8 beneficial properties of cinnamon: find out more about her! Bashny.Net

Cinnamon is known not only for its culinary properties, but also because it is very useful for health.Cinnamon can be a great therapeutic agent for diabetes or suffering from a reduced tissue sensitivity to insulin, as it reduces the level of glucose in the blood.

Cinnamon, natural treasure

Thousands of years cinnamon is used in different home remedies. Modern scientific studies have confirmed that it has many useful properties.

Cinnamon is made from the inner bark of the eponymous tree (cinnamon or Ceylon koritnik, Latin name Cinnamomum), which grows in different countries, including in Egypt. In ancient Egyptian sources discovered the first evidence of its use. In those days it was very rare and valuable product, it could afford only kings and pharaohs.

First with cinnamon cut the shoots. Then they cut the bark, the dried bark. The outer layer of bark is removed, remain cinnamon strips that when dried take the form of tubes. If you grind them up, it turns out the cinnamon powder.

Fortunately, nowadays cinnamon is quite affordable, you can buy it on the market, in stores, in cafes. Its characteristic aroma due to the aromatic oil contained in cinnamon, more precisely, its component called "cinnamaldehyde"; this component is "responsible" and for most of the beneficial properties of cinnamon.





There are two kinds of cinnamon:

• Ceylon cinnamon, also known as "true cinnamon".
• Cassia is related to cinnamon this herb, also referred to as "Indonesian cinnamon" and "fake cinnamon". This type of cinnamon is most common.

Useful properties of cinnamonare Scientifically validated beneficial properties of cinnamon:

There are a lot of antioxidantive substances protect our body from harmful oxidative processes caused by the so-called "free radicals". In cinnamon, according to the researchers, contains high polyphenols. This study compared "antioxidant power" twenty-six spices, cinnamon has become a "winner", beating such products as garlic and dumico.

It is sredstvami anti-inflammatory reduces swelling in different parts of the body, helps fight infections, repair damaged tissue; it also improves the condition of patients with arthritis and gout.

 

Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.If in your family there are cases of cardiovascular disease or do you belong to the risk group (overweight, high cholesterol, high blood pressure), be sure to use cinnamon. This spice reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, the consequences of which can be very serious. Patients with type II diabetes the use of one gram of cinnamon a day helps to reduce blood sugar levels.

Cinnamon helps to lower LDL "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides. Some studies have shown that it also increases the level of "good" cholesterol and reduces blood pressure. All this helps the heart stay healthy.

Improves tissue sensitivity to insulinCinnamon is very useful for diabetics because it improves the sensitivity of tissues to insulin. This hormone is one of the main regulators of metabolism and energy levels in the body. It promotes transportation of blood glucose and deliver it into the cells of the body. If a person has insulin resistance (reduced sensitivity of tissues to insulin), it is fraught with serious health problems, up to diabetes. Cinnamon helps to solve this problem.

Helps fight diabetes

Cinnamon helps fight diabetes as it lowers sugar level in blood, diabetic patients are recommended to use it regularly. In addition to reducing the level of glucose in the blood, it helps to run digestive enzymes that digest carbohydrates and helps in transportation of glucose into cells.

It is recommended to use it with desserts without sugar or with coffee after Breakfast or dinner. Studies have shown that cinnamon can reduce blood sugar by 30 %. The recommended daily "dose" of up to 6 grams.

Helps to fight against neurodegenerative diseasesNeurodegenerative diseases are characterized by progressive loss of nerve cells. The most common of these are Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Two substances found in cinnamon, have the ability to inhibit the accumulation of harmful in the brain of the Tau protein associated with Alzheimer's disease. In patients with Parkinson's disease they protect neurons, improve motor function and normalize the levels of neurotransmitters.

Protects against cancerCancer arises from the uncontrolled growth of malignant cells. During many years of studies have investigated the Association between consumption of cinnamon and cancer, were also studied the effect of eating cinnamon on the status of cancer patients. The researchers concluded that cinnamon — horosheee home remedy for cancer prevention. Cinnamon prevents the formation of blood vessels in tumors and thus spsobstvuet eliminate them. In addition, neutralizing free radicals, cinnamon helps to prevent, for example, cancer of the rectum, very common in our time.

Fights fungal and bacterial infectionsthe Main active component of cinnamon, cinnamaldehyde, successfully fighting off different types of infections, e.g. fungal infection of the respiratory tract, inhibits the growth of bacteria such as Salmonella. It also prevents tooth decay and bad breath. published

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