Cinnamon has phytochemicals (health-promoting substances in food) such as alpha-pinene, benzaldehyde, beta-carotene, coumarin, enugenol, mannitol, vanillin, and nutrients like calcium, copper, zinc, iodine, iron, manganese, phosphorus, as well as vitamins A, B1, B2, and C.
The benefits of cinnamon is just too many to want to list in one place. Each benefit has its own layers of healthy promoting factors all helping the body’s function to heal and repair itself and stay healthy. Cinnamon, for instance, relieves diarrhea and nausea, counteracts congestion, aids peripheral circulation, helps regulate sugar level and intake of excessive sugar and fat intake, warms the body and enhances digestion, helping digestion system and providing with better functioning support, as well as enhancing metabolism of fats through the liver. While busy with a range of activities to help digestion, at the same time it fights fungal infection, fights to prohibit diabetes, helps weight loss, fights yeast infection and uterine hemorrhaging.
The only thing to be concerned about with regards to cinnamon is to avoid too much use during pregnancy. Other than that, it just about helps every function in the body.
Cinnamon is one of the world’s oldest spices known for its flavor and medicinal properties. Cinnamon has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and can boost metabolism, help to burn fat and promote weight loss while lowering the risk of many chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardio disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, auto-immune diseases and gum disease.
Cinnamon has blood-thinning properties, and could improve sensitivity to insulin and lower the blood sugar. Cinnamon could also help to promote the health of the gum and fight tooth decay.
Cinnamon is the weight-loss booster you need this holiday season:
The active ingredient in cinnamon known as “cinnamaldehyde” can help to rev up your metabolism and boost the immune system.
According to research, rats who had high-fat foods mixed with cinnamon supplements had lower weight gain and belly fat compared to rats who didn’t take cinnamon supplements.
Other studies suggest that the active ingredient in cinnamon “cinnamaldehyde” could help people to eat less calories and lose more weight. According to researchers, cinnamon could also lower the levels of LDL cholesterol and triglycerides and improve the level of good cholesterol, HDL.
You can add 3 cinnamon sticks to a cup of hot water and mix it with freshly squeezed lemon juice and enjoy both health and weight-loss properties of this amazing spice.
Today’s Tip
Some herbs, like cinnamon, are great on their own but added with a its desired choice of “fruit”, then they complement each other, and you can now make them exponentially more effecting in healing the body as well as keeping organs functioning at their highest optimum level. Cinnamon loves to be with cranberry. It’s interesting to look at why these two like to be with each other. Cranberry is a good source of vitamin C and acidifies the urine and prevents bacteria from adhering to bladder cells. This is ideal for kidney, bladder, and skin and the general health and vitality of the body’s filtration system. The potency of cinnamon and cranberry together accelerate the body’s immune system and together they function as a highly effective immune system enhancement and anticancer properties and fight infections and in particular fight urinary tract and well as digestion relation infections and food allergies and food viruses. Each is strong on its own, but together, cinnamon and cranberry make a tough team to beat.