tastes great too. i love it in a cup of decaf coffee. reminds me a drinking a cinnamon roll. :D and cinnamon tea...yum

i didn't know that about blood pressure. cool.

Hi guys,

Well I was on prednisone for a while last year and gained weight on lyrica. cant seem to lose any weight no matter what I do.

So I went to an endocrinologist I like and we did the 2 hr glucose test on Tuesday. should get the reults tomorrow or next week. The endo thinks I could be pre-diabetic. Diabetes runs in my family.

Well keeping my fingers crossed.

The cinimmon things sounds interesting. Can I get it at WHole Foods?

Thanks for the insight

grocery store sweety... or whole foods. :D

like you would use for baking. i don't always grind.

valarian root ( supplement) has also shown promise for diabetics.

:hug: :hug: hope you tests come back negative.

Thanks Curious! I hope it's negative too, if not I am gonna nip this in the bud.

I am gonna check our spice cabinet I might have some for baking. Although it might be some cinammon from that Cinnabon place ( yum) and might be full of sugar. Although a Cinnabon sounds good right now :D

Love your idea about putting it in tea! Might sneak some to hubby base on what you said above :eek:

And Wasabi, I read that article about New insights for insulin resistance. Great article! Thanks!!!

Hope to learn more and live healthier espeically given family history of diabetes.

Have a great night :hug:

Glycemic Load
 

Hi Shelley and Curious,

I just sprinkle cinnamon powder on my food. Whole Foods would have cinnamon. I get mine by the pound from Wilderness Family Naturals.

Most people now know this but not everyone. Here is an article titled "The Harmful Effects of High Gycemic Load Diets." Everyone, but especially diabetics need to take into account the glycemic load of their meals as much as the glycemic index of the individual foods they eat. This is why the diet to lower triglycerides (See earlier post titled "The Apple Figure and Insulin Sensitivity) is helpful:

http://www.tbkfitness.org/Glycemicload.html

Shelley - hopefully you are not diabetic, but in case your need to take Lyrica has anything to do with diabetic neuropathy, you might want to check out the link to information about benfotiamine in my earlier post titled, "Benefits of Benfotiamine"

Thanks Wasabi (I love your name) and Curious

I will be stopiing by Whole foods for some Cinammon nd P5p (B- vitamin)

The doc called on Friday to say blood tets are in and to come back to discuss treatment which means something but not sure what. She did both a glucose test and thryoid tests ( I have Hashimotos but is in normal range right now) so we will see on Friday what she says. Am not worried and deteremined to control thos and make commitment to get in shape and lose some weight.

I am reading and making list of questions to ask so thanks for the articles, insight and help.

I am off to find out the benefits of Benfotiamine.

Thinking I might need a homepath to help me with all these supplements

Hope you are both having a good day :grouphug:

Ideal Blood Sugar
 

Here is an interesting discussion about ideal blood sugar levels:

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndi...loodsugar.html

Hi Wasabi,

Can I ask a question. So the results of my blood test have come back. And I have scheduled a conference call on Friday with the doc to review. But she said that my sugar was fine but my insulin was high. Do you have any insight on that? I'll find out more on Friday.

Thanks

Insulin Resistance
 

Shelley,

Here is a good article about insulin resistance. See how it lines up with your situation. If you want to know more, just do a search on "insulin resistance":

http://www.thenutritionreporter.com/...esistance.html

Thanks Wasabi! I have not seen this one but have done a search and am armed for my doc meeting On Friday.

Thanks for your help.