# Cinnamon/blood thinner etc..

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 25, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-blood-thinner-etc/427651 "2007-11-25T01:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![bengee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bengee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengee)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-blood-thinner-etc/427651/1 "2007-11-25T01:03:33Z")

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I’ve taken cinnamon of late but have recently read concerns it might be a blood thinner. I was taking 1000 mg twice daily to reduce my insulin level. Guess there are three types of cinnamon, I was taking the cassia variety.

Is there a danger to taking relatively modest amounts of cinnamon cassia, in capsule form?

thanks!

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-blood-thinner-etc/427651/2 "2007-11-25T01:11:12Z")

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Have you cleared this with your doctor? Why are you trying to lower insulin levels? People with low insulin are called diabetics.

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**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-blood-thinner-etc/427651/3 "2007-11-25T02:01:49Z")

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If you have high insulin because of an insulin secreting tumor, cinnamon ain’t going to do jack for you.

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-blood-thinner-etc/427651/4 "2007-11-25T02:52:43Z")

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[QUOTE=bengee]

Is there a danger to taking relatively modest amounts of cinnamon cassia, in capsule form?

thanks!  
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Ask your doctor, not strangers on the internet.

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-blood-thinner-etc/427651/5 "2007-11-25T03:06:39Z")

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[QUOTE=postcards]  
Ask your doctor, not strangers on the internet.  
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Agreed.

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