Why don't type II diabetics take cinnamon to lower their blood sugar?
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Others don't use cinnamon routinely because the research looking at cinnamon administration to help control blood sugars is mixed.  Studies in rats have shown a potential benefit.  However, some studies in humans have shown an improvement and some have not.  There are no randomized, placebo-controlled trials; therefore in the trials that did show a difference, it is impossible to know how much can be attributed to placebo effect.  In addition, studies need to be large enough to prove that the apparent benefit isn't just due to chance.  Your sugar has improved, but do we know it was from the cinnamon?  Who can say?  Maybe your overall diet improved during that time; or maybe you started exercising more; or maybe the numbers you got were both within the normal range of fluctuation.  Everybody's fasting glucose will vary from one day to the next.  Still, I am an advocate of alternative medicines and am interested to see if any good trials ever come out to show one way or another if cinnamon can truly improve blood sugars.  On the other hand, there are many studies which show proven benefit for other treatments such as exercise, weight loss, and oral drugs such as metformin.
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It is Type II, however it is not curable as the other person said. Most people benefit from losing weight and watching carb intake but that is often not enough to keep things in control. There are oral medications that work for many and of course insulin.
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You have a raal problem on your hands. If it's Type 2 diabetes, do something about proper choices in your food intake. A viable solution for you would be I.V. chelation therapy. Try to find the book: Reversing Diabetes written by an acquaintance of mine, Dr. Julian Whitaker.\nThese are practical solutions that work. Try to afford the chelation treatments.
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First, understand that there are two main types of diabetes...\n\nKnown, technically, as Type 1 and Type 2  (duh!)\n\nIn type 1, the pancreas does not produce enough of a homrmone known as insulin, which the body uses to metabolise carbohydrates - storing them in fats until needed, then converting them to glucose to run the body.  In this case, the treatment is usually daily injections of insulin (these days, mostly synthetic) to replace what's not being produced natually.\n\nIn type 2, the panreas works just fine, happily pumping out insulin, but the body fails to make use of it correctly...  we are "insulin resistant", and so we don't convert or use the carbs correctly.  Treatment is a little different, in that type 2 can sometimes be handled with an aggressive "diet-and-lifestyle" regime... or drugs can be used to stimulate the pancreas to pump out more insulin...  or there are other drug treatments which, in effect, help the body to metabolise, or to reduce the rate of carbohydrate digestion.\n\nBoth type 1 and type 2 have a strong genetic component, so you may well inherit a tendency to diabetes, it often "runs in the family".  There's also strong evidence that diet and lifestyle, especially in childhood, can be a significant risk factor, particularly for type 2\n\nThere's also a "type 3", though it's not officially recognised as such...  "gestational diabetes". Some pregnant women may become "temporarily diabetic" during their pregnancy.  Sometimes the symptoms will vansih after the birth, sometimes they remain diabetic for life.
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Of course not.  Sugar is sugar.  Both honey and sugar (processed or not) are simple carbohydrates, which is what a diabetic should stay away from.  Staying away from sugar is easy.  It's staying away from other carbohydrates that is difficult.  If you have a sweet tooth, you can buy sugarless Recees peanut butter cups, Hershey chocolate bars, and Russell Stover Pecan turtles.  All are no sugar and low glycemic.  As for the idiot who answered a couple of answers before me, Mighty God's name is not Al.
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Liv, in diabetes mellitus the beta cells of the pancreas don't 1) produce enough insulin, 2) produce any insulin or 3) produce a usable insulin.  Insulin regulates the levels of glucose in the blood.  If there is no insulin production, as in Type I, or little insulin production or insulin that cannot be used (such as with central obesity--fat is insulin resistant), as in Type II, then there is nothing to regulate and lower glucose levels in the blood.  A higher than normal level of glucose is called hyperglycemia.  That is why hyperglycemia is a symptom of IDDM Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) and NIDDM (Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus).  I tried to keep it simple.
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Diabetics have a pancreatic disorder in which they can not produce insuline.\nInsuline is secreted when we eat all types of sugars. It does not destroy or remove it. It aids the body in utilizing the sugar for energy and storage.\nInsuline injections do the same. It replaces what the body should have created, but can not.\nHowever, there are different types of diabetes. Some people just eat too much sugar and do not produce anough insuline. Those are usually the overwieght. These people can control thier diabetes through a strict diet plan and sometimes not take any meds at all.\nFor those that produce no insuline, it doesn't matter how much sugar you eat or how much you wiegh, you will always need injections.
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check the glucose content in honey. My father had diabetes and he insisted that he could eat all the honey that he wasted but when I had gestational diabetes I was told that honey is only slightly healthier than sugar and should also be used with caution.\nTalk to your doctor.
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Most of us who are Type II have TROUBLE losing weight; most Type II diabetics do not lose weight nearly this fast.  It may be that you need to be taking insulin instead of or in addition to Metformin.  Please contact an endocrinologist at once to be tested.
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Yes, because it feeds the bacteria which cause tooth decay.  But it also can wear out your pancreas so you get diabetes, and make you so fat you get a variety of other health problems, not to mention social ones.  A diet low in sugar is by far preferred.  Also, the more refined the sugar is, the worse it is for you.  So if you must have something sweet, use fructose, honey, and other less refined forms of sweetness.  Better still, break yourself of the habit of expecting things to be very sweet.  Tell yourself it is childish; that you are too old for that.
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i dont think that the pancreas enlarged coz for a person with Type II Diabetes,the pancreas works properly.Only the cells lost their sensitivity to the hormone that is secreted by the pancreas (insulin)
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I dont know about Cinnamon, but we use fenugreek seeds. Soak about 1 tablespoon in a glass of water overnight . Strain and have the potion early in the morning on an empty stomach. Dont take anything else for about 15 mins . Check it out for a week to 10 days and see the results ! If you find it totally unpalatable and if you are not a diabetic, you can put a lump of candied sugar while soaking the seeds.\nI would also advise you to drink at least 8-10 glasses of water per day.
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There are, at this writing, NO cures for diabetes mellitus (either Type 1 or Type 2, which are quite different diseases with shared symptoms). Whether herbal or otherwise. We now understand diabetes well enough to understand what it is, and what a cure would behave. And nothing comes close so far. \n\nThere is some prospect of cures for both, however. In the case of uncomplicated Type 1, replacement of the beta cells which have been lost would be a cure. The problem is that  beta cells from anyone else are attacked by the immune system and destroyed. There are various schemes for evading this in the research labs, and some of them are showing promise. A clinically successful approach is (probably) going to be found relatively soon, and if so, Type 1 will be curable. The 'graft rejection' immune system problem could be evaded if beta cells could be developed from the body's own cells. This will likely be possible if we could understand stem cells well enough, and this possibility is one of the strongest promises of that research. The political situation surrounding stem cell research (especially in the US) merely complicates the research problem, but doesn't change the underlying possibilities and promise of the science.\n\nType 2 is more difficult as the characteristic problem is the resistence of cells throughout the body to the action of insulin in getting body cells to absorb glucose from the blood. However, we are close to understanding the underlying cellular mechanism of insulin action (and perhaps to the cause of its failure) and this may lead to a theraputic advance good enough to be called a cure.\n\n\n=======\n\nOne of the most serious problems in regard to diabetes is the frequency and variety of the quackery which surrounds it. It is a serious disease (both of the most common Types) and is a real nuisance to treat in all Type 1 cases (insulin is required) and many Type 2 cases (unending scheming about diet, exercise, and medication of various types). With no  cure from standard medicine, there seems to be an open invitation to sharp operators. The variety of 'ancient cures' from somewhere else in the world, 'non-toxic treatments', and so on is substantial. Absolutely none of these 'cures' or 'supports' has been shown to actually work; if any of them did, it will be adopted quite promptly by regular medicine since there are no effective treatments for diabetes which aren't a nuisance for both patient and doctor. Patients would demand it with no doubt at all, as such a breakthrough would certainly be first page news around the world. Diabetes and insulin research have won at least 4 Nobel Prizes so far, and there's little reason to think there wouldn't be another for such a breakthrough. Quite an incentive for researchers, actually.
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Cinnamon has been used in connection with uterine hemorrhage and heavy menses (menorrhagia) over the years because of its tannin properties (which tends to decrease discharges), but with no (or minimal at best) scientific evidence.  \n\nIt has been shown to restore tone to the uterine muscular structure to some small degree, and can moderate hemorrhage (even post-partum) - but only hemorrhage that is NOT disease related; for example, it wouldn't work on someone with Endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids or disease-dependent abnormal uterine bleeding.\n\nHope that helps.
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My father used insulin from pork (we are Jewish) that was all that was available for him at the time.  He was okay with it.  I am a type 1 diabetic and I would if I had to, but my current insulin's do not come from pork.  There are 3 different types of Jews, reform (what I am) Conservative, and Orthodox.  The Orthodox are the extreme ones and would more then likely compromise their health before taking any medications with pork product.
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I am a Diabetes Health Educator and I am also a diabetic myself. This is the first I have heard about iron being used to lower your blood sugar levels. \nBe very careful when trying to treat your blood sugar with "popular" or "unprescribed" remedies. You can actually end up hurting your health more than helping. Diet, exercise, and specific medications (such as oral diabetic meds or insulin) are the best answers to lowering blood sugar levels. \nThere are vitamin supplements that are actually recommended for diabetic patients in some cases. Consult with your doctor before starting any vitamin supplements and definitely consult with your doctor before adjusting your medications or self-medicating. \n\nGood luck and best wishes ..
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Type 1 - no\n\nType 2 - maybe.  There are studies which indicate that people who eat a lot of high glycemic foods (sugar is one) develop type 2 diabetes as a result of the constant assault on their pancreas.\n\nYou'd be wise to buffer your sugar with protein or eat smaller amounts several hours apart.