Cinnamon is a spice, sprinkled on toast and lattes. But extracts from the bark as well as leaves, flowers, fruits, and roots of the cinnamon tree have also been used in traditional medicine around the world for thousands of years. It’s used in cooking and baking, and added to many foods.
Benefits One of the most important active ingredients in cinnamon is cinnamaldehyde. It’s used in flavorings and fragrances. It may be responsible for some of cinnamon’s possible health benefits.
⦁ Antimicrobial property: Cinnamon contains Cinnamaldehyde, which has antifungal and antibacterial properties, which may reduce infections and help fight tooth decay and bad breath.
⦁ Reduces Risk of Heart Disease: Cinnamon may improve some key risk factors for heart disease, including cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure.
Has Anti-Inflammatory Properties: It helps your body fight infections and repair tissue damage.
⦁ Powerful Anti-Diabetic Effect: First, cinnamon has been shown to decrease the amount of glucose that enters your bloodstream after a meal. It does this by interfering with numerous digestive enzymes, which slows the breakdown of carbohydrates in your digestive tract. Second, a compound in cinnamon can act on cells by mimicking insulin
It’s been suggested that cinnamon also might help with:
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Cancer
- HIV
- Infection
- Tooth decay
- Allergies