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June 2007--Dr. Hlebowicz and others at the University of Lund in Sweden researched the blood glucose effects of giving healthy volunteers a cinnamon rich dessert after their meal. Read the entire study

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Cinnamon and Blood Glucose Clinical Trial

Hlebowicz J, Darwiche G, Björgell O, Almér LO

Dr. Joanna Hlebowicz and her colleagues investigated the effects of cinnamon on blood glucose, gastric emptying and satiety in healthy volunteers. Fourteen healthy volunteers had their blood sugar measured before and after eating a bowl of rice pudding; each volunteer was tested after eating plain rice pudding and after having a cinnamon-spiced version.

Post-pudding blood tests, which were taken repeatedly over 2 hours, showed that volunteers' blood sugar rose to a lesser degree when they had the cinnamon dessert. They also had a lower rate of gastric emptying. The volunteers did not experience a difference in satiety level when they ate the cinnamon dessert as compared to the non-cinnamon dessert.

Reference

Hlebowicz J, Darwiche G, Björgell O, Almér LO. Effect of cinnamon on postprandial blood glucose, gastric emptying, and satiety in healthy subjects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jun;85(6):1552-6. Read the entire study
 
 

 

 

 

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