Useful properties of cinnamon to maintain men's health

Cinnamon - useful properties and contraindications of fragrant spices

I'm sure everyone is familiar cinnamon and we use it only as an aromatic spice. Did you know that it not only adds flavor and taste of the dish. The beneficial properties of cinnamon and contraindications known since ancient times, using it for health and beauty.

Everyone is familiar with the Greek goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite, before which he could not resist the charms of any death or celestial.

One legend describes that Aphrodite wore a belt, and that there was the power of her love. From the waist walked the magical flavor in it focused so much enchantment that even the Great Hera not just borrowed it, that would be even more to capture Zeus. In this belt is sewn Aphrodite aromatic spices - cinnamon, and she went down to her on Earth.

Cinnamon - useful properties and contraindications

Cinnamon spice and is now considered №1 for a romantic dinner, as the most powerful agent of feminine charms. What would attract attention and to win at all times chosen added cinnamon in a drink or food. Probably not just in the Victorian era in the language of cinnamon color means - "My fate is in your hands."

Cinnamon spice was so valuable that the dispute over the possession of the territory, where it grows more than once flowed to military action.

But I do not think that would suit the war only because of the romantic features of this spice. In ancient times, it dedicated poems and it was available only to the rulers and their approximate.

Why do so valued and appreciated to this day cinnamon flavored. On this and will have a conversation today.

Before we start talking about the beneficial properties of cinnamon and its possible contraindications, let's see, what kind of spice and cinnamon that over the plant.

Cinnamon - like growing as collected

Cinnamon - a plant, or to be more precise, a shrub of the family laurel. It is most common in the south of India and Sri Lanka. He oblong-oval pieces of a length of about 18 cm. Color beams make up the inflorescence and have a greenish tint.

One would assume that such a fragrant spice made from flowers. But no, just the flowers of this plant are unpleasant odor. To prepare the spices harvested bark of this shrub. But things are not so simple.

First, it is grown for 2 years, then cut off at the root, grow new shoots and already with these shoots is taken crust. But not entirely used for preparing spices bark, and only the inner thin layer which is cut and dries it curls into tubes.

The most popular are 4 types of plants and, accordingly, spices:

• Ceylon - flavorful, slightly sweet taste with a searing, another name - kinamon or noble cinnamon - the best and most valuable;
• Malabar - has a pronounced bitter taste;
• cinnamon - with a spicy taste and a pungent smell;
• Chinese - not very flavorful, burning and cutting, also called cassia or Indian.

The use of cinnamon for human health

The beneficial properties of cinnamon to human health says it valuable part, and you just see for yourself, read on.

Suffice caloric spice - 247 kcal per 100 grams. product. The structure includes a large number of carbohydrate content exceeding fats and proteins.

Cinnamon is very rich by the presence in it of nutrients:

• Vitamins - A, the group of vitamins B, C, E, K, PP.
• Mineral composition - iron, potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, zinc and selenium.
• Also contained in cinnamon much fiber, tannins, gums, gum, pectin, coumarin, from 2 to 3.5% essential oil consisting of cinnamaldehyde and eugenol.

Impressive, right? So let's find out what effect the cinnamon on human health and what is its use.

• One of the most useful and medicinal properties of cinnamon is that it is able to stimulate the brain, improves attention, concentration, memory. Cinnamon is often used sages, if it was urgent to make an important decision. It is useful in food in severe psychological stress, during stress and depression.
• Cinnamon has antipyretic, warming, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, firming immunity action, as well as anesthetic and antiseptic, and has antifungal antiparasitic effect.
• Moderate and regular intake of cinnamon helps to reduce the risk of cancer, particularly colon cancer. For example, the island of Sri Lanka, where cultivated true Ceylon cinnamon has one of the lowest cancer rates in the world.
• It has a diaphoretic, diuretic effect. Also, this spice helps to bind bile salts, that is effective in preventing diseases of the digestive system. It helps with irritable bowel syndrome and bloating, as well as cramps and indigestion.
• It helps prevent tooth decay and gum disease, improve breath freshness due to natural antibacterial and disinfectant properties of cinnamon.

Cinnamon in diabetes

People with diabetes helps lower blood sugar levels, stimulates the production of insulin. For more information take a look at the video.

Cinnamon hypertension

Cinnamon helps prevent cardiovascular disease, it is indicated for the prevention of strokes, heart attacks and other circulatory disorders. Is a vasodilator, prevents blood clots. It reduces the level of bad cholesterol in the blood.

Health high blood pressure enough to accept incomplete teaspoon spice in the day, but not in its pure form, but as a useful ingredient in food and drinks. As a quick normalization of pressure in hypertension measures advised to drink a beverage:

a pinch of cinnamon mixed with a teaspoon of honey diluted in a small amount of warm water.

This drink will exclude stroke development, soothe headaches.

Useful properties of cinnamon for women

In addition to the above-mentioned beneficial effects on the body, it is what it comes to women:

• Cinnamon helps during PMS and menstruation, reducing pain, normalize hormones; improving mood.
• in the first 2 weeks after birth, cinnamon promotes uterine contractions.

But it is precisely this property of cinnamon makes it a product that can not be used for pregnant women as it can cause miscarriage.

• breastfeeding mothers tea with cinnamon, milk can improve lactation.

Cinnamon Benefits for Men

It has its beneficial effects and cinnamon on the male body:

• the regular use of spices is not only the prevention of prostatitis, but also facilitates the healing process.
• spice promotes acceleration of glucose metabolism, which increases the production of testosterone, as required for normal erectile function.
• with age for men gradually thickens the blood, and cinnamon is able to thin the blood, reducing the risk of heart attacks and stagnation in the pelvis.
• Cinnamon is a natural and powerful aphrodisiac that can tone up and cheer up a man to increase his libido and sexual performance.

Benefits of Cinnamon for weight loss

Cinnamon is known also as a tool to help with weight loss:

• this spice speeds up the metabolism, including metabolism of carbohydrates, preventing their transformation into fat;
• Cinnamon slows the digestive process in the stomach - an important feature for those who wish to lose weight - with the support of spices easier doterpet to the next meal without additional snacks;
• the inclusion of cinnamon in the diet reduces the glycemic index of food is 18 - 29%, and this is also important for weight loss;
• cinnamon can increase metabolism;
• nutritionists say that cinnamon reduces sugar cravings and weight loss that occurs with cinnamon much easier.

Cinnamon and demand in cosmetics in connection with the healing effect on the skin, body, hair, has anti-inflammatory effect, accelerates metabolism in the skin cells, all this thanks to the presence in the composition of antioxidants and tannins cinnamon substances.

So that the scope of cinnamon is quite extensive - cooking, folk medicine, cosmetology, aromatherapy.

Cinnamon would be appropriate in fruit salads, cereals, hot drinks, good in baking, it can be used for home preserving due to its antimicrobial and antibacterial properties.

In aromatherapy cinnamon is used to improve performance, memory improvement.

In cosmetics to soften, lighten hair, improve skin condition.

In folk medicine in the treatment of colds, to enhance immunity, for the treatment of inflammation in the digestive tract and many other diseases.

Single story - is the use of honey and cinnamon - scientists from different countries, exploring these two products have come to the conclusion that this combination - honey and cinnamon - beneficial effect on the entire body, solidifying it, retards the aging process, improves the quality of life and increases the duration.

There would be a smooth transition to the recipes, but they turned out so much that I decided to make them stand out in a separate article, so stay tuned for news blog.

But the theme is not finished yet, because we have not yet talked about the dangers of cinnamon and whether it is.

cinnamon harm to human health

Despite a number of advantages, disadvantages also exist, though they are much smaller. And despite the beneficial properties, harm to human health cinnamon may also apply, so spoons cinnamon have not, it's all the same spice and it only serves to supplement our diet.

• Earlier, I said that it helps with stress, depression, but if you overdo it with the spices, the opposite effect can occur, apathy and depression can only increase.
• A healthy person can consume cinnamon without fear for their well-being, but as I said, within reasonable limits. Some clear recommendations there - how many - probably assumed that the spice is difficult to overdo it. But some sources have information - no more than 1 teaspoon and in one step.
• Doctors recommend caution and do not often use cinnamon to people with high blood pressure and people with ill heart, but not worth of it to give up, because it lowers cholesterol, reduces the formation of blood clots.
• Pregnant women should not use this spice as it can cause uterine contractions and thus cause a miscarriage or premature birth.
• Children under 3 years of cinnamon is better not to give, so it is prohibited by nursing mothers. Children under 12 years should be cautious to use cinnamon.
• Cinnamon exclude from the diet recommended for people with low blood clotting, as well as people with individual intolerance.

In any case, if you have some kind of chronic disease, and there is any doubt, you can use cinnamon or not, it is best to consult with your doctor.

There is one drawback, but it does not apply to the present Ceylon cinnamon (Ceylon Cinnamon). This refers to the minus cassia (Cassia Cinnamon). No useful properties cassia also possesses.

What then is the matter? And it's only a matter - to coumarin, which is part of the cinnamon. useful substance coumarin and cinnamon due to this substance reduces the clotting blood and, accordingly, reduces the risk of blood clots. But excessive use of coumarin is not very favorable effect on the liver and kidneys.

For comparison - in Ceylon cinnamon coumarin content of 0.004%, and it is enough that would make cinnamon useful product. The cassia also contains coumarin much more - 5%.

The conclusion is clear - buy Ceylon cinnamon, but... if there is one in our supermarkets - the big question. It is said that most of the selling cinnamon - cassia is because it is much cheaper and more accessible.

If you do not often use cinnamon, cassia, and then you do not bring harm, but if it is constant in your diet and if you want to use cinnamon to treat, by the choice of spices is necessary to take more than carefully.

How to distinguish the real from the cassia cinnamon

With cinnamon sticks somewhat simpler - Ceylon cinnamon sticks tend strongly curled because it uses a thin inner layer of the bark. There are very few sticks cassia curls and to look at it thicker. Ceylon cinnamon stick easily broken hands and grind into a powder. Do it with the cashier is quite problematic.

But with ground cinnamon is much more difficult, and in fact mostly we sold it with a hammer. Then look at the packaging - note the Latin name - «Cinnamomum zeylonicum» - is Ceylon cinnamon, «Cinnamomum aromaticum» - so mark cassia.

You also need to pay attention to the country of origin - if Ceylon, Sri Lanka, this is what we need, if China, Indonesia, Vietnam - it is cassia.

It is also not recommended to buy cinnamon from Germany, USA, Israel, they have it does not grow, and whether they will be engaged in the implementation of the road Ceylon cinnamon - a question ...

Already bought cinnamon can be checked using iodine - it is necessary to drip a few drops of iodine on the cinnamon and when it becomes dark blue, it cassia, Ceylon cinnamon is almost not colored.

More than one cinnamon may differ from each other - this is the price of Ceylon will be many times more expensive.

How to store cinnamon

Keep cinnamon should be in a glass container with a tight-fitting lid away from light and moisture. Ground cinnamon retains its useful properties within six months, in the sticks - year. Do you want to keep longer, then you need to keep in the refrigerator.

Except for those contraindications, as mentioned above, the beneficial properties of cinnamon bear a lot of benefits to your health and its unusual aroma will create a pleasant atmosphere that will lift mood.

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Useful properties, contraindications and applying cinnamon

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Cinnamon (cinnamon) belongs to the family laurel. This evergreen tree grows mostly in the tropics: India, Sri Lanka and Burma. It is grown in Asia, Africa, South and Central America.

In the natural environment cinnamon reaches approximately 10 m in height. But the cultivated plant does not exceed 3 m. The cinnamon bark is thin and light brown in color.

Leaves of elongated shape and a length of 22 cm and a width of 5 cm, dark green veined white, shiny and leathery. Flowers - small, yellow color, are collected in paniculate inflorescences. Seeds - the blue-green color and the smell of turpentine.

The dried bark of young shoots of cinnamon - known and widely used spice. It gives the dish a nice spicy flavor.

As a spice used Powdered cinnamon bark. Receive it 2-3 times a year, always during the rainy season. The bark is removed from the tree sprouts, then dried in the sun. It was then that the spice becomes a characteristic brown color.

During this process the bark strips are rolled from both sides, forming characteristic of the tube. The latter have several quality grades. The most valuable is a light and thin bark, because then it is the most fragrant and gives more flavor dishes.

Healing properties of spices are used since ancient times. Cinnamon bark extract is used in the treatment of chronic diseases of the stomach, flatulence. It is a component of products that will improve appetite and digestion. It has antibacterial properties. The extract of cinnamon is used to improve the flavor of pharmaceuticals.

Cinnamon benefits identified in the maintenance of blood glucose levels in diabetes. Oil with spices found its application in disorders of appetite, stomach and intestines. It prevents poisoning in the intestinal tract.

Spice helps treat skin infections, upper respiratory tract viral pathologies. It has antirheumatic effect. Butter and cinnamon is used for massage, inhalations and baths.

Spice effectively inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi, including the yeast Candida albicans. Has probiotic properties, is used for long-term treatment with antibiotics.

Honey mixed with cinnamon - a useful mixture used for centuries in India. It is considered a natural home remedy. This combination is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Drug on the basis of honey and cinnamon has beneficial properties for health. It can be used to cure many diseases, without causing harm to the body.

Main application:

1. 1. Support the body during treatment of gastric cancer. In such cases, it is best to add in tea 1 tbsp. l. honey, mixed with the same amount of cinnamon. Take this mixture is recommended every day for three months.
2. 2. Treatment of arthritis. You need to drink regularly one cup of hot water mixed with 2 tbsp. l. honey and 1 hour. l. cinnamon powder.
3. 3. Acne. Every night must be applied on the face of honey mixed with cinnamon in equal proportions. This mask is left on overnight and wash off the next morning.
4. 4. FEELING BETTER. Stir 1 hour. l. cinnamon with 4 tbsp. l. honey and 3 tbsp. l. water. Prepared mixture should drink a small amount of tea 4 times a day.
5. 5. Lowering cholesterol. Mix 2 tbsp. l. honey and 3 tbsp. l. cinnamon. Means add the tea to taste.
6. 6. Reducing the risk of heart attack. To do this, every day for breakfast to eat a sandwich with honey and cinnamon.
7. 7. Infertility treatment. For men, it is recommended daily intake before going to bed a few spoons of honey and cinnamon. Women who touched a similar problem should regularly consume this mixture: a pinch of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of honey.
8. 8. The fight against excess weight. Every morning before breakfast, you need to drink a mixture of honey and cinnamon dissolved in water (to taste).
9. 9. Preventing hair loss. Mix cinnamon, honey and 1 hour. l. olive oil. The product should be applied to the scalp for 15 minutes before washing your hair.
10. 10. Reduction in pain after being bitten by an insect. Mix with 2 tablespoons of warm water for 2 hours. l. honey and 1 hour. l. cinnamon. The finished product should be applied to the affected area.

This compound, which allows to lose weight 3 kg within a week. However, the following recipes are not recommended for people who suffer from problems with the digestive system or have a kidney infection. They can not use them, and pregnant women.

Recipe №1:

• black tea (three bags);
• natural yoghurt (50 ml);
• Water (0.5 L);
• organic honey, ground ginger, curry, cinnamon powder for 1 h. l. each of the ingredients.

First we need to boil water in a pan. Then, put all the ingredients, except the yogurt (it is added after cooling drink). Drink for 7 days instead of dinner.

Recipe №2:

• Milk (170 ml);
• Water (80 ml);
• crushed ginger, curry and cinnamon powder for 1 hour. l. each.

In hot water, add all the spices. After cooking the mixture was mixed with milk. Beverage diet drink every night before bed.

Main Side effects of cinnamon - pregnancy as a spice can be an abortifacient effect. Butter with cinnamon, applied topically, causes severe irritation and redness of the skin, especially in children.

Spice is a potent allergen, amplifies atopic changes in the skin, mucous membranes in the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract. Excessive use of the product can damage the liver and kidneys, due to the high content of coumarin. You should not use it in large quantities every day.

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We are treated cinnamon: useful properties and contraindications of fragrant spices, methods of treatment, prescriptions for male and female health

To improve the variety of spices used flavor of culinary specialties, including cinnamon. The advantage of this condiment is that it not only gives an unusual flavor and dishes flavor, but also has healing properties: thus, its use in cooking helpful doubly.

Little is known about all the useful features and the dangers of this product. In this article you will learn about the beneficial qualities and contraindications to the use of the popular spices and understand in what form it is preferable to use, to bring maximum benefits to the body.

Vitamins and chemical composition

As part of cinnamon has a lot of healthy components that make possible to cope with a large number of illnesses and prevent the development of new diseases. Most of this spice in carbohydrates, and fats are proteins, but in smaller numbers. The ash also contains spices, mono- and disaccharide elements, and it is rich in fatty acids.

Vitamins E, PP, B5, B6, askorbinka necessary bone calcium and phosphorus, magnesium is beneficial for the heart, a positive effect on the nervous system of zinc is involved in the development of manganese cells, iron - all there in cinnamon.

Cinnamon powder is classified as low-calorie foods, it can be used even on a diet. The caloric content of 100 grams. Cinnamon (referring powder) contains a total of 260 kcal, and in the stick, which weighs 4 g. - 10 kcal.

Use for the body and methods of use

If you want to get the maximum benefit from the use of cinnamon poring useful and harmful qualities of this spice. We look at how to use cinnamon in traditional and folk medicine.

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The use of cinnamon spice to health by its inclusion in the diet manifest itself in the following:

• It normalizes the metabolism and have a positive effect on the stomach and intestines. Cinnamon can be consumed and to increase excretion of bile, in the treatment of liver diseases;
• cinnamon powder medicinal qualities are manifested in a positive impact on the amount of harm cholesterol, its use for the prevention of heart attack, brain hemorrhage, and atherosclerosis;
• that cinnamon is an effective tool in the fight against colds, known to many. You just need to mix it with honey, warm milk, and will soon get better - cold begins to recede;
• trace elements present in cinnamon inhibit the aging process and accelerate the formation of new cells. Cinnamon spice has antioxidant properties;
• cinnamon powder is very good for a fungus, kills harmful microorganisms. Adding the spice to the menu, you can disinfect Eat, insure themselves against ingestion of E. coli and other harmful bacteria;
• Another healing quality of cinnamon is manifested in its ability to remove the tumor. She was even used for the treatment of colon cancer;
• inherent and diuretic effects. Cinnamon helps to reduce body temperature in febrile states;
• it is impossible not to note the effect of the use of cinnamon, reflected in the reduction of weight. When used properly it will help to lose weight and get rid of the extra kilos.

The ways to use cinnamon spices with national treatment there are lots of features that you should know before using it. Fragrant spices improves mood and vision, eliminating the blues, has a positive effect on brain activity and increases the susceptibility of olfactory receptors.

Butter and cinnamon powder added to various cosmetic products for improving skin and hair. Increasing blood circulation, cinnamon powder has a positive effect on the skin, improving its color, and makes it less visible signs of cellulite.

If cinnamon spice has long been lying in your kitchen - do not delay, get it correct application. But do not forget about the possible dangers that can bring the consumption of cinnamon, ignoring contraindications.

Side effects and contraindications

Since cinnamon spice is highly concentrated, it is necessary to control the dosage carefully. Consumption cinnamon spices in large quantities can adversely affect health.

The most common side effects include:

• a feeling of weakness;
• repressed state;
• impaired liver function;
• headaches;
• nausea.

These negative developments are explained by the presence in the composition of cinnamon spice element called "coumarin".

Malaise and other adverse condition of the organism can be triggered by consumption of improperly stored cinnamon. For storage of the herbs you want to use containers made of glass, placed in a dark and cold place necessarily.

Attention! There are limits to the consumption of cinnamon spice during pregnancy. This spice contains substances that cause uterine contractions, so the child in the waiting time from cinnamon intake should be abandoned altogether.

There is a possibility that when the cinnamon in the diet you may feel itching, skin may appear rash and other negative reactions triggered by allergies.

Taking into account this possibility, it is necessary beforehand to make sure you are not suffering individual intolerance of this spice.

Begin to use the product with small doses: in this case, the possible negative impact of the product on health is minimal.

Understand and contraindications: doctors do not recommend to include cinnamon spice in the diet with the following health problems:

• elevated pressure;
• febrile conditions (may receive severe headache);
• internal and external bleeding;
• gastritis and gastric ulcer;
• Low blood clotting.

Benefits for women organism

We will understand what benefits the product brings to women's health and whether there can be harm from its use. We noted above that during pregnancy the consumption of this spice can be dangerous for pregnant women, and for the unborn child. Valid only meager dose of cinnamon combine with your favorite food.

But in the period of breast-feeding use of cinnamon powder will bring benefits to the body.

Due to the positive effects of herbs on the digestive and hematopoietic processes nursing mother and baby will be healthier.

In addition cinnamon is an effective anti-viral product of natural origin, it can be given to children to raise immunity, even with fragile immune systems.

The use of herbs to prevent morning sickness, but it is important not to overdo it with the amount of spices. Many women consume cinnamon in order to lose weight. To lose weight helps both internal and external use of this product.

Another positive effect of cinnamon on the female body is a decrease in pain during menstruation, spice tones organism reduces expression of premenstrual syndrome, reduces tension and normalizes cycle, enhances sexual a wish.

Effects on the body of men

Harm and spices cinnamic negative impact on the male body can be provoked or consumption This product in large quantities, or ignoring the medical prescriptions in the presence of certain diseases. In other cases, the inclusion of cinnamon in the diet affect men's health positively. It is only necessary to use the infusion on the basis of cinnamon mixed with honey, within two months, and you will feel a significant improvement.

Useful quality cinnamon spice to the male body are manifested in eliminating infections in the digestive tract, reproductive and urinary systems. For example, if there is inflammation, cause discomfort, you can do without sanitation agencies negative effects, often occurring when using synthetic medical drugs.

Effective methods of application

Consider the example of how to use cinnamon to treat to benefit the body. Strengthen health help blend containing honey and cinnamon, but always keep in mind the contraindications, to avoid negative consequences. It is recommended to strictly adhere to the dosage.

Mixture based on honey and cinnamon powder can cure cough and sputum improve. For the preparation of such drugs on a national recipe you need to mix a tablespoon of fresh honey with ½ teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Natural medicine mixture should be consumed within five days.

Cinnamon spice is also used in combination with yogurt. To stabilize blood pressure take throughout the day together with the fermented milk product of ½ or complete small spoon ground cinnamon. Maximum benefit will use this mixture before going to bed.

This recipe is useful to those who want to lose weight. In 200 ml of fermented milk beverage dissolve teaspoon milled spices, place a piece of ginger and a pinch of red pepper.

Another recipe slimming proposes to make a mixture of half spoon cinnamon powder, 200 ml of boiling water and a teaspoon of honey. This composition should be taken twice a day: in the morning (fasting) and at night.

Important! Medicinal mixtures based on cinnamon spice should be used immediately, otherwise they will lose their useful qualities. Consume all cocktails, teas and freshly prepared compositions.

To lose weight or just to strengthen the immune system, it is possible from time to time to make a coffee drink with cinnamon. Seasoning is added at the stage of brewing coffee in Turku. Worth to experience for yourself the beneficial properties of tea with cinnamon powder, cloves and other spices that give the tea a great flavor and makes it more useful for the organism.

Popular and dairy compositions with cinnamon. Such therapeutic mixture are simple to prepare. Warm milk with cinnamon powder will be warmed and lead to normal metabolism, eliminate causes colds, provide protection against harmful microorganisms.

Extremely useful and drink made from apples and cinnamon spice. Cut the apple with the peel into small pieces, put in a bowl stick spices and pour a liter of filtered water. Put the mixture into the cold and let it stand for about two hours. The tool body will result in tone and will lose weight.

Apply cinnamon spice and can be in a different form. Many housewives add it to cooked dishes or in cosmetics, positively influencing the condition of the hair and skin, improving blood circulation.

We recommend to try the cinnamon combine with other spices. For example, very popular prescription serving cinnamon powder mix with chicory. Useful and tea with cinnamon and cloves: warming drink tones up the body and helps fight colds.

It possesses useful properties and essential oil of cinnamon, favorably affecting the respiratory, nervous and cardiovascular systems. On the basis of this oil makes inhalation, warming ointments, bath, improve skin condition and curls, balms mask.

Correctly using cinnamon powder, can improve the health and appearance. The healing qualities of cinnamon and its unique chemical composition found not only folk but also traditional medicine.

Questions and answers

Cinnamon affects the blood sugar level?

Useful spices cinnamic effect on the body for such a disease as diabetes mellitus (type 2 disease) is to normalize the amount of sugar in blood.

It has this property, and cassia, as it is called, "fake" cinnamon spice, a substance containing a polyphenol.

This component acts like insulin mimicking hormone produced by the pancreas, and improve the absorption of sugar.

To obtain a positive effect should be added to cinnamon in food every day. The daily dose is ½ small spoon.

What kind of cinnamon is the most useful?

All kinds of cinnamon contain large amounts of nutrients, but for therapeutic purposes the most used kind of Ceylon - this grade is considered the best.

How useful cinnamon hair?

Cosmetics containing this product, help to strengthen hair follicles, making hair less brittle, reduced loss and is saturated with vitamins, accelerate growth and refreshing natural Colour. With proper use of cinnamon can even lighten hair.

Can I include cinnamon in the diet of children?

Nutrients, which is rich in cinnamon powder, will benefit and the child's body, but it should control the dosage and take into account the age of the baby. There is an opinion that children's diet this spice in small amounts can be included with eight months. Spice is added to the usual dishes. But experts recommend to wait at least two years.

Rich in vitamins and medicinal qualities make cinnamon spice popular product - the spice is available. To learn to apply the cinnamon powder, you can strengthen the immune system and prevent the emergence of a variety of diseases.

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Cinnamon benefits and harms to the body

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Cinnamon - known around the spice world, created from dried and treated in a special way, of bark tree of the genus Cinnamomum of the family laurel.

types of cinnamon

More often than not, this ingredient can be found in the form of a hammer or as a tube of dried leaves. Cinnamon is grown and produced everywhere, but the best is considered a spice with Sri Lanka. Chinese and Malabar cinnamon is also common, well known and Cinnamon.

The above ingredient is widely used in cooking a variety of foods, cereals, chocolate, bakery products, liquors, meat and canning.

Pomace oil of cinnamon leaves is used in perfumes, cosmetics and medicine - it's cold medicines, ointments, perfumes and so on.

The composition of spices coming off a lot of various elements, the most famous of which - iron, manganese, phosphorus, calcium and essential oils.

The freshness of the above product determined by the flavor - than it is thicker and stronger, the better. Keep Cinnamon is recommended in a dry and dark place in an airtight packaging, so it does not erode.

Useful properties of cinnamon to the body

Useful properties of cinnamon has long been confirmed by numerous studies, as the ancient scholars and modern physicians from around the world.

Cinnamon for weight loss

The foregoing seasoning widely used in the process of losing weight. In particular, the composition includes cinnamon fibers, activating the bowels and help overcome constipation. In addition, the wonderful aroma of juicy spices helps to ease the craving for food and calms the nervous system, protecting it from stress and overeating.

In addition, the aforesaid means normalizes the digestive tract, and induces the processes of digestion of sugars in the body and their transformation into usable glucose.

Recipes with cinnamon for weight loss

Basic recipes for weight loss Cinnamon:

• Add a cup of yogurt a little pinch of cinnamon, stir the solution thoroughly and drink it on an empty stomach, three times a day for one glass of funds.
• Add the teapot 1 tsp cinnamon, good brew compre it with black or green tea and drink throughout the day.
• In a cup of strong coffee, add 2 grams of cinnamon, mix and consume like a normal drink.
• Add cinnamon to your favorite dishes can be quite a bit less than ¼ tsp per serving.
• If you have no skin lesions, no dermatitis, tumors and varicose veins, you can make hot honey wrap with cinnamon. Take 100 grams of honey, ½ cinnamon, mix thoroughly and apply a thin layer on the film, and then wrap the problematic place for one hour.

Cinnamon for diseases

The best-known therapeutic benefit of cinnamon is in three main active component of the spice - tsinnamiletsetate, brown aldehydes and alcohols. Their natural combination allows you to effectively deal with blood clots and high cholesterol in the blood.

Ingredient widely used in the treatment of diabetes and atherosclerosis - in the first case effectively splitting the excess sugar and reducing the susceptibility of insulin injections, and the second - reducing stocks cholesterol.

Cinnamon effective against liver disease and choleretic system because it has a pronounced choleretic effect and systemic antifungal, antibacterial and antiparasitic properties. Additionally, cinnamon activates a large number of receptors, normalize brain function, olfaction and enhances visual perception due to the presence in the composition of magnesium, calcium and iron.

Cinnamon in perfumery

In perfumes, often use cinnamon oil obtained by direct extraction of the corresponding tree leaves. Spicy flavor adds a special perfume oriental fragrance and antibacterial ingredients perform well in ointments and creams.

Harm and contraindications cinnamon

Every medal has two sides. Cinnamon may have a negative impact on health, but only if a certain circumstance, especially in overdose.

If you use more than one tablespoon of herbs per day, all of the potential benefits literally crossed out the phenomenon of accumulation in the body of coumarin.

At high doses of coumarin may cause hepatitis liver provoke migraine, as well as to induce uterine contractions, which is dangerous for pregnant women.

It is recommended to choose the Ceylon cinnamon is production - and other Chinese counterparts are not so useful, at least pronounced in taste context and contain ten times more coumarin than Ceylon classic spice.

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Cinnamon - a description of the spices that are useful properties and applications

The article discusses the cinnamon. You will learn how to grow Cinnamomum, and where to buy a fragrant spice. We'll show you how to make spice to treat colds, lower blood sugar and blood pressure. Following our advice, you will learn how to prepare a mask for the skin and hair on the basis of cinnamon at home.

Ceylon cinnamon is Cinnamomum or - an evergreen tree of the family laurel (lat. Lauraceae). Latin name - Cinnamomum verum. Cinnamon real or kinamon - is the dried part of the cortex, which is used as a condiment.

Ceylon cinnamon is also known as the tree grows in Western India and the island of Sri Lanka. The plant prefers moist tropical and subtropical climate.

For the production of this spice is used only the inner layer of the bark of young shoots. They are dried in the sun and rolled into a tube. The spice has a distinctive smell of cinnamon.

How to distinguish cinnamon from cassia

True cinnamon is often confused with cassia. This tree is cultivated in Indonesia, China and Vietnam. Seven years from the bark of trees obtained spice-like cinnamon. For its production using the bark of the whole, so the output tubes are more thick.

The light on the left - a cinnamon dark right - this is cassia.

This cinnamon has a delicate aroma and a sweet, slightly pungent taste. The thickness of the dried bark is 1-2 mm. Spice has a rich composition which obesechivaet high curative effect.

Cassia less aroma, has a sharp taste. The wall thickness of the tube - from 3 to 10 mm. A characteristic feature of Chinese herbs is grainy on a break, and a reddish-brown color, so it is called red cinnamon. When infusion of real spice does not produce mucus.

In the photo shows how different in appearance Cassia and Ceylon cinnamon.

How to distinguish a fake

The features of this cinnamon:

• Appearance - cinnamon sticks present are tight, in appearance resemble papyrus;
• Structure - cinnamon sticks thin and fragile unlike cassia;
• color - true cinnamon is light brown, cassia - darker, to reddish brown;
• price - Ceylon cinnamon is much more expensive fakes;
• marking - Natural Cinnamon: Cinnamomum zeylonicum, cassia: Cinnamomum aromaticum.

Cinnamon useful properties and contraindications

Since ancient times, cinnamon is used in medicine as a remedy for colds, hypertension and diabetes. It is widely used in cooking and perfumes for an unusual pleasant aroma. Let's see what useful cinnamon.

This famous spice has a characteristic flavor which uplifting and possesses antidepressant properties. Cinnamon stimulates joy hormone and brain activity.

Spice useful in diabetes. Regular consumption of spices reduces blood sugar levels and promotes cell renewal. Cinnamon increasingly used in type 2 diabetes.

Spice used in hypertension. It normalizes blood circulation, lowers blood pressure, purifies the blood vessels. Cinnamon helps to recover after a stroke eliminates the tremors in the limbs.

The spice is good for the stomach and the liver. It normalizes digestion, stimulates the appetite and brings cholesterol.

Recipes with cinnamon is used for weight loss. Spice improves metabolism, normalize liver and gall bladder, cleaves fat and prevents its deposition.

Cinnamon and honey effectively helps with colds and flu. Agent has an antibacterial effect, eliminates the symptoms of the disease, but it is not recommended to apply a high body temperature.

The spice is equally beneficial for men and women. Pleasant fragrance is used as an aphrodisiac. It enhances the attraction, uplifting and energizes.

In spite of the extensive list of useful properties, cinnamon has a number of limitations to the use. The spice is not safe for women in the first trimester of pregnancy. It causes contractions of the uterus that can cause miscarriage.

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Contraindications to the use of cinnamon:

• high body temperature;
• low blood clotting;
• renal and hepatic insufficiency;
• gastric hyperacidity;
• idiosyncrasy.

Cinnamon benefits and harms

Benefits and harms of health lies in the composition of cinnamon. It contains coumarin, which in overdose causes severe headaches, dizziness and liver malfunction. Failure to comply with cinnamon consumption rates there is a strong nervous excitement. Doctors recommend consuming no more than ½ teaspoon per day.

How to make cinnamon

As we have said, it is necessary to monitor the rate of consumption of cinnamon. For example, for preschool 4 cinnamon cookies may provoke side effects as dizziness and abdominal pain. For a child of school age, the dose is 6 pieces, and adult - 8.

In diabetes

Cinnamon is particularly useful for patients with diabetes type 2, when not needed supplementation of insulin. According to research by American scientists, spice lowers blood sugar levels by 25-30%.

Specific instructions on the use spices there. You just need to not exceed the daily rate. Spice is added to the main dishes, sauces and desserts. Often cinnamon combine with coffee, tea and other drinks.

the pressure

Cinnamon is used for normalization of the cardiovascular system. It lowers blood pressure and strengthens blood vessels. Spice use in combination with yogurt, tea, honey and in pure form, it brewing water. Drink drink 2-3 times a day, taking into account the daily rate of consumption of spices. The treatment course lasts up to 2 weeks.

from cold

For colds helps cinnamon with honey.

Ingredients:

1. Honey - 1 tbsp
2. Cinnamon - ½ teaspoon

How to cook: Mix the ingredients.

How to use: The resulting mixture was take fasting.

Result: Means relieves pain in the throat, has antimicrobial action, and strengthens the immune system. The recipe used for sore throat, bronchitis, acute respiratory viral infection.

Cinnamon for weight loss

Cinnamon is used for weight loss. It is added to the low-calorie foods and drinks that improve metabolism, fat is digested for a long time and provide satiety.

The spice is used externally. Oil of cinnamon added to the anti-cellulite creams, bath and means for wrapping.

Yogurt with cinnamon for weight loss

Cinnamon with yogurt - effective way to lose weight without fasting. This cocktail improves metabolism, prevents deposition of fat, and the sensation of hunger.

Nutritious drink can partly replace meals. Reviews of doctors and nutritionists say that most effectively lose weight people who replaced the dinner drink or used it an hour after the meal.

Ingredients:

1. cinnamon powder - 1 tsp.
2. Kefir - 250 ml.
3. Ground ginger - ⅓ tsp.
4. Red pepper - on the tip of a knife.

How to cook: Whisk the yogurt in a blender and add the mixed dry ingredients.

How to use: Drink 1 glass cocktail for 20-30 minutes before meals. Portions of food at the same time should be reduced. The recipe is not suitable for people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Result: Drink long leaves a feeling of satiety, it promotes weight loss. The first results are visible after a week of use. A month goes by 4 kg of excess weight.

Cinnamon and honey for weight loss

Honey strengthens the beneficial properties of cinnamon, so they are often combined together. These products were purified and normalize body digestion. A mixture of honey from spice outputs toxins, eliminates the fungi and parasites. Judging by the reviews, visible weight loss results appear after 1-2 weeks of use of funds.

Infusion of cinnamon and honey

Ingredients:

1. Cinnamon - 3 gr.
2. Lemon - ½ units.
3. Ginger - ½ tsp.
4. Honey - 1 tsp.
5. Water - 100 ml.

How to cook: Cool the boiled water to 50 degrees, add ginger and cinnamon and stir. Cover with a lid, to warm a towel, let it brew for half an hour. Squeeze the lemon juice, mix with honey and add to the infusion.

How to use: Take on an empty stomach means ½ cup.

Result: Reviews lost weight say that the infusion of long retains a sense of satiety. The first results are visible within a week of application.

Water with cinnamon and honey

For preparing the beverage with cinnamon and honey water is used, a temperature not higher than 50 degrees. Under the influence of the higher temperature of bee product loses useful properties. Reviews dieters say that the drink helps to quickly lose weight.

Ingredients:

1. Water - 250 ml.
2. Cinnamon - 7 t.
3. Honey - 20 gr.

How to cook: Boil water, let it cool a little and add the cinnamon. Cover and let stand for half an hour. The warm liquid, place the honey and stir.

How to use: Take ½ cup 2 times a day: in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening, half an hour before bedtime. receiving rate - from 2 to 8 weeks.

Result: Drink normalizes digestion, removes from the body toxins, prevents deposition of fat.

Cinnamon Face

Cinnamon is often used in cosmetics - is added to the face mask. The spice stimulates blood circulation, improves cell nutrition, imbues them with vitamins. After treatment the skin may be a little blush. Reaction quickly.

Cinnamon rejuvenates, tightens and purifies the skin. Saturated composition improves the general condition of the epidermis, making it more elastic and radiant. Spice has an antibacterial effect, so it is based on a mask used for problem skin.

The mask for acne

Ingredients:

1. lemon juice - ½ tsp.
2. Honey - 1 tablespoon.
3. Cinnamon - ½ tsp.

How to cook: Rub the honey and cinnamon until smooth, add the lemon juice and stir.

How to use: Apply the mask on clean face for 15-20 minutes. After the procedure, wash with warm water. The tool can be used 1-2 times a week.

Result: Mask effectively removes pimples and acne. Disinfects the skin, making it soft and elastic.

Body Cinnamon

Cinnamon is useful not only for the skin but also the body. It disinfects, heals, nourishes, hydrates and tightens the epidermis. Spice is added to the masks, scrubs, wraps and mix for cellulite.

Scrub with cinnamon

Ingredients:

1. Milk - 4 tablespoons.
2. Oatmeal - 3 tbsp.
3. Cinnamon - 5 gr.
4. Almond oil - 5 ml.

How to cook: Pour the hot milk oat flakes, cover and let sit for 7-10 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and mix.

How to use: Apply scrub to skin and massage movements spread throughout the body. Pay special attention to problem areas.

Result: Scrub eliminates body fat, increases blood circulation and cleanses the skin from dead cells.

Cinnamon Hair

Cinnamon is used not only for the skin but also the hair. It is added to the finished cosmetic or homemade mask for the care of curls. Spice strengthens and restores hair structure, prevents hair loss.

Hair mask with cinnamon

Due to the saturated mask composition based on cinnamon suitable for all hair types. Combined with aloe spice reduces oiliness of the scalp. Cinnamon mixture with vegetable oils suitable for the dry type.

Mask for hair growth

Ingredients:

1. Onion - 1 pc.
2. Garlic - 4 cloves.
3. Honey - 1 tsp.
4. Cinnamon - 10 gr.

How to cook: Rub the onion and garlic on a grater, or use a blender, connect with the other ingredients and mix.

How to use: Rub the mask into the hair roots, to warm towel and hold for half an hour. After the procedure, wash your hair twice with shampoo.

Result: Mask enhances scalp circulation, stimulates hair growth.

Repairing mask

Ingredients:

1. Cinnamon - 3 tbsp.
2. Macadamia oil - 5 ml.
3. Coconut oil - 5 ml.
4. Honey - 3 tbsp.

How to cook: Melt the coconut oil, add honey, cinnamon and macadamia oil, mix well.

How to use: Apply the mask to dry hair, cover film, to warm towel. Half an hour later the mixture was wash with warm water and shampoo.

Result: The mask moisturizes and smoothes hair, adds shine.

Lightening hair cinnamon

Cinnamon is used to lighten the locks, to this end, it is added to shampoos, conditioners and masks. Funds are distributed along the entire length, avoiding the scalp and the root area. The regular use of cinnamon makes the hair 1-2 shades lighter. Below are reviews of the use of cinnamon to lighten hair.

Elena, 25 years old

All my life I was the owner of dark hair. I wanted to change the image, but to resort to chemical paints did not. Read in the Internet that cinnamon and honey lighten hair. Twice a week, I make a mask based on them, and the result will not take long! In the photo of my hair before and after clarification procedure using cinnamon.

Maria, 39 years old

With age, hair color began to fade, a friend advised mask recipe based on cinnamon at home. After its use became more elastic locks acquired a healthy shine and became lighter in tone pair.

Can I pregnant cinnamon

Cinnamon is useful for the body of the future mother, if no abnormalities during pregnancy. The spice enhances immunity, has an antiseptic effect and normalizes the gastrointestinal tract. Despite this, it should not be used during the first trimester, as spice can cause uterine contractions.

During breastfeeding should eat cinnamon 4 months after birth. Enter the spice in the diet at GW should be very careful not to cause an allergic reaction in the child.

Where to buy cinnamon

True Ceylon cinnamon is sold in the grocery store and most supermarkets. Spice can be ordered in the online store. On the packaging of natural cinnamon Cinnamomum zeylonicum must be labeling and country of origin - Sri Lanka.

The price of 100 grams. Ceylon cinnamon sticks is about 600 rubles. The ground spice is worth 1000 rubles for the same weight.

Most pharmacies can buy essential oil of cinnamon. The cost of 10 ml of product is 100 rubles.

remember that

1. Cinnamon is widely used in folk medicine, cooking and perfumes.
2. Spice strengthens the immune system, reduces the level of sugar in the blood, removes cholesterol, toxins.
3. Spice is used for skin care and hair care.

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