Cinnamon is derived from the inner bark of cinnamonium trees native to Sri Lanka. It has many medicinal properties including antioxidant, anti-clotting, relief of respiratory problems, arthritis, and inflammation. The document discusses two studies on cinnamon - one showing that cinnamon supplements improved blood glucose control in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes, and another finding cinnamon altered body composition and improved insulin sensitivity in an animal model of metabolic syndrome induced by a high fat/high fructose diet. Side effects are also noted.

2.  Origin: Inner bark from
trees of the genus
cinnamonium.
 Common Name: Ceylon
Cinnamon.
 Country Of Origin: Native
to the island of Sri Lanka.

3.  Anti-Oxidant
 Anti-Clotting
 Dentistry
 Respiratory Problems
 Healing
 Arthrits Relief
 Anti –Inflammatory
 Anti- Diabetic

4. When using cinnamon as a treatment the
dosage depends on:
 Age
 Patients state of health
 Other medications being taken

5.  Skin Irritation
 Coumarin Liver
Disease
 When taken in large
amounts, Long term

6.  Pregnancy And breast feeding
 Diabetes
 Surgery
 Liver Disease

7.  Hepatotoxic Drugs
 Diabetes Medication

8.  Cinnamon extract
improves fasting blood
glucose and glycosylated
hemoglobin level in
Chinese patients with type
2 diabetes.
Hypothesis:
 Is Cinnamon effective in
improving blood glucose
control in Chinese patients with
type 2 diabetes?

9. Methodology:
 66 Patients with type 2 diabetes.
 divide the patients into 3 groups (placebo, low-dose, high-dose
of supplementation with cinnamon extract) took Gliclazide
during the entire three month of study.
Result:
1)Both hemoglobin A1c and fasting blood glucose levels were
significantly reduced in patients in the low- and high-dose
groups, whereas they were not changed in the placebo group.
2)The blood triglyceride levels were also significantly reduced in
the low-dose group. The blood levels of total cholesterol, high
density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol, and liver transaminase remained unchanged in the 3
groups.

10. Conclusion:
 This study indicates that cinnamon
supplementation is able to significantly improve
blood glucose control in Chinese patients with
type 2 diabetes.

11.  Cinnamon improves insulin sensitivity and alters the
body composition in an animal model of the
metabolic syndrome.
Aim of the study:
 To determine the effects of Cinnamon (CN) on insulin resistance
and body composition, using an animal model of the metabolic
syndrome, the high fat/high fructose (HF/HF) fed rat.
Methodology:
 Four groups of 22 male Wistar rats were fed for 12 weeks with:
 (HF/HF) diet to induce insulin resistance,
 HF/HF diet containing 20 g cinnamon/kg of diet (HF/HF + CN),
 Control diet (C) and
 Control diet containing 20 g cinnamon/kg of diet (C + CN).

12. Result:
1. Data from hyper-insulinemic euglycemic clamps showed a
significant decrease of the glucose infusion rates in rats fed the
HF/HF diet.
2. Addition of cinnamon to the HF/HF diet increased the glucose
infusion
3. rates to those of the control rats.
4. The HF/HF diet induced a reduction in pancreas weight which
was prevented in HF/HF + CN group.
5. Mesenteric white fat accumulation was observed in HF/HF rats
vs. control rats This deleterious effect was alleviated when
cinnamon was added to the diet.
In summary: these results suggest that in animals
fed a high fat/high fructose diet to induce
insulin resistance ,CN alters body composition
in association with improved insulin sensitivity.