Subject: cinnamon
>> sweet spices (cinnamon, cloves, etc.,) which raise insulin

S.B. Feldman, MD wrote:

> This is incorrect:
> Cinnamon has the opposite effect- similar to chromium - on carbohydrate
> metabolism.

this may be *chemically* true, but there is something about it that's
associated with sugar problems for me, too. perhaps it depends upon the
individual metabolism (for chromium, too)?