Diabetics, try cinnamon pills

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Metformin and ozempic aren't insulin though. Spices or no spices, if you don't eat right, and in the proper portions, your glucose levels will continue to be high. Especially will little to no exercise. I'll take being type 1 over type 2 any day.

That. Right there. Exercise, keeping your body moving, is likely just as important as anything else in keeping glucose in check. I know it was for me. About 3.5 years ago my A1C went from 5.7 to 8.6 in the span of about 6 months. I was in a pretty bad place and that was a wakeup call. I nearly cut out sugar completely, and made a drastic cut to carb consumption. I also started walking. The first several days I couldn't make it further than 2 houses down the block because my back pain was so bad. It gradually improved the more I walked until about 3 months later I was able to walk and jog around my short block (only about 1/4 mile around the block) for 2 miles. I lost 65 pounds in 6 months.

Now, the more I've learned, the less strict I am with diet. I still try to eat right but I know I didn't have to completely eliminate sugar. I don't overdo it, but I'll occasionally have a cookie or two...or some other treat with a smaller amount of sugar. I can do that because I still exercise and keep moving. In my case the exercise seemed to be more of a glucose controller than not eating sugar.

I still take metformin but only took glipizide for 6 months.

At my annual checkup last month my A1C was 5.4 and we may just eliminate the metformin.

You gotta keep that body moving. It doesn't have to be anything drastic...walking is FANTASTIC medicine.

I'm not saying you can just walk a little bit and eat all the Twinkies and cupcakes you want. Just saying it's an equally important part of the wellness equation.

 

[Two Gun Warrior]

My blood sugar control sucks badly. It is all over the place even when I eat Keto for weeks on end. They have me on two insulins, Metformin and Ozempic. Still wild swings from dangerous lows to over 300. All in a day with me doing my best to eat right. Well I read a review from an Ozempic user saying taking Cinnamon pills helped. I researched it and found for many it really does help so I have been trying it for a week now. It really is helping. Probably more than the ridiculously priced Ozempic. Not only is my average Glucose staying in the safe range, but the average is coming down. From an average of 179 a week ago to 167 this week. Diet and other meds have not changed.

I am taking 1200 mg Cyelon Cinnamon capsules I get from Walmart. Really it is 600 per capsule but you take two a day. If you are diabetic you might try cinnamon. See if it helps you.

I was on metformin for about 14 years then the doctor told me he was taking me off of it. It was causing kidney problems. I went on Ozempics for about 5 years and was having lots of stomach problems, come to find out Ozempics was causing it. I quit taking Ozempics and my stomach got better and my blood sugar stayed about the same. Some of these meds are not really helping. Thanks for the info on cinnamon, I will try it.

 

[Jgibs0321]

I controlled my blood sugar with keto and intermittent fasting and I believe the fasting is the most important part, because I was on keto for a year before starting the fasting and went from minor improvement to complete control after adding the fasting, I'm no longer on any diabetic meds

Meat cost to much and the wife needs a balanced diet. If it were just me, a couple chicken breast grilled, a nice sirloin or hamburger steak, a salad and I am happy.

Ha! You cant control your health by keto and fasting! More vegetables, plenty of carbs and sugar, more doctor visits!

 

[JR777]

Dude, nice! I'm really glad that's working for you. I have a diabetic father and will be trying this on him. You should check out a guy named Dr Gundry. He talks a lot about diabetics who don't see improvement with the low carb diets.

 

[KOPBET]

Ha! You cant control your health by keto and fasting! More vegetables, plenty of carbs and sugar, more doctor visits!

You forgot the sarcasm smiley.

 

[Decoligny]

I throw a ton of cinnamon in my morning oatmeal

I put about a teaspoon in my coffee grounds every time I brew a pot.

 

[KOPBET]

When I was first diagnosed with T2D. my A1C was over 12. Last A1C was 5.0. No longer diabetic. Reversed. Still stage 2 CKD though.

Let's see...buy meat or get my toes/foot amputated down the road, maybe dialysis. Tough choice for me.

Thankfully for me, low to very low carbs & no sugar, no grains or pasta, and intermittent fasting did wonders. I don't even eat vegetables anymore. Mostly red meat, some pork and chicken, bacon, eggs and some dairy. Cheese, butter and also some heavy cream in my coffee. I'm 68 with T2D in my family. I beat my T2D though.

I believe a "balanced diet" is a myth. Especially if the info comes from the American Heart Assoc. or the American Diabetes Assoc. Both are complete BS.

Good luck with the cinnamon.

 

[foghorn918]

I've been taking the cinnamon supplement as well, but haven't had my A1C checked since I began. I probably won't know if it helped since I haven't been able to get Trulicity 4.5 for over 3 months. Doc wrote another script for the 3.0 to help me keep something going, but it's now 3 weeks over due and pharmacy can't get it in either.

 

[GorillaG]

Cinnamon lowered my A1C by one point, no miracle but in the struggle to regain normal I'll take what I can get. I'm an American, I like FAST and I like EASY. With blood sugar there is no secret, no trick, no miracle, you hafta do the tasks necessary to improve, no shortcuts. That's a tough pill to swallow for those of us who prefer our gratification instant but there it is.

 

[Dmc707]

Maybe time for me to increase the mag level of my readers ---- when i glanced at the screen i thought it said

"Diabetics- try cinnamon rolls !"