In this heart healthy, health benefits of cinnamon video, you’ll learn some important holistic herbalism facts about this very heart healthy food, cinnamon. This common spice can be used as one of your regular home remedies. It’s also one of the truly effective heart healthy herbs for reducing numerous cardiovascular risk factors. When used in this way, cinnamon becomes a form of preventative medicine. It can also be beneficial as an herbal medicine, or natural health herbal supplement used for holistic treatment for people who’re dealing with various cardiovascular diseases and conditions. You can benefit from cinnamon, which is one of the very best heart healthy foods there is, by drinking some yummy cinnamon coffee, or you can drink cinnamon tea made by using the special cinnamon tea recipe I’m going to share with you later in this video. For a real yummy treat you’ll be able to make some cinnamon milk tea as a variation of my recipe too.
There is more than one type of cinnamon. It's generally understood that Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum Verum) or True Cinnamon which is native to Sri Lanka, is the safest and most beneficial form of it. However, the most common form that is found for sale in stores as cinnamon powder spice or cinnamon sticks is Cassia Cinnamon (Cinnamomum Cassia / Cinnamomum Aromaticum), which is also known as Chinese Cinnamon.
This form of cinnamon has far larger amounts of a substance known as Coumarin in it which is known to be toxic if too much is ingested. And can cause liver damage and other problems. So for use as a heart healthy food, home remedy, herbal supplement or preventative medicine where you’ll be ingesting a lot of cinnamon, you should only use the Ceylon or True Cinnamon type.
Scientific studies have shown cinnamon to be beneficial for heart health. Both types of cinnamon have been studied, although the more common Cassia type has been studied somewhat more frequently. One study stated that cinnamon has the beneficial components, cinna-mal-dehyde, cinnamic acid, cinna-mate and poly-phenols such as Cinnamaldehyde / Cinnamic Acid / Cinnamate / Polyphenols. It also has anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-microbial and anti-cancer effects.
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Other studies have shown cinnamon has the ability to down-regulate high blood pressure in diabetics.
Another study found that cinnamon reduced fasting blood glucose in diabetics. Maintaining proper blood sugar levels is also important to your heart health.
Yet another study found that cinnamon significantly reduced blood triglycerides and total cholesterol concentrations. This effect is highly beneficial to your heart health.
One exciting study did a review of the existing scientific literature and found 70 studies on Ceylon or True Cinnamon alone. They summarized the benefits these studies had cited.
For the athletes watching this video at least one study found that cinnamon and ginger both helped reduce inflammation and muscle soreness after hard workouts in Iranian females.
For the women in my audience cinnamon has been shown in studies to have benefits in dealing with menstrual pain and cramps too!
Watch this video to learn about various to get the benefits of cinnamon and to make some cinnamon home remedies and about the potential side effects of cinnamon.
It’s also important to be aware that using cinnamon in any form should not be considered a replacement for seeing a trained and licensed doctor or health care practitioner if you have a medical condition.
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