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Scientists Examine The Benefits of
Cinnamon For Diabetes
Exciting New Research On The Effects of Natural
Phytochemicals From Cinnamon on Diabetes
Spices such as cinnamon could be used in the battle
against type 2 diabetes, according to United States
Agricultural Department (USDA) scientists.
Nutrition researchers from USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) are purifying, characterizing and evaluating
the components of cinnamon and other spices to explore
their beneficial effects on insulin levels and related functions.
Researchers at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research
Center (BHNRC), Maryland and colleagues suggests certain
spices may be beneficial to some people with diabetes.
Blood Glucose Levels
Their study, based on a water-soluble extract of cinnamon,
suggested that the spice could have a beneficial effect on
insulin or blood glucose levels. “Insulin is a key hormone that
‘opens a door’ within cells and then escorts glucose into those
cells, thus providing fuel to them,” according to the scientists
explaining the research. “Without a sufficient insulin supply,
or ability to use available insulin, glucose builds up in the blood
instead of going into cells where it can be metabolized and used
for fuel. Over time, damage occurs to the eyes, kidneys, heart,
and nerves.”
The cinnamon extract study, conducted in Ohio, focused on
22 volunteers with metabolic syndrome, which increases the
chances of developing diabetes. Volunteers were randomly
assigned to supplement their diets with either water-soluble
cinnamon extracts or a placebo for 12 weeks.
Volunteers who took the cinnamon extract group showed
significant decreases in fasting blood glucose and small
increases in lean muscle mass compared with the placebo
group. “Improvement in lean muscle mass is considered a
marker of improved body composition,” according to the
researchers.
Pre and post study analysis of the extract group also revealed
small but statistically significant decreases in body fat and
blood pressure. But other characteristics of metabolic syndrome,
such as abnormal blood LDL or HDL cholesterol levels or
triglycerides, were unaffected by the cinnamon extract.
Meanwhile, new biomarkers could help physicians and other
health care professionals monitor the success of experimental
nutrition-based strategies designed to help prevent type 2
diabetes.
Nutrition-Based Strategies
One study explored the potential of natural compounds in
the body, known as fatty acylcarnitines, to serve as diabetes
biomarkers which could act as indicators to assess nutrition-
based strategies to prevent the condition. The scientists
determined this after searching for telltale molecules in blood
samples from diabetic and nondiabetic African-American women
who volunteered for the research.
Levels of some fatty acylcarnitines were nearly 300 percent
higher in the diabetic volunteers than in those without the
disease. The higher levels were assigned to incomplete or
inefficient oxidation of fat in the diabetic women.
The biomarkers research also promises to identify more
quickly children and adults who are at risk of developing this
type 2 diabetes.
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