Just saw this article today, and I thought it was kinda interesting:
The relevant quotes:
“Just half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day significantly reduces blood sugar levels in diabetics, a new study has found. The effect, which can be produced even by soaking a cinnamon stick your tea, could also benefit millions of non-diabetics who have blood sugar problem but are unaware of it.”
“The active ingredient in cinnamon turned out to be a water-soluble polyphenol compound called MHCP. In test tube experiments, MHCP mimics insulin, activates its receptor, and works synergistically with insulin in cells.”
Might be worth adding a little cinnamon to the PWO drink.
It would be nice to know if the sugar gets cleared into your muscles, or into fat cells. Saying that it mimics insulin can be a bit of a double edged sword no?
clintpatty: I did a quick search through the archives and didn’t see much other than articles with recipes in them.
Kieran: Yeah, that’s the one thing I worried about. That’s why I figure it’d be best to use the cinnamon PWO, when muscular insulin sensitivity is already high.
Do we really need to enhance insulin sensitivity even more after our workouts? If we take something like Surge and our blood sugar drops below normal within half an hour, that’s sensitive enough for anyone.
Night time has the most potential IMHO.