Cinnamon and Reduced Postprandial Glucose

• Effects of cinnamon supplementation on metabolic biomarkers in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-06-25
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 3,054
  • Nutrition reviews 83(2)
  • • Suzana Laís de Moura
    • Bruna Gabrielle Rocha Gomes
    • Mariana Julião Guilarducci
    • Olívia Gonçalves Leão Coelho
    • Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães
    • Júnia Maria Geraldo Gomes

  • PubMed: 38917435
  • DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae058

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  • Reduced Postprandial Glucose

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Participants consuming cinnamon showed a significant reduction in postprandial glucose (WMD: -39.22 mg/dL; 95% CI: -63.90 to -14.55; I2=100%)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  ≤2 g/day

• The effect of cinnamon supplementation on cardiovascular risk factors in adults: a GRADE assessed systematic review, dose-response and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2025-07-03
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of health, population, and nutrition 44(1)
  • • Ali Jafari
    • Helia Mardani
    • Amir Hossein Faghfouri
    • Minoo AhmadianMoghaddam
    • Vali Musazadeh
    • Alireza Alaghi

  • PubMed: 40611215
  • DOI: 10.1186/s41043-025-00967-3

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  • Reduced Postprandial Glucose

  • High evidence

  postprandial blood glucose (SMD = - 2.28; 95% CI: - 3.48, - 1.08)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes