Is Cinnamon The Healthiest of All Spices?

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We are recently hearing about the healthy benefits of cinnamon. Here is an article which refers to a study on cinnamon.

Is Cinnamon the Healthiest of All Spices?

Whenever the scent of cinnamon wafts through my house, it is sure to bring family members into the kitchen to see what's cooking. But my family doesn't know my healthy little secret: Cinnamon not only smells and tastes good, it's good for you, too. Sprinkling a little cinnamon into your foods and beverages over the course of a day helps your body increase insulin function and also delays stomach emptying, which leads to a decreased glycemic load. New research provides empirical evidence of this effect, where previous studies had merely reported that it seemed so. To learn more about this, I contacted study author Joanna Hlebowicz, MD, at the University of Lund in Sweden.

ABOUT THE STUDY

Using ultrasound imaging, Dr. Hlebowicz and her colleagues measured the gastric emptying rate (GER) -- how fast food empties from the stomach and enters the small intestine -- of 14 healthy people after they ate an un-spiced bowl of rice pudding, and also after they ate a bowl of rice pudding to which six grams (a little less than 1 1/3 teaspoons) of cinnamon had been added. They found that cinnamon significantly delayed gastric emptying and lowered after-eating blood sugar levels.

The reason this is so important is that gastric emptying, among other factors, affects the post-meal glucose, explains Dr. Hlebowicz. Since past research has shown that high levels of glucose following meals may be linked with a higher risk of diabetes complications such as cardiovascular disease, finding a simple way to lower it and thus lower post-meal blood glucose levels -- such as adding cinnamon to your diet -- is a good idea.

ADD A LITTLE SPICE TO YOUR LIFE

Fortunately, there are plenty of delicious ways to incorporate more cinnamon into your daily diet. Cinnamon tea is delicious, for one. And, besides flavoring many sweet treats, cinnamon is a tasty ingredient for chicken, meat and fish dishes.

Many recipe ideas can be found at McCormick.com.

Source(s): Joanna Hlebowicz, MD, department of medicine, Malmo University Hospital, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.

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Facts of Honey and Cinnamon

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Facts of Honey and Cinnamon

Here is some information from my friend Gaby about the benefits of honey and cinnamon. Both of these products have been in the health news lately. I found this information to be fascinating.

"Facts Of Honey and Cinnamon"
It is found that a mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, on its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of hone y and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and f ive teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH: & nbsp; Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS: According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS: Daily in the morning ½ hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one-cup water. If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies h ave shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restore hearing

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