Cinnamon Anyone

Coffee shops this days serves a cinnamon roll or a cinnamon flavored coffee... do you know what benefits you can have by having a cinnamon a day?

Here's the history of Cinnamon

Cinnamon has been known from remote antiquity. The Old Testament makes specific mention of the spice many times: first when Moses is commanded to use both sweet cinnamon and cassia in the holy anointing oil;  in Proverbs where the lover's bed is perfumed with myrrh, aloe and cinnamon.; and in Song of Solomon, a song describing the beauty of his beloved, cinnamon scents her garments like the smell of Lebanon. It was so highly prized among ancient nations that it was regarded as a gift fit for monarchs and even for a god: a fine inscription records the gift of cinnamon and cassia to the temple of Apollo at Miletus. Though its source was kept mysterious in the Mediterranean world for centuries by the middlemen who handled the spice trade, to protect their monopoly as suppliers, cinnamon is native to Sri Lanka. It was imported to Egypt as early as 2000 BC, but those who report that it had come from China confuse it with cassia.  It is also alluded to by Herodotus  and other classical writers. It was too expensive to be commonly used on funeral pyres in Rome, but the Emperor Nero is said to have burned a year's worth of the city's supply at the funeral for his wife Poppaea Sabina in A.D.  65... read more> Cinnamon-Wikipedia

Benefits from cinnamon:

• may have a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people with Type 2 diabetes.
• cinnamon reduced the proliferation of leukemia and lymphoma  cancer cells (U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland)
• smelling cinnamon boosts cognitive function and memory
• cinnamon fights the E. coli bacteria in unpasteurized juices
• great source of manganese, fiber, iron, and calcium
• 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon per day can lower LDL cholesterol
• half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder with one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast had significant relief in arthritis
• anti-clotting effect on the blood
• natural food preservative when added to food

So guys, grab a cinnamon now and enjoy it with your favorite meal... just don't be stupid to inhale the powdered cinnamon just to sharpen your memory :P

link: Eat This! or you can find this also in  World's Healthiest Foods