Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Cinnamon, coffee, and blood sugar.

With very little snooping around, you will find out that cinnamon helps control blood sugar.  If diabetes runs in your family, you might have noticed giant blood sugar swings from coffee.


So stop drinking coffee.


Not an option?  Me, neither.  Try this.


1) Switch to dark roast.  Dark roasts are usually made from Arabica beans, which have much less caffeine than Colombian.  I don't know the numbers on this and I don't need to know.  What I do know is that a cup of coffee I get out of someone else's carafe is just about enough to send me to the hospital.  A couple of cups of Arabica are okay, though.


2) Have protein with your coffee.  A latte works well here!  Or some milk, or maybe breakfast itself!!


3) Brew your coffee with cinnamon in the grounds.  Just a pinch!  Too much makes it bitter.  Start with a couple of pinches (more if you make a whole pot at a time) and work up to the right flavor.  You really should notice a big difference.  It should prevent the blood-sugar dip almost entirely.


4) If you opt for breakfast with coffee (and of course you should be eating breakfast daily!), you can put a little cinnamon in the milk.  Or get cereal or granola with cinnamon.  Or make hot cereal and put in cinnamon.  (Subtext: cinnamon is good for you any time of day if you have blood-sugar issues.  Try to have it one way or another every day.  Unless your doctor says not to.  I don't know anything about diabetes maintenance.)


Do I need to say the disclaimers?  This is not a substitute for medical care.  Just a handy tip for not putting your system through the wringer with every cup of coffee.  Also, if you do notice a big blood-sugar reaction to coffee, you probably should get your blood sugar tested as you may be prone to diabetic-type-of imbalances.  This kind of information is much better to know PREVENTIVEly.  Then it is power.  After the fact, it's not so much power.

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