Cinnamon has been utilized since 2000 BC in Ancient Egypt when it was highly valued. It was used by doctors in medieval times to alleviate coughing, arthritis, and sore throats.

It is presently the second most popular spice in the United States and Europe, behind black pepper. Cinnamon is offered as a spice in powder or complete bits of bark. Cinnamon essential oil and pills are also available. Cinnamon comes in two varieties: cassia and Ceylon. The nutritional compositions of the two are somewhat different.

According to some research, the chemicals in cinnamon have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antibacterial qualities, and may protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease, among other things. More research is needed, though, to validate cinnamon's advantages. This article will examine the supposed health advantages of several varieties of cinnamon as well as how to include them into one's diet.

 

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Benefits

Fungus infections have improved.

Cinnamon oil may help cure a variety of fungal infections. In a 2016 laboratory study, cinnamon oil was found to be effective against a Candida strain that affects the circulation. This is possibly due to its antimicrobial properties. Cinnamon oil might be utilized to treat this type of disease if the findings of this study are validated.

Changing the blood sugar levels

According to a 2015 study, animal research has revealed that cassia cinnamon can lower blood sugar levels. The study also found that when 60 persons with type 2 diabetes ingested up to 6g of cinnamon per day for 40 days to 4 months, their blood glucose, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol levels were all lower. Another small research looked at the effects of cinnamon, calcium, and zinc on blood pressure control in type 2 diabetic patients. The findings revealed that this therapy had no effect.

 

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Cinnamon has been linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease in animal studies. CE ppt, a cinnamon bark extract, includes characteristics that may help to prevent symptoms from occurring, according to experts. Mice given the extract showed gains in their capacity to think and reason, as well as a reduction in Alzheimer's symptoms like amyloid plaques. If more study verifies its efficacy, this extract, rather than whole cinnamon, might be valuable in the development of Alzheimer's medicines.

 

Treating and healing chronic wounds

Research from 2015 says that scientists have found a way to package antimicrobial compounds from peppermint and cinnamon into tiny capsules that can both kill bacterial biofilms and actively promote healing. In this way, peppermint and cinnamon could become part of a medicine for treating infected wounds.

 

Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease

Various compounds in cinnamon may benefit the cardiovascular system. Cinnamaldehyde, for example, lowered blood pressure in an animal study. In a 2014 study, rats that received long-term treatment involving cinnamon and aerobic training had better heart function than those that did not.

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Chronic wound treatment and healing

Scientists have discovered a technique to compress antimicrobial chemicals from peppermint and cinnamon into small capsules that may both destroy bacterial biofilms and actively promote healing, according to a 2015 study. Peppermint and cinnamon might be used as a medication to heal infected wounds in this way.

 

lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke

Cinnamon contains several chemicals that may be beneficial to the cardiovascular system. In animal research, cinnamaldehyde, for example, reduced blood pressure. In a 2014 research, rats were given long-term cinnamon and aerobic exercise therapy showed improved cardiac function to those who did not.


Multiple sclerosis prevention

Cinnamon has been studied for its ability to treat multiple sclerosis. Researchers fed mice a combination of cinnamon powder and water and conducted tests on them in one trial. Cinnamon appeared to have anti-inflammatory properties in the central nervous system, which included areas of the brain.

Cinnamon therapy also repaired myelin levels in animals with MS, according to researchers. When the myelin layer on nerve cells is destroyed, MS develops.

 

Reducing the negative consequences of high-fat meals

Researchers determined in 2011 that diets heavy in "antioxidant spices," such as cinnamon, may help lessen the body's unfavorable reaction to high-fat meals. Six participants ate foods that included 14 grams of a spice combination. Antioxidant activity rose by 13%, insulin response decreased by 21%, and triglycerides decreased by 31%, according to blood tests.


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