Cinnamon can be used as a spice not only in desserts and hot chocolate, but also in other dishes and
Even before our era, cinnamon was used forgetting rid of respiratory diseases, diseases of the digestive tract, as well as for embalming, anointing. This spice is also used in traditional medicine in India, Iran, and China.
Today, cinnamon is considered an anti-inflammatory,antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antidiabetic agent. The National Institute of Health notes that this spice can be used for diseases such as diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, etc.
Cinnamon also has four health benefits.
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Antioxidant effect. Cinnamon is part of the Mediterranean diet,considered good for the heart. It will also help you if you eat a lot of processed foods. The thing is that cinnamon is rich in polyphenols. These antioxidants prevent the development of chronic inflammation.
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Anti-inflammatory agent. In a study published in Food andFunction, the scientists concluded that the strongest biologically active compounds in Mexican and Chinese cinnamon are considered to be o-methoxycinnamic aldehyde and e-cinnamic aldehyde. This is why cinnamon is so effective in treating inflammatory conditions that come with age.
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Decreased blood sugar. The results of scientific research,published in Diabetes Care showed that in people with type 2 diabetes, daily use of cinnamon reduced the following indicators after 40 days: triglycerides, fasting serum glucose, "bad" cholesterol, total cholesterol.
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Cholesterol Reduction. According to a 2017 meta-analysis of 13 studies,if you consume cinnamon every day, it can significantly reduce total cholesterol and triglycerides. Moreover, the effect will be in a few weeks, even if you take only half a teaspoon of this spice per day.
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