I love cinnamon in my morning coffee, sprinkled on my oatmeal and to add to more flavor to my applesauce!
Cinnamon is excellent for you! Cinnamon has more antioxidants than 25 other superfood spices. Additionally, this common spice helps prevent diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and perhaps even Alzheimer’s. And finally, to get the greatest health benefits, buy Ceylon cinnamon in stick form and grind it yourself.
Now, I am not talking about eating piping hot cinnabons or cinnamon cereal bites! I am referring to the natural spice’s cinnamaldehyde. This compound has an antioxidant quotient that beats even garlic, oregano and parsley. It helps reduce inflammation; reduces LDL or bad cholesterol while increasing HDL or good cholesterol; it’s anti-diabetic compound mimics insulin, thus reducing blood sugar levels and mood and energy swings; and it’s even been studied in Alzheimer’s trials for its ability to stop the build-up of tau protein in the brain.
So how much should we be using to get the health benefits? Just two teaspoons a day—or four sticks ground in a coffee grinder—will provide all of these benefits, whether added to roasts, soups, stews, or tagines, baked into muffins, or sprinkled on oatmeal or lattes. Want a great recipe using cinnamon? Click on this link!