Cinnamon extract can help reduce risk factors that may lead to diabetes and heart diseases. An antioxidative compounds found in cinnamon were found to cut the factors that eventually leads to some chronic diseases.
Richard Anderson conducted a study of 22 obese patients. These patients are likely to develop diabetes because of impaired glucose level in their blood. Richard Anderson, a chemist at USDA, along with Tim Zeigenfuss studied blood samples of participants.
It was made sure that participants are in prediabetes stage. Patients who are diagnosed with prediabetes are those who have insulin resistant level higher than the normal. Insulin is produced by pancreas and used by cells for better consumption of glucose in blood. Insulin resistance of cells increases blood glucose level.
Participants were divided into two groups. One group of participants was given 250mgs of water soluble cinnamon extract two times a day and another group was administered with placebo. Inspection of blood was done thrice during the entire study.
Study revealed that dried water soluble cinnamon extract increased antioxidant compounds by 12%-24%. Furthermore, level of level of glucose found correlated to increased level of antioxidant compound.
More detail research is needed to confirm the findings of study.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
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