Tip Add Cinnamon to Your Meals Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Diet & Fat LossEating Tip Add Cinnamon to Your Meals A simple trick to increase insulin sensitivity Here' s how it works and how much to consume by Mike Roussell, PhD February 12, 2016January 24, 2022 Tags Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips Make your body more sensitive to the insulin it naturally releases when you eat. That way you can take advantage of the muscle-building effects of insulin and avoid the fat-gaining effects of producing too much insulin (being insulin resistant). This will help. Consume More Cinnamon Beyond spicing up your pumpkin pie, you probably never give cinnamon a second thought. However, the simple addition of cinnamon to your diet has been shown in several studies to... Delay gastric emptying Lower blood glucose levels following a meal Reduce fasting insulin Make up for temporary insulin resistance due to lack of sleep To reap the glucose-controlling benefits of cinnamon you'll need to use 3-6 grams (approx 2-3 teaspoons). Adding a couple teaspoons of cinnamon to your breakfast is a no-brainer, so you have no excuse not to add this to your dietary arsenal. References Hlebowicz J et al. Effect of cinnamon on postprandial blood glucose, gastric emptying, and satiety in healthy subjects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;85:1552-1556. Solomon T et al. Changes in glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity following 2 weeks of daily cinnamon ingestion in healthy humans. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2009;105:969-976. Hlebowicz J et al. Effects of 1 and 3 g cinnamon on gastric emptying, satiety, and postprandial blood glucose, insulin, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide 1, and ghrelin concentrations in healthy subjects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;89:815-821. Jitomir J et al. Cassia Cinnamon for the Attenuation of Glucose Intolerance and Insulin Resistance Resulting from Sleep Loss. Journal of Medicinal Food. 2009;12:467-472. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Eating Tip Your Seafood Isn t What You Think It Is The seafood suppliers, grocery stores, seafood restaurants, and sushi chefs think we're all morons. Here's what they're doing to fool us. Dietary Myth Busting, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips TC Luoma October 3 Diet & Fat Loss The Controlled-Carb Bulking Strategy Here's the ultimate mass plan for the carb-phobic bodybuilder! Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Shelby Starnes May 19 Diet & Fat Loss Something s Fishy - Part 1 "The aim of the legal action is to force the fast-food industry to "offer a larger variety to the consumers, including non-meat vegetarian, less grams of fat, and a reduction of size of their meals." Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Lonnie Lowery, PhD August 9 Eating Muscle Memory Steroids and Creatine Athletes that have used anabolic steroids may have an increased form of muscle memory. Here are some legal ways to get a similar effect. Bodybuilding, Building Muscle, Creatine, Nutrition & Supplements Tim Ziegenfuss, PhD December 7