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Cinnamon as
Medicine?
(HealthDayNews, 4/22/04)
University of California researcher, Don Graves, and
colleagues from Iowa State University and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, report that their ongoing study of diabetic
mice indicates that the common spice, cinnamon, may protect
against type-2 diabetes symptoms by acting as an insulin
substitute. The investigators identified a bio-active
component in cinnamon that exhibits insulin-like activity on a
cellular and molecular level and also facilitates insulin
function. These findings suggest that cinnamon may be a
natural way to block diabetes.
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