it...it also talks about general health benefits from cinnamon too. Hope you enjoy it and find it as interesting as I did.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/cinnamon.htm
">http://altmedicine.about.com/o.../a/cinnamon.htm
</a>
(if the link doesn't work, just copy and paste)
 
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ej0820

New member
Hey all.

I just wanted to share this with you guys. When I was first diagnosed with cfrd, my mom told me that cinnamon can help regulate blood sugar. I didn't really think much of it at the time. Well, one night I came home from work starving...we didn't have a whole lot in the house so I made some oatmeal and put A TON of cinnamon in it because we were out of brown sugar. When I was done I was still hungry so I made some toast with a little bit of cinnamon on it too. Later that night, after all my treatments were done and I was getting to bed, my sugar dropped a little low. I know I didn't take too much insulin with what I ate after work and my Lantus wasn't the reason for the low blood sugar. I decided to look up the effects of cinnamon on blood sugar and I read that cinnamon boosts insulin and aids in lowering blood sugar...how cool! lol

I posted a link to one of the sites I found about it...it also talks about general health benefits from cinnamon too. Hope you enjoy it and find it as interesting as I did.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/cinnamon.htm
">http://altmedicine.about.com/o.../a/cinnamon.htm
</a>
(if the link doesn't work, just copy and paste)
 
E

ej0820

New member
Hey all.

I just wanted to share this with you guys. When I was first diagnosed with cfrd, my mom told me that cinnamon can help regulate blood sugar. I didn't really think much of it at the time. Well, one night I came home from work starving...we didn't have a whole lot in the house so I made some oatmeal and put A TON of cinnamon in it because we were out of brown sugar. When I was done I was still hungry so I made some toast with a little bit of cinnamon on it too. Later that night, after all my treatments were done and I was getting to bed, my sugar dropped a little low. I know I didn't take too much insulin with what I ate after work and my Lantus wasn't the reason for the low blood sugar. I decided to look up the effects of cinnamon on blood sugar and I read that cinnamon boosts insulin and aids in lowering blood sugar...how cool! lol

I posted a link to one of the sites I found about it...it also talks about general health benefits from cinnamon too. Hope you enjoy it and find it as interesting as I did.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/cinnamon.htm
">http://altmedicine.about.com/o.../a/cinnamon.htm
</a>
(if the link doesn't work, just copy and paste)
 
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Foody

New member
I have heard of cinnamon too...my mom and dad use it to help maintain theirs since it has gotten a bit off in their later years. My moms says she doesn't get those crashes after eating a large meal any more.

I use chromium to help with blood sugar regulation and sugar cravings. I will keep cinnamon in mind for Ben as a possible maintainence thing. Thanks for sharing it.

Do you need to adjust your insulin as you begin taking it regularly? Just curious.
 
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Foody

New member
I have heard of cinnamon too...my mom and dad use it to help maintain theirs since it has gotten a bit off in their later years. My moms says she doesn't get those crashes after eating a large meal any more.

I use chromium to help with blood sugar regulation and sugar cravings. I will keep cinnamon in mind for Ben as a possible maintainence thing. Thanks for sharing it.

Do you need to adjust your insulin as you begin taking it regularly? Just curious.
 
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Foody

New member
I have heard of cinnamon too...my mom and dad use it to help maintain theirs since it has gotten a bit off in their later years. My moms says she doesn't get those crashes after eating a large meal any more.

I use chromium to help with blood sugar regulation and sugar cravings. I will keep cinnamon in mind for Ben as a possible maintainence thing. Thanks for sharing it.

Do you need to adjust your insulin as you begin taking it regularly? Just curious.
 
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