This article is about cinnamon health benefits.
Cinnamon is widely used in Middle East, India and other countries which use spices in their cooking. Cinnamon gives a pleasant aroma when you include it in your cooking. Let it be Briyani rice to vegetable kurma or in Gulab Jamoon syrup in the eastern culture. Cinnamon bread, stix, roll, cake, chocolate and the list goes on in the western culture. According to Indian ancient Ayurveda, cinnamon is used as a remedy and recommended for people with the Kapha Ayurvedic type. You may visit http://www.holisticonline.com or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda to know more on Kapha Ayurvedic type.
There are many websites prescribing the benefits of cinnamon but I am not sure of its effectiveness. I only publish proven benefits in my articles which I personally encountered and belief it will benefit you as well. I have written limited benefits of the cinnamon at the moment and I will write further when I have further justification of cinnamon’s benefit.
Cinnamon acts as a mouth freshener and removes bad breath after eating. Clove is better mouth freshener but not many people can chew and swallow the juice as it produces burning effect when the clove juice is released in mouth. In this circumstance, cinnamon will be a better substitute as a mouth freshener.
In Indian houses, usually they use cinnamon when they cook meat as cinnamon gives good smell and removes the stanch smell of the meat. A vegetarian will not have this issue because almost all the vegetables smell good when they are fresh or cooked. In this circumstance, cinnamon can be added in briyani rice or ghee rice before cooking. Moreover it can be added in any dessert syrup to give a pleasant aroma.
A pinch of cinnamon powder with honey can help you when you are down with cold. Both have the qualities in reducing cold. I usually take 1 tablespoon honey which is already mixed with spices and it helps to reduce cold.
Use cinnamon in appropriate portion to enjoy a healthy life.
