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What does cause an increase of insulin?

Does cinnamon increase insulin sensitivity in humans, or does it just cause more insulin to be released?

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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22972104 "No statistically significant difference in glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), serum insulin or postprandial glucose was found between cinnamon and control groups. There were insufficient data to pool results for insulin sensitivity."This answer is not a substitute for professional medical advic...

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Franck is right, good article! But Cinnamon is still assumed to be good for diabetic control. Although there is conflicting data on this subject but one potential mechanism  is through cinnamon acting similarly to insulin (1) or Enhancement of insulin signalling (2)    or Increased glucose uptake via stimulation of the insulin receptor (3) also see: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jmf.2010.0180 Sources (1) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf034916b (2) Cinammon Extract prevents the Insulin-resistance induced by a high fructose diet B Qin, M. Nagasaki, M. Ren, G. Bajotto, T.Oshida, Y.Sato 2004 (3) http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0087894

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