To: Lane3 who wrote (80358 ) 2/1/2004 10:25:59 PM From: E Read Replies (2) | Respond to Well, he took too much in the beginning, because he reported that he had had, er, gastric problems, until he cut back. What the study says is "...that, after 40 days, 30 diabetics who had taken 1 to 6 grams of cinnamon extract daily reduced their risk factors for cardiovascular disease."way less: maybe 75 or 80%, if I remember correctly) to have intestinal bleeding. I assumed the information would get around, but it never did. I mentioned it on SI once, and remember that Cobalt Blue did a net search and found the study.problems. N did some research and read somewhere (in some 'alternative' publication) that a horrid-tasting brew containing brewer's yeast, powdered milk, some other things, and lecithin granules, would stop the bleeding caused by large doses of aspirin. And it did! So he would make this stuff up for me to take with aspirin. Now I know it was the lecithin! The awful brewer's yeast had nothing to do with it....
