What is cinnamon?
Cinnamon is derived from the inner bark of a small green tree. Cinnamon is available in both stick and powdered form.
What are the health benefits of cinnamon?
- Cinnamon is anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal: Cinnamon has many soothing and medicinal properties. It has a very strong smell and flavour due to cinnamaldehyde which is essential oil contained in the bark of cinnamon. Cinnamaldehyde has anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties
- Cinnamon may support gut health: Cinnamon has prebiotic probiotic properties. Cinnamon provides feed to good bacteria in your gut, making your digestive system healthy and thus alleviating any digestive issues.
- Cinnamon may help in managing blood pressure: Cinnamon consumption may lead to a reduction in blood pressure.
- Cinnamon may lower the risk of type-2 diabetes: Cinnamon helps in managing blood sugar by enumerating insulin which is the blood sugar management hormone.
- Cinnamon may be beneficial in conditions like Alzheimer’s :As we grow old conditions like Alzheimer’s become more common than we think and in this condition, there is a progressive deterioration of brain cells. In this condition, a certain type of protein the build-up in the brain which inhibits a person’s thinking and remembering capacity. Cinnamon contains certain chemicals which inhibit the build-up of these proteins.
