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6266. Bill Russell - 9/7/2004 5:04:31 PM http://chetday.com/type2diabetes.htm
Cinnamon Helps Stop Type 2 Diabetes
By Mike Hodge - The AntiWrinkle Shop
American scientists have claimed that a teaspoon of cinnamon a day may help prevent the onset of diabetes.
The common spice could help millions of sufferers of Type II, non-insulin dependent diabetes. This condition usually develops in middle-age and prematurely kills 100 million people around the world every year.
Type II diabetes causes cells to lose their ability to respond to insulin, the hormone that tells the body to remove excess glucose in the bloodstream. If glucose builds up in the blood, tiredness, weight-loss and blurred vision are some of the resulting symptoms. In extreme cases this can lead to blindness, heart disease and premature death.
Data from the Agricultural Research Unit in Maryland was first published in the New Scientist in August 2000. The researchers found that cinnamon rekindled the ability of fat cells in diabetics to respond to insulin and greatly increased glucose removal. It is believed that a substance in cinnamon called MHCP is the main reason for its beneficial results.
When mice were given MHCP, their glucose levels fell dramatically and tests on humans have begun this year. The researchers are so confident that cinnamon will have the same dramatic effect of reducing insulin tolerance in humans they recommend that type II diabetics should take a quarter to one full teaspoon of cinnamon per day.
Many Type II diabetics have already found a new feeling of well-being and improvement in health by using this simple cinnamon supplementation in their diet.
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6267. thoughtful - 9/7/2004 10:08:31 PM re that toilet bowl thing, the myth busters busted that myth. bathroom bacteria seems to make its way to toothbrushes wherever they are, even those that haven't been anywhere near a bathroom.
However, for the peace of all everywhere, I highly recommend the no-slam toilet seat that toto makes. I've not had my sleep interrupted by the slamming toilet seat ever since we got it. A gift straight from heaven! 6268. arkymalarky - 9/8/2004 6:44:42 AM Bill,
My husband's a Type II diabetic and we heard about cinnamon early (I think Robert posted an article on it) but not how much. He started taking it anyway and changed his whole diet and lifestyle and he's lost 60 pounds and hasn't had a high blood sugar reading in months. 6269. Bill Russell - 9/8/2004 8:07:29 AM "he's lost 60 pounds and hasn't had a high blood sugar reading in months."
Thanks for the testamonial, Arky. I'm just happy to know it works for some people anyway.
I don't have diabetes and neither does my wife, but it is a huge problem and a growing problem.
6270. Bill Russell - 9/8/2004 3:26:40 PM My Son is a doctor of internal medicine in Maryland. He has develped a new treatment for diabetes, using a combination of three drugs, but if cinnamon works, it may not be necessary. It is better to treat people that way rather than with prescription drugs, imho.
I would try cinnamon first, I think. 6271. arkymalarky - 9/9/2004 7:14:04 AM He's in a much needed area of medicine. Diabetes can be devastating. I have a good friend whose mother lost both her legs (at the same time) due to diabetes. She was never able to recover from it and adjust. 6272. Marshame - 9/9/2004 7:18:21 AM Going to India in a week and a half and had to get Hep A booster, Hep B booster (ouch!), typhoid booster, and a flu shot.
I couldn't raise my arms for 24 hours!!
Learned last time to bring Dramamine as the roads are generally bumpy, the cars tiny and the drivers ride the brakes and the horn equally. I got sick last time and definitely want to avoid that happening again. Doc there told me to only eat white rice, very cooked veggies, bananas where I remove the peel, and black tean. I learned my lesson and will obey! 6273. arkymalarky - 9/9/2004 7:20:09 AM Hey Marsh!
Sounds like the diet I need to be on. ;-)
Hope you have a great trip. How long are you going to be there? 6274. RickNelson - 9/9/2004 10:10:57 PM I hope you have a great trip also Marshame. I've wondered about Goa for some time. It's not even on the radar for my life, but one never really knows.
There are parts in Malaysia that I think might be relevant to an experience in India. The open stall markets come to mind. The temples, such as the Snake and Monkey are also ideas.
6275. wabbit - 9/10/2004 12:02:41 AM Have a great trip, Marshame! Spunky is going in November to see his family, but alas, once again I am unable to go with him. 6276. thoughtful - 9/10/2004 12:46:29 AM marshame, my boss went to india and would only drink tea provided he saw the water boiling in the cup! Needless to say, he had no difficulties
Then again, my husband went to india many times over the years staying a couple of months each time, ate what he wanted, and never got sick. Mexico city did a number on him tho...go figure. 6277. thoughtful - 9/10/2004 12:48:41 AM While drugs may clearly be important for diabetics, weight loss by following a balanced diet with controlled carb intake and adding exercise, preferably 10 min walk after every meal is probably the best thing one can do for oneself.
Also, some have found alpha lipoic acid helpful with nerve damage that accompanies diabetes. 6278. Bill Russell - 9/10/2004 5:11:34 AM Try cinnamon. It's cheap and it tastes great. 6279. thoughtful - 9/10/2004 5:32:52 AM it's cheap, tastes great, but can't undo years of damage by excess insulin floating in the system which causes metabolic aging. Remember it takes a lot of abuse of the system for it to finally break down into type 2 diabetes. and no amount of cinnamon is going to undo that. and no amount of cinnamon can make up for the essential elements you aren't getting in a high carb diet. 6280. Bill Russell - 9/10/2004 5:45:25 AM Yup! 6281. arkymalarky - 9/10/2004 9:32:21 AM Bob is at the peak of his health after 8 months with diet and exercise. Not that people should abuse themselves that long, but lifestyle changes can work on health problems relatively quickly compared to how long it took them to develop in the first place.
You can eat a lot of complex carbohydrates on a diabetic diet, too. It's a very balanced and healthy diet if you emphasize healthy carbs. They do not advise low-carb like Atkins and warn patients against it. 6282. Bill Russell - 9/10/2004 2:47:35 PM "re that toilet bowl thing, the myth busters busted that myth. bathroom bacteria seems to make its way to toothbrushes wherever they are, even those that haven't been anywhere near a bathroom."
One of the great mysteries of the world ..... IF true.
6283. concerned - 9/11/2004 2:07:45 PM Speaking of exercise, today I was able to do an overhead press with a York barbell loaded to 185 lb. Not completely shabby for a 49 1/2 year old guy who has barely touched a free weight in 21 years. The exercise machine at work is a joke. I was able to press the military press stack (supposedly 295 lb) while seated ten times without popping a sweat.
As much as exercising with free weights bored me when I did it in my '20's, I think there's nothing quite as effective at building real strength, so I'll make an effort to get back into it before I qualify for senior citizen discounts. 6284. concerned - 9/11/2004 2:16:15 PM Re. 6266 -
That sounds like great news. I was getting close to being 'glucose resistant', so anything easy to use that keeps the blood sugar down is worth a try. Recently, I've been taking a chromium supplement while cutting down on foods that have high glycemic indexes and I think that's already helped. 6285. Bill Russell - 9/11/2004 5:58:41 PM I wish you every success, concerned. I know it is not fun.
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