Monday, December 3, 2007

Cinnamon!



... is all the rage, right now. Tres Chic in the health food industry.

Cinnamon helps control your blood sugar, which influences your risk of heart disease. In fact, USDA researchers found that people with type-2 diabetes who consumed 1 g of cinnamon a day for 6 weeks (about 1/4 teaspoon each day) significantly reduced not only their blood sugar but also their triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol. Credit the spice's active ingredients, methylhydroxychalcone polymers, which increase your cells' ability to metabolize sugar by up to 20 times. Men's Health


Delicious on: Irish Steel Cut Oats (slow cooking) w/ apples and toasted walnuts, baked apples, etc. I always load up on the cinnamon in recipes. Delicious & now we know: Nutritious, too!

PS nothing like some Goldschlager or liquid cocaine (Jager, Goldie and 151?? shit, I'm in!) to get you that cinna-buzz.