Cinnamon is usually paired with high-fat, sugars foods, for example, cinnamon buns and cinnamon raisin bread. On its own, however, cinnamon has many health benefits, such as fat loss and lowering cholesterol. Visceral fat that surrounds major organs such as the liver promotes diabetes and heart disease. According to Dr. Andrew Greenberg, director of the obesity metabolism laboratory at Tufts University, "a 40-day study, of 60 people in Pakistan with Type 2 diabetes, found that one gram a day of cinnamon -- 1/4 tsp. twice daily -- lowered the subjects' blood sugar, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol."
How to Drop Fat & Cholesterol With Cinnamon
Step 1
Boil one cup of water using a kettle or top of the stove.
Step 2
Mix 1/2 tsp. cinnamon into the boiling cup of water. Allow the cinnamon to steep for approximately half an hour.
Step 3
Filter the mixture into another cup to using a strainer to remove undissolved cinnamon particles.
Step 4
Drink half of the mixture before breakfast and drink the other after dinner, before bed. Refrigerate the second serving or keep it at room temperature. Do not reheat the mixture.
Tips and Warnings
- Combine this cinnamon drink with a balanced diet and exercise program to increase the benefits.
- In high doses, cinnamon is believed to be toxic, according to Richard Anderson, a researcher at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Maryland, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Stay within the guidelines of 1/2 tsp. daily.
Things You'll Need
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- Strainer
