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Questionable Behaviors
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One month ago I visited my brother-in-law at a hospital in Virginia. He was recovering from surgery.
He had ordered two lunches for himself. Before he ate, his nurse used a meter to test his blood sugar. It was 207 mg/dL. I was shocked because I did not know he was diabetic or pre-diabetic. I exclaimed, "wow thats high". She did not reply. Soon after, while my brother was eating one of his two meals, she produces a syringe and promptly gives him a shot of insulin. My jaw dropped. The casualness of her actions, allowing the two lunches, the bag of M&M cookies he had on his serving table, the meter reading, and the use of insulin.
The hospital staff was aware of his diabetes. However, they apparently failed to counsel him against over-eating or eating cookies with candy in them. I mentioned overeating and took away the cookies.
We all need to take some responsibility to alert diabetics and pre-diabetics when we witness a questionable behavior.
Cinnamon in Question
Cinnamon's help against diabetes is being questioned, thanks to a new meta-analysis. It seems you cannot trust the recommendations of scientists. One day they say this. The next day they say that.
Not only is not effective but if you eat too much there is a chance of liver damage. Coumarin an ingredient at various amounts in cinnamon plant varieties is the bad actor. Cassia cinnamon has a greater amount of coumarin than the Ceylon plant.
The problem is we don't really know the source of our cinnamon - YIKES!
You cinnamon addicts - Cut back on consumption!