Research · Meta-analysis
Efficacy and safety of cinnamon in type 2 diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes patients: A meta-analysis and meta-regression
What it found
A small fasting-glucose drop (~0.55 mmol/L) and improved HOMA-IR, but NO significant change in HbA1c, with high heterogeneity between trials.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2019
- Population
- type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes patients (16 RCTs)
- Intervention
- cinnamon supplementation vs placebo
- Outcome
- fasting glucose, HbA1c, HOMA-IR
- Journal
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.