So what are the benefits of eating cinnamon – the spice? We use a lot of the delicious spice cinnamon. In fact every range of ours has at least one product that includes cinnamon in the ingredients. That is real cinnamon, not some essence or chemically manufactured flavour that tastes like cinnamon. (Yes, these exist – some places chase profit, whereas we eat the products we make, and chase taste and health… I encourage you to educate yourself by reading ingredient labels.)
Benefits of Eating Cinnamon?
- antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, anticancer, lipid-lowering, and cardiovascular-disease-lowering compound, cinnamon has also been reported to have activities against neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
- Cinnamon can also improve the health of the colon, thereby reducing the risk of colon cancer [14].
- … is a coagulant and prevents bleeding [15]. Cinnamon also increases the blood circulation in the uterus and advances tissue regeneration [16]. This plant plays a vital role as a spice, but its essential oils and other constituents also have important activities, including antimicrobial [17–20], antifungal [21], antioxidant [22–26], and antidiabetic [27–33].
- Cinnamon has been used as anti-inflammatory [34–36], antitermitic [36], nematicidal [37, 38], mosquito larvicidal [39], insecticidal [40], antimycotic, [40–43] and anticancer agent
- Different flavonoids isolated from cinnamon have free-radical-scavenging activities and antioxidant properties
- their components have indicated the anti-inflammatory activities of cinnamon [76–81].
The above excerpt is from the following website:
If you’d like to know the details regarding the various types of cinnamon : Cassia vs Ceylon visit https://badgut.org/information-centre/health-nutrition/cinnamon/ . I personally appreciate their visual references which show you how to possibly differentiate between the two types.
Interesting ways to include delicious cinnamon in your diet for awesome benefits and tasty eating…
I have to ask myself, what do I like about this spice cinnamon?! I like the burn, that slight tingle it leaves on my tongue. Both refreshing and cleansing at the same time. But then I have always liked the taste of cinnamon. Cinnamonny Fireballs when I was young (those huge bubblegum black liquorice coated sweets of my youth), Cinnamon chewing gum when I got older – until I put a stop to the habit of gum. It is no wonder that I have a list of tricks, and recipes to ensure I get a dose of this favourite flavour.
Unusual Recipes: Fresh Cinnamon Tea
Cinnamon is a spice that is also naturally sweet which is a fantastic benefit. Personally, I try to stay away from sugars and many artificial sweeteners. This has allowed my taste-buds to appreciate sweetness even from unexpected sources. That said, we’re talking super sweet – it really depends on the amount of time you allow cinnamon to steep in hot water, as well as the quantity of cinnamon you steep.
Using our beautiful teapots with spice cage inside, I break about 2-3 cinnamon rolls into the spice cage and seal. Then I fill the teapot with just freshly boiled hot water. I leave it overnight, to seep and to cool down. The next morning, there’s a cool amber tea waiting for me in my study. Sometimes that goes with me on my morning walk. This helps me get to my liquid intake easily without feeling the urge to add honey or sweeteners to my drinks. In addition, I incorporate the cooled liquid into my fresh celery juice and smoothies. Yummy.
Benefits of eating real cinnamon, that I personally derive:
What are the benefits I derive personally from using / eating real cinnamon:
It helps me intake 500mls of liquid daily easily (as part of my total count), instead of artificially sweetened juices or drinks. I consider my morning drink of cinnamon tea a delicious detox with tea. It is an extremely healthy drink which comes with the benefits of cinnamon oil, my version of healthy juice – a sweetener and sugar free juice drink.
Benefits of including cinnamon for our patrons
Its a fact: every dish I drink or eat has to add value to my existence, not take away. This is one of the key tennets and principles driving every product we create and sell at www.Betterthanbread.co.za/shop . Our products are created with one of their key purposes being, to benefit the being (you and me) utilising / ingesting the product.
