Reduce your belly fats using cinnamon

In this modern society where we are always busy with work as well as lazy to exercise, many cling to miracle natural food like cinnamon in order to lose weight and maintain a healthy body.

Regardless of the benefits of any miracle products stated on labels, a balanced diet and exercise is the best way. Don't believe everything as well as people on advertisement recommending them. These are really gimmicks and tricks to attract consumers like us.

Overnight miracle is more like fairy and even there is any, it may cause more harm than benefit. Nevertheless, there are some weight loss products that can help assist you to lose weight but the effect may differ for individual.

You can see lots of youtube videos talking about Cinnamon and how they used them to lose weight but the results may differ actually.

Let’s head straight to some of the benefits of Cinnamon that I found from readings but you should do your own research to further confirm its benefits and side effects.

Control appetite

One of the challenges when we faced when on a diet is our appetite for food. It can slow down the digestion of food into your stomach. It helps you to feel full for a longer period of time. Cinnamon has some sweetness that can help to alleviate your sweet craving. It can help when you are tempted for sweet stuff and use it as a replacement.

Increase metabolism rate

The ability to alter the metabolism of only sugar as well as carbohydrates. It helps your body to use your carbohydrate storage more effectively so that they do not turn into excess fat. It allows you to burn more calories.

Burn belly fat

It can impact belly fat more than other parts of your body. Belly fat is actually the most dangerous type of fat as it near your vital organs. Reduce of belly fat is good for you in long term.

Controls insulin
Insulin is the chemical that helps our body to regulate blood sugar. Diabetic patient needs to maintain a healthy blood sugar level, too high or too low can be dangerous for them. High blood sugar cause excess fat to be stored, making it harder for people to lose weight. Cinnamon helps to regulate it so that excess fat does not build up easily. It can also directly act on the blood sugar itself causing a reduce of blood sugar.

Decrease LDL cholesterol
It can help to reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol based on research studies. When given cinnamon to diabetic patients in a study, it showed lower LDL among other weight loss indicators like BMI during the study period.

Anti-Clotting
It has anti-clotting ability. It comes from the substance called cinnamaldehyde. This stops unwanted clumping of blood platelet.

Antioxidants
It is a very good antioxidant. It beats out chemical antioxidants and most other natural spices in some research studies. It can help to prevent the growth of bacteria and fungus.

Memory enhancement
One of the scientific research had indicated that it may be able to enhance our cognitive processes. The research shows that multiple parts of the brain were enhanced, resulting in an overall better memory.

Where to use cinnamon
Here are some possible ways to use it:-

1. Add to your tea or coffee in the morning
2. Add into fruit juice
3. Sprinkle on your oatmeal, cereal, cake, pastries etc
4. Use cinnamon tablet
5. Mix it with honey and water
6. Mix into butters, yogurt or cheese in your daily meals
7. Sprinkle on ice cream when you want to control sugar intake to body

Cinnamon is just an assistance to your weight loss and can be integrated into your daily diet easily. A balanced diet and exercise program is still the best weight loss method to maintain your weight for long term.

Important to note:

There is more than one type of cinnamon. Most supermarket will sell Cassia Cinnamon (some consider them as fake cinnamon) which is cheaper but with more side effects. Ceylon Cinnamon (true cinnamon) has more benefit is more expensive but no much side effect.

While eating small to moderate amounts of Cassia Cinnamon is safe, eating too much may cause side effects. It contains high amounts of coumarin, which has been linked to conditions like liver damage and cancer.

Ceylon Cinnamon only has minute amount of coumarin and can be consumed in larger amounts more safely.
Cassia cinnamon can be taken up to one teaspoon (estimated around 0.5 to 2 grams) while Ceylon Cinnamon up to two and a half teaspoons (estimated around 5 grams) each day.

In a nutshell, it is a healthy product that is safe to eat in moderate amount. Having a small amount of daily intake is more than enough to provide you with its health benefits and diet purposes.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or health adviser. You should do your own research on cinnamon and its side effects. I will not be responsible for any health issue as the effects of cinnamon can differ for different people. Remember not to risk your health due to lack of your own further research and testing whether your body is suitable for it. All photographs used are taken from google image under the labeled for reused. They are free from copyright issue.