> "S.B. Feldman, MD" wrote:
>
> >  sweet spices (cinnamon, cloves, etc.,) which raise insulin
> >
> > This is incorrect:
> > Cinnamon has the opposite effect- similar to chromium - on carbohydrate
> > metabolism.
>

I said:

> Yes, you're right.  My memory failed me on this one.  Cinnamon is presently
> being investigated as a treatment for insulin resistance.
>

But this has been bothering me since last night.  I have been subject to
hypoglycemia
for most of my life; I've noticed that cinnamon (especially) tends to provoke
blood sugar
crashes even when the food I've eaten it with would not.  Maybe it's SO
effective at
reducing insulin resistance that it pushes too much sugar into my cells, out of
my blood
stream, and causes a hypoglycemic episode.  I'd say, not based on any medical
research,
but merely my own experience, that people with reactive hypoglycemia should be
attentive
to their body's reaction before deciding on cinnamon's merits for themselves.

This might be different for someone with outright diabetes, where only a small
amount of
insulin is being produced by the pancreas; someone past the stage of insulin
resistance.

    Lynnet