Re: Cinnamon is the Wonder Spice for Health and Wellbeing

I have Type II diabetes which I control by diet alone - no meds.  I am always looking for ways to help me to control my blood sugar.  I ate cinnamon by the teaspoons full with meals for a long period of time, and it never helped a bit.

What I have found that worked for me is to take about an ounce of plain old store bought apple cider vinegar before eating, and that has helped.  When I cheat on my diet (as I do from time to time) and have grains, or other carbohydrates and my blood sugar goes over 150 I ingest lots of ACV - 2 to 6 or more ounces and it generally brings the blood sugar right down.  Have had levels of 210 from eating the wrong things brought down to 85 in less than an hour by ingesting lots of ACV.

1/4 cup of rice maximum (15 carbohydrates) is what is allowed by the clinic that is see for my diabetes.  I've tried brown rice and several other "healthy" things and found that they are worse than ice cream which is my favorite cheat.   Ate a bowl of steel cut oatmeal one time which raised my blood sugar levels to 195 after two hours - that is more than ice cream does.  Each person is different.  Each person should do their own testing and their own experimentation.

The ACV approach was found in a small study done the Arizona State University.