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New Study Shows Cinnamon Effective
In Regulating Blood Glucose and Blood
Pressure... Beneficial For Helping
Control Diabetes and Hypertension
Blood pressure is defined as the amount of force required for the
heart to circulate blood through the body.
Systolic blood pressure represents the maximal blood pressure
during systole, and diastolic blood pressure the minimum
pressure at the end of ventricular diastole.
Arterial blood pressure can be defined hemo-dynamically as the
product of cardiac output and total peripheral resistance. Cardiac
output is the main determinant of systolic pressure while peripheral
resistance largely determines the level of diastolic pressure.
Hypertension is a cardiovascular disease characterized by
elevation of blood pressure above arbitrary values considered
normal for people of similar racial and environmental background.
Hypertension affects the vasculature of all major organs (heart,
brain, kidneys), and myocardial infarction and congestive heart
failure account for the majority of deaths secondary to hypertension.
Today, cinnamon is commonly used for culinary and medicinal
purposes. Native to Sri Lanka and India and is cultivated in parts
of Africa, as well as southeastern India, Indonesia, the Seychelles,
South America, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies.
In Chinese herbal medicine, cinnamon is one of the oldest
remedies. It has been used in traditional treatment for diarrhea,
alleviating pain and discomfort of arthritis, menstrual problems,
yeast infections, colds, flu, toothache and digestive problems.
In more recent times, cinnamon is being researched for its
effectiveness in treating diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer.
A study was performed to determine the effect of cinnamon
on blood glucose and blood pressure. The researchers
recruited 58 patients with type 2 diabetes average age 54
and were randomly assigned to receive either 2 g of
cinnamon or placebo daily for 12 weeks. The results were
mean systolic and diastolic pressures were significantly
reduced in the cinnamon group.
Also, HbA1c was significantly reduced in the cinnamon group.
There was also a significant reduction in fasting glucose, waist
circumference and body mass in the cinnamon group and the
changes were not as significant in the placebo group.
In conclusion, the intake of 2 g of cinnamon for 12 weeks
showed reduction in HbA1c levels, mean systolic and
diastolic blood pressure within patients with poorly controlled
type 2 diabetes. These results indicate that cinnamon should
be considered in addition to standard therapy to regulate
blood glucose and blood pressure levels to treat patients
with type 2 diabetes.
Source: Diabetic Medicine
Related Monographs: Diabetes Mellitus,
Type 2 Glycated haemoglobin and blood pressure-lowering effect
of cinnamon in multi-ethnic Type 2 diabetic patients in the UK:
a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial.
Diabet Med. Oct, 2010;
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