NCT00951639

Cassia Cinnamon for Glucose Uptake in Young Women

Cassia Cinnamon and Acute Endurance Exercise for the Enhancement of Glucose Uptake in Healthy Young Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baylor University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the acute effects of 5g of Cassia cinnamon, 50 minutes of endurance exercise performed at 70% of the heart rate reserve (correlated to VO2max), and 5g of cellulose placebo on blood glucose, serum insulin and insulin sensitivity following an oral glucose tolerance test 3 hours after administration of each intervention.

Conditions

• Insulin Resistance
• Impaired Glucose Tolerance
• Prediabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Cassia cinnamon	5g encapsulated ground bark administered once in experimental session
PROCEDURE	50 minutes exercise	50 minutes treadmill endurance exercise at 70% of the heart rate reserve (correlated to VO2max)
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Cellulose Powder	5g encapsulated powder administered during placebo experimental session

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-05-01
• Completion: 2009-05-01
• First posted: 2009-08-04
• Last updated: 2022-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States