Low Carb Cinnamon Bread

When you think of low carbohydrate diet foods, cinnamon bread is not always the first that comes to mind. Bread itself is rarely the first on the list of low carb foods. However, with low carb interest at all-time highs, the benefits and comfort of familiar foods continue to spur efforts to make formerly high carb treats into bona fide low carb foods.

The Basic Idea

According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, low carb experiments as early as 1980 revealed that dieters were able to significantly reduce calorie-intake not so much from actual calorie cutting as from simply reducing sugar and starch consumption. The resulting decreased appetite supported the idea that fats and proteins were the main players in controlling hunger. Yet low carb diets' emphasis on animal proteins and fats caused some scientific concern about heart disease, but research out of Harvard University, reported by Nutra Ingredients, supports low carb diets for heart health as long as phytonutrient-rich vegetables are included.

Low Carb Cinnamon Bread

Depending on your personal tastes, finding palatable low carb foods may require a little work. Keeping low-carb breads nearby sometimes helps you stick to the regimen, and if you love cinnamon bread, explore your options. Highly nutritious low carb cinnamon breads can be made with meal from seeds such as sesame, sunflower and flax seeds and low carbohydrate flours from soy, almond and bran.

A Representative Low Carb Cinnamon Bread Recipe

Low Carb Friends presents a low carb cinnamon bread recipe including 1/4 c soy flour and six eggs --- so you can guess that this recipe is going to be high in protein as well as low in carbohydrates. The other ingredients --- cinnamon, salt, baking powder, sugar substitute, water, butter extract and cream of tartar --- contribute negligible carbs. Indeed, the entire recipe, for four small loaves or 32 slices, contains only 22 g carbohydrate total, meaning each slice has fewer than 1.5 g carbs. The full recipe also has 495 calories, 40 g protein and 31 g fat.

Cinnamon Rolls

"Low Carb Luxury" says it all. Its Cinnamon Pecan Rolls recipe refutes all doubts that Cinnamon Pecan Rolls could ever be rendered low carb. However, its recipe requires pre-packaged specialty foods, such as Ketogenics' Bread Mix. Instead of relying on brands, you could make your own cinnamon pecan rolls by preparing the Low Carb Friends' recipe, rolling the four portions flat, sprinkle with a mixture of beaten eggs, cinnamon and a sugar substitute and forming into loaves for baking.

Low Carbohydrate Blood-Glucose Control

One benefit of low-carb diets is that they encourage favorable blood-glucose levels, according to the AJCN. The low levels of carbohydrate help reduce "sugar highs" that often follow high carb, low protein, low fat meals or snacks. Furthermore, cinnamon itself has exhibited blood-glucose regulatory effects; the American Diabetes Association describes cinnamon's effects as small but does not discount the spice's potential.