Cinnamon: 8 Surprising Health Benefits You Didn't Know

Cinnamon was known as the most expensive spice in ancient times. Cinnamon has been used to enhance the flavor of a variety of soups, drinks, and sweets. It also is the main ingredient for some chocolate and other beverages.

Some of the nutrients Cinnamon can give to our bodies are water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, calcium, iron, and vitamin K.

But scientists have found cinnamon holds other secrets as well.

Ayurvedic and Chinese have used Cinnamon as a traditional medicine for centuries. They were known for its benefits to the gastrointestinal digestion problem, heartburn, indigestion, and nausea.

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1. Help manage Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

A pervasive problem of women is Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Symptoms associated with this problem often are difficult to bear a child, irregular menstruation, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer of the uterus. According to scientific studies, too much insulin on the body is the main reason.

Cinnamon helps to reduce the insulin resistance to women with Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

It has also studied that Cinnamon also helps female conditions with menstrual problems. But researchers further test the following benefit.

2. Help manage HIV

In the year 2016, the study of this approach has been reviewed and been find out that it helps to prevent HIV's development.

Cinnamon has a compound name procyanidin polyphenol. Found that the three identical simpler molecules and five molecules of a monomer help HIV-1 inactive.

The study shows that Cinnamon has a tremendous impact on HIV-1 patients with no-cost and a natural suppressant.

3. Treat symptoms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

According to the research, Cinnamon can help neurons improve motor function, and they also said that Cinnamon benefits are "promising," inhibit tau protein aggregation and amyloid-β peptides, both trademarks of Alzheimer's disease.

A study found that the substance from Cinnamon called sodium benzoate normalizes the neurotransmitter levels, and improves motor function of the brain with Parkin and DJ -1 patients.

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's this neurodegenerative disease cause is unknown.

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4. Lower your bad cholesterol (or LDL).

The excellent Cinnamaldyhyde from Cinnamon helps remove the lower Bad cholesterol from the body, which makes you want to include Cinnamon in your diet. That more Cinnamon in your body, the more decreasing of blood sugar.

However, there is little evidence that this cures High Cholesterol to humans. The study shows the effect only on animals.

5. Help treat Type 2 diabetes

Cinnamon can reduce blood pressure and have a positive effect on blood markers for those with Type 2 diabetes as per Lori Kenyon Farley. It has shown that up to 29% of lowering fast blood sugar levels.

Cinnamon, is completely non-toxic, repairs the receptors, and had "modest effects" on Fasting Plasma Glucose and HbA1c.

6. Help manage the metabolic disease.

Researchers tested Asian Indians, and the results show that 3g of Cinnamon for 16week improves the components of metabolic syndrome.

Cinnamon could be useful in reducing complications, morbidity, and mortality in metabolic syndrome, including lowering blood pressure, plasma glucose, obesity, and dyslipidemia.

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8. Anti-inflammatory properties

The ethanolic and ramulus, extract from Cinnamon, showed a significant anti-inflammatory effect by either reducing and suppressing other substances.

Adding Cinnamon to our regular diet avoids chronic disease and treat certain types of pain and headaches, as well as arthritis pain. According to Baron, Cinnamon can also boost circulation.

7. Fight Antimicrobial properties

By just putting Cinnamon to the meals fungal, bacterial, and viral elements in foods removed.

Cinnamon clears the mucus and helps lung congestion issues. The research review pointed out that Cinnamon can inhibit bacteria by damaging cell membranes and altering their lipid profile, among other means.