What's the optimal dosage?

Even though the overview in Figure 1 suggests that "more

helps more", Anand, et al. (2010) observed negative effects on the liver of rodents at
dosages that would tantamount to ~40g of cinnamon per day. Ok, I assume you already
apprehended that this is madness, but in the world of fitness maniacs and mad
bodybuilders I thought it would be worth mentioning that even the coumarin free Ceylon
cinnamon appears to have ill side effects when it is consumed in extremely high dosages.
It would thus appear to be more reasonable to target an intake of 3-6 g of cinnamon with
every major meal (it slows down gastric emptying and reduces postprandial blood
glucose, therefore it makes sense to take it with a meal