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So have been taking Cinnamon in capsule form for just coming up to one week based on studies such as these.
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/issues/Issue_306/cinnamondiabcare.pdf
http://numedica.net/literature/Mang 2006.pdf
http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/dspace/bitstream/10113/8206/1/IND43620705.pdf
My aim is to use it to try and drop my fasting levels rather than use it as additional "spike" control. It's supposed to take a while 20 days+ for any real effects to kick in and the studies seem to have looked at people whose average BG levels are running considerably higher than mine.
I am taking 1.7g (two 850mg capsules each morning with my breakfast). If you read the studies they recommend taking at least 1g a day.
There is a hint in my average BG's in the last couple of days that it may be having a small effect but too soon to say.
I'll post on it more in the coming weeks.
At sometime soon my Bitter Melon capsules should also arrive and I want to use those for the same reason so the overall thing will turn into a combo of taking Cinnamon & Bitter Melon.
I will of course be continuing to take all my other medication and trying to maintain around a 50g / 75g carbs per day intake
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/issues/Issue_306/cinnamondiabcare.pdf
http://numedica.net/literature/Mang 2006.pdf
http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/dspace/bitstream/10113/8206/1/IND43620705.pdf
My aim is to use it to try and drop my fasting levels rather than use it as additional "spike" control. It's supposed to take a while 20 days+ for any real effects to kick in and the studies seem to have looked at people whose average BG levels are running considerably higher than mine.
I am taking 1.7g (two 850mg capsules each morning with my breakfast). If you read the studies they recommend taking at least 1g a day.
There is a hint in my average BG's in the last couple of days that it may be having a small effect but too soon to say.
I'll post on it more in the coming weeks.
At sometime soon my Bitter Melon capsules should also arrive and I want to use those for the same reason so the overall thing will turn into a combo of taking Cinnamon & Bitter Melon.
I will of course be continuing to take all my other medication and trying to maintain around a 50g / 75g carbs per day intake