Cinnamon to Prevent Diabetes | Diabetes Control
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Cinnamon may improve blood sugar levels. Spice this one actually can prevent diabetes and heart disease.
Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices used by humans. According to the study, aromatic spices and sweet can prevent and cure diabetes and heart disease.
Diabetes and heart disease are two illnesses that was greatly feared by many people. And most of the second cause of this disease is food.
A study found that cinnamon contains antioxidants solutions that can reduce the chance of getting diabetes and heart disease up to 23 percent.
Researchers from the Centre for Applied Health Sciences at the Fairlawn, Ohio, United States, studied 22 obese people with prediabetes, which is a critical state before diabetes is still treatable.
Half of the participants were given 250 mg of cinnamon soluble in water to drink everyday and the rest were given a placebo (contains no cinnamon).
In that study, researchers looked at participants' blood before and after surveys. The result, found that participants who drank cinnamon solution can increase antioxidant associated with blood sugar of 13 to 23 percent.
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