Friday, April 21, 2017

Health Benefits of Cinnamon | Cinnamon and Weight Loss

Cinnamon is a powerful and healthy spice in the world. It is popularly known for its various health benefits such as – weight loss, strong bones, common cold, and reduce Alzheimer symptoms. It is widely used among various communities in the world for the years because of its anti-inflammatory, fragrance and other medicinal properties.


Cinnamon is not only used in cooking vegetables and other salty things but also being widely used in many sweets to make them healthy. Including 2 to 4 grams of cinnamon powder make your recipe more tasty and delightful.

According to various researches and studies over more than 30 spices in the world cinnamon actually ranked number #1 in proactive antioxidant properties.

Bark of Cinnamomum tree produce the health benefits of cinnamon. Health benefits of cinnamon and its properties can be obtained in the form of bark and essential oils.

Nutritional Benefits of Cinnamon


Its antioxidant properties make it more special to include it in your daily diet. Including ½ or 1 table spoon cinnamon can reduce your blood sugar, improve digestion, and more. However heavy dosage of cinnamon can be effective in heart diseases.

One tablespoon of ground cinnamon contains:
19 calories
4 gram fiber
0 grams of fat, sugar, or protein
4% iron
68% manganese
8% calcium
3% Vitamin K
2% Vitamin A
2% Phosphorus
5% copper

Health Benefits of Cinnamon


1. Source of Antioxidants: Antioxidants are used to tackle unbalanced pair of electrons in body. And cinnamon is rich with high amount of antioxidants. Just because of its antioxidant properties cinnamon helps to slow down the aging.

2.Reduce High Blood Pressure & Cholesterol: Regular use of cinnamon helps to reduce bad cholesterol (LDL) from your body. According to Carina Parikh, the positive impact on high blood pressure is because of many reasons “reduce cholesterol”, “reduce stress”, and reduce weight loss.

3.Cinnamon for Diabetes: If consumed in a proper way it can positively reduce diabetes. It should be consumed 5 to 6 days a week in moderation. Here are 2 methods of consuming cinnamon in diabetes.

#1 Cinnamon Tea: Cinnamon bark oil contains cinnamaldehyde which is useful to cure sugar. Cinnamon tea is best method to treat your diabetes.
Just include some cinnamon powder in your tea and drink it twice a day.
#2 Include 1-2 drops of cinnamon oil in your drinks or foods once a day.

4.Cinnamon for Dietary: Lots of peoples who are not ill or suffering from any disease also use cinnamon for their health and dietary purpose because of its packed health properties. Here are ways you can include cinnamon in your diet.
#1 Backed cinnamon rolls are best way to indulge cinnamon in your daily diet.
#2 Add 1 table spoon cinnamon powder to your morning protein drink or smoothie.
#3 Use in herbal tea
#4 add a little cinnamon powder in milk at bed time.
#5 add cinnamon powder in a spoon of honey and consume it once a week to get rid of cough and cold infections.


Cinnamon for Weight Loss

In order to have best result in weight loss and maintenance everyone need a good diet and heavy exercise on regular basis. But cinnamon is very crucial to reduce weight and maintenance.
Cinnamon has property to reduce blood sugar which is very important factor in weight loss.
As it controls insulin, it speed up the metabolism. If your metabolism is up then it will be able to keep healthy carbohydrates and convert it to energy without fat. Boosted metabolism also help to burn high calories in short span time.
Because of cinnamon’s appetite suppression property it is widely used in detox drinks.

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