Cinnamon: how to consume it correctly and in what quantities

    Cinnamon: how to consume it correctly and in what quantities

    Perhaps you already have a jar of cinnamon powder in your kitchen to use for flavoring desserts. But how much cinnamon should we take in order to obtain beneficial effects for our health?

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    Some Chia seeds and Goji berries we have already spoken to you about this. Now let's go deeper into this topic regarding cinnamon. Perhaps you already have a jar of cinnamon powder in your kitchen to use for flavoring desserts. But how much cinnamon Should we take it in order to get beneficial effects on our health?

    Science is deepening the health benefits of cinnamon, which for centuries has been used both as a spice for cooking and as a natural remedy. Cinnamon has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, can help reduce blood sugar levels, relieve menstrual pain, facilitate bowel function and is useful in case of sore throat.

    Furthermore cinnamon helps to make some foods more digestible and is useful for those who follow a diet with the aim of losing weight since it stimulates the sense of satiety. How to take cinnamon beyond its common use for the preparation of desserts?

    First, according to experts, there are no nutritional differences between ground cinnamon and stick cinnamon. What changes is the method of use, since cinnamon sticks are more convenient to use to prepare infusions and decoctions, while the cinnamon powder it has its simplest and most predictable use as a seasoning.

    Include 3 grams of cinnamon in the preparation of the spiced rice, for example, it helps to promote the reduction of insulin levels after meals. In this way, the use of cinnamon allows you to control blood sugar levels.

    We can add it to our fruit juices, smoothies or to desserts that we prepare a pinch of cinnamon at home from time to time as an ingredient for flavoring. If instead we want to take cinnamon as a natural remedy with a therapeutic effect, we can turn to ours herbalist of trust to understand the quantities and methods of intake according to our health conditions.



    Cinnamon helps to strengthen the immune system. Its use in combination with ginger is interesting, as a warming spice useful for those who, especially during the winter, suffer from the cold. Here is the opportunity to add a pinch of cinnamon and a piece of ginger to your herbal teas. The combination of ginger and cinnamon helps our body to stimulate metabolism and consume more energy.

    The anti-inflammatory action of cinnamon is beneficial in case of respiratory tract diseases and cough. A recipe for preparing cinnamon tea useful in case of sore throat plans to combine this ingredient with a pinch of pepper. THU our recipe.

    As for cinnamon, however, there are some Warnings. Its consumption is not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women. From this point of view, however, ask your doctor for more information regarding the doses allowed in such delicate periods of life. In any case, never consume cinnamon excessively.



    It is enough a pinch every now and then in sweets and drinks. Excessive doses of cinnamon can cause allergies, poisoning, ulcers, irritation of the mucous membranes of the intestine and allergies.

    Marta Albè

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