Months ago I read about the benefits of cinnamon (pills) to help lower blood sugar levels, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Some report lower of blood sugar levels up to 20% lower in Type 2 diabetics. Since I am in this type of diabetic this definitely intriged me.

Cinnamon significantly reduces blood sugar levels in diabetics, a new study has found. The discovery was initially made by accident, by Richard Anderson at the US Department of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. “We were looking at the effects of common foods on blood sugar,” he told New Scientist. One was the American favorite, apple pie, which is usually spiced with cinnamon. “We expected it to be bad. But it helped,” he says.

My story is simple. I was diagnosed when I took a blood test and it showed my level that day to be 403 mg/dl and my a1c test was a 3 month average of 293. My doctor wanted to place me on insulin right away but I asked if there was a “pill” I could take.

He prescribed Avandia (15mg) and Glimpiride (8mg/d). The Avandia was just too expensive since I didn’t have any insurance, so I ended up only taking the Glimpiride which did indeed lower my BSL, but not enough. I took several different things to help besides altering my diet radically. These things, including Cinnamon

In the coming weeks I am going to be doing unscientific personal testing of these stories by taking 500mg of Cinnamon per day. In addition to testing other types of blood sugar lowering remedies. I hope to create a balance of different ones to help lower your BSL to an optimal degree.

I am going to test the following since I have seen some noticable changes in levels.

1) Cinnamon

2) Vitamin E

3) Chromium

These 3 have been reported to control and lower your BSL. How much? How often? What dosages?

By monitoring my BSL for 2 weeks, 5-6 times per day, and eating the same diet for these two weeks in the same basic quantity I hope to be able to see if they help in anyway.

I will also continue to take my daily prescriptions as well as not to put myself at risk.