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Besides taking 1000 mg metformin, i take 1000mg cinnamon plus chromium. does the cinnamon help improve my a1c? what does literature say of its role?
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Very little: Stick with the metformin. The early studies suggesting a role for cinnamon and chromium have not panned out.
Answered 5/23/2016
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