Inclusion Criteria:

- 20 to 40 years of age

- Have a body mass index 25-40 kg/m2

- Have a sedentary lifestyle (participated in less than 30 minutes of physical activity
3 days per week over the last 6 months)

- History of irregular menstrual cycles (fewer than 6 cycles in past year)

- Excess androgen (to be measured at screening)

- Willing to supplement normal diet with cinnamon extract and a placebo for 12 weeks

- You can stay overnight at Pennington Center three times over the next six months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Do not meet our diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome

- Have heart disease, lung disease, liver disease, blood disease, kidney disease, type
1 or 2 diabetes, or any other disease that in the opinion of the doctor might make
you ineligible.

- Have cancer (active malignancy with or without concurrent chemotherapy).

- Abuse alcohol or illegal drugs.

- Smoke or have smoked within the previous 6 months. No smoking will be permitted
during the study.

- Have donated blood within 30 days prior to randomization date.

- Have a hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cell, or iron level below the normal lower
limit at screening.

- Taking medications that alter your glucose metabolism, (30 minute or more, 4 or more
times per week over the past year.)

- Unwilling or unable to adhere to the clinical evaluation schedule over the entire
six-month follow-up period.