Nazarin ya nuna cewa kirfa Zai iya rage matakan sukari na jini, musamman a cikin mutanen da ke da Nau'in ciwon sukari na 2 wanda ba a sarrafa sukari da jini sosai. A cewar daya daga cikinsu, yawan amfani da katonin cinnamon yau da kullun ya ba da damar matakan glycemia da lipids na jini, na mutane 30 da aka lura, su ragu da kashi 25% cikin kwanaki 40.¹ Wannan kayan yaji yana aiki akan insulin, hormone wanda pancreas ya ɓoye kuma ke da alhakin sarrafa sugar cikin jini. Don samun fa'ida daga tasirin sa, ana ba da shawarar cin 1 zuwa 6 g kowace rana, ko ½ teaspoon (5 ml) zuwa cokali 1 (15 ml). 

Khan A, Safdar M, Ali Khan MM, Khattak KN, Anderson RA, Cinnamon yana haɓaka glucose da lipids na mutane masu nau'in ciwon sukari na 2, Kula da Ciwon sukari, Décembre 2003, Vol. 26, No 12, 3215-8.