Still, a healthy diet and regular exercise are much more likely to have beneficial effects on diabetes control than a supplement.ĭEAR DR. There is no risk of kidney damage when taken as directed. Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for diabetes, but giving more vitamin D to people who are not deficient did not help improve diabetes control.Īs you say, a single blood sugar reading could be a fluke, and you would want to see a significant pattern in blood sugar levels or a sustained drop in your A1C before concluding that any therapy - prescribed or over the counter - was effective.Īt reasonable doses, cinnamon, chromium and vitamin D are all safe. One review showed that chromium improved blood sugar in people with diabetes, but reviewers noted the studies were mostly poor quality. Similarly, the evidence for chromium is suggestive, but not definitive.
Unfortunately, another review of the published studies found no benefit at all on glucose, A1C or insulin levels using cinnamon supplements. Your level is in the prediabetes range, which puts you at high risk for developing diabetes.Ĭinnamon was marketed as a natural treatment for diabetes some years ago, and one analysis of studies found that it reduced the average blood sugar by about 9 points, which corresponds to roughly an A1C lowering of 0.3%, which would be enough to make your elevated level go into the normal range. A level below 5.7% is normal 6.5% or higher is diabetes.
ANSWER: The A1C test looks at average blood sugars over the past two months or so by checking how much sugar is connected to hemoglobin molecules.
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