Spices in the treatment of Diabetes

1. A COMPARITIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CINNAMON, CLOVE AND
BAYLEAF POWDER ON TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS IN THE AGE
GROUP OF 30-70 YEARS.
THESIS SUBMITTED TO Dr.B.M.N COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE,
AFFILIATED TO S.N.D.T WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY.
FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CLINICAL NUTRITION
AND DIETETICS.
BY:
Ms. DHWANI DEDHIA
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF
Mrs. ANURADHA SHEKAR
H.O.D of Food Science and Nutrition
Dr. B.M.N College of Home Science, 338 R.A.Kidwai Road, Matunga-
400019.
APRIL 2013

2. Aim and Objective
 To evaluate the blood glucose level of type 2
diabetes patients before and after the
consumption of mixture of clove, cinnamon
and bay leaf powder (6gms)
SETTING
 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients from 2 clinics
of Dr Ashish Sarwate (Mulund and Thane).

3. Subjects & Methods
Pilot study was done on N=9 to check the dosage (6gms) of
CCB powder causing any adverse effects
Type 2 diabetic subjects (N=100) were selected by purposive
convenient sampling.
The subjects were further classified as:
Control group
(N=50)
Experimental group
–CCB powder
(6gms/day thrice.)
Intervened for 6
weeks
The various parameters recorded for both
groups through pretested questionnaire are as
follows:

4. 1. Anthropometric measurements (HT, WT, BMI)
2. Biochemical data (FF, PP, BP)
3. Dietary pattern
4. Physical activity
Statistical analysis (SPSS method) of data. Tests
used were T-test, ANOVA, Chi-square, Pearson’s
correlation followed by results and discussion
1 MONTH (DROP OUT)
CONTROL-(N=31) EXP-(N=33)
1. Anthropometric measurements (HT, WT, BMI)
2. Biochemical data (FF, PP, BP)
3. Dietary pattern
4. Physical activity
RESULTS

5. RESULTS
Pilot study- No side effects. Infact some felt fresh and had good
bowel movements
After intervention results are as follows:
t-test for Equality of Means
t df Sig. (2-tailed)
Weight Post -.878 62 .383
BMI Post .202 62 .841
Blood Sugar Fasting Post 4.325 62 .000
Blood Sugar PP Post 1.257 62 .213
While comparing control group with experimental group after
intervention there was a significant decrease in fasting blood
sugar (P=0.000) but there was no difference seen in post prandial
blood sugar (P=0.213).
1.

6. But it was also seen in the current study that there was a significant
decrease of fasting blood sugars (P=0.000) and post prandial sugars
(P=0.000) in experimental group after intervention. When individually
samples were analysed, they showed excellent results but when comparing
control group to experimental group only the fasting blood glucose
showed an effect on diabetic patients
Thus cinnamon, clove and bay leaf powder (6gms) showed significant
effect on blood glucose levels.
T df Sig. (2-tailed)
Pair 1 Blood Sugar Fasting - Blood Sugar Fasting
8.016 32 .000
Pair 2 Blood Sugar PP - Blood Sugar PP
7.188 32 .000
2.

7. 3. There was a significant difference seen in protein intake of patients
after the intervention. Also there was a difference seen in fat intake
after intervention. But there was no significant difference found in
carbohydrate or energy intake as expected in patients after the
intervention. This shows that more of protein was consumed in the
diet post intervention and less of fat was consumed.
t df Sig. (2-tailed)
Pair 1 Energy Pre - Energy Post -.737 32 .466
Pair 2 Proteins Pre - Proteins Post -3.056 32 .004
Pair 3 Fats Pre - Fats Post 3.265 32 .003
Pair 4 Carbohydrates Pre - Carbohydrates Post
-1.744 32 .091

8. In experimental group % of normal BMI has increased post intervention.
Thus it can be concluded that CCB powder with help of other variables like
physical activity, nutrition intake etc can bring about some changes in BMI.
But when BMI was correlated with blood sugars it didn’t show any
correlation. It was negatively correlated in both control and experimental
groups.
There was no correlation seen between blood pressure and blood glucose
levels either.
Thus it is concluded that mixture of
cinnamon, clove and bay leaf powder does
show a significant effect with type 2
diabetes mellitus patients in the age group
of 30-70 years.

9. LIMITATIONS
 Small and Purposeful Sample Size.
 Study subjects were on their regular
medications
 Due to time constrain could not evaluate
on all the other parameters.

10. RECOMMENDATIONS
 Larger multicentric population based age group wise
study.
 Effect of diabetes patients who were not on drugs.
 Strongly suggest a study to be done on recently
identified diabetics who have still not been
recommended any medical treatment.