Honey with cinnamon, a panacea?
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It is one of the remedies that keeps popping up on health forums and natural medicine sites: honey with cinnamon. It is recommended to make pasta, to dissolve it in water, or to simply eat it in its pure form. The combination could help against inflammation, heart disease, joint problems and obesity.
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It is one of the remedies that keeps popping up on health forums and sites about natural remedies: honey with cinnamon. It is recommended to make pasta, to dissolve it in water, or to simply eat it in its pure form. The combination could help against inflammation, heart disease, joint problems and obesity.
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How much of those claims have been scientifically proven, how much has become especially clear from centuries of experience, and how much is simply exaggerated? We've listed it for you.
Is honey healthy?
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It is often said that honey is very healthy. Unfortunately, we have to make some comments. Indeed, it is true that honey contains several vitamins and minerals: vitamin C, magnesium and potassium, for example. Honey also contains antioxidants. However, that doesn't mean it doesn't have any drawbacks!
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It is also often said that honey is very healthy. Unfortunately, we have to make some comments. Indeed, it is true that honey contains several vitamins and minerals: vitamin C, magnesium and potassium, for example. Honey also contains antioxidants. However, that doesn't mean it doesn't have any drawbacks!
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The main problem with honey is that, however natural, it is still just sugar. The glucose and fructose molecules hardly differ from those in regular granulated sugar, and honey does not contain more fiber either. Small amounts, as always, don't do that much harm - but eating large portions of honey still has the same drawbacks as sugar.
Benefits of honey
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So are the benefits of honey great enough to justify those small portions? That's a question that you will find many answers to - but unfortunately some of them are pure nonsense. Honey is said to have the most wonderful properties, and not all of them are supported by science.
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Nevertheless, honey is certainly very interesting as a medicine in one respect: it has a strong antibiotic effect. Dutch researchers have discovered, for example, that under certain circumstances honey even offers protection against bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. As a result, honey can accelerate the healing of wounds, and the skin even regenerates burns better when treated with honey.
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Nevertheless, honey is certainly very interesting as a medicine in one respect: it has a strong antibiotic effect. Dutch researchers have discovered, for example, that under certain conditions honey even offers protection against bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. As a result, honey can accelerate the healing of wounds, and the skin even regenerates burns better when treated with honey.
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Is cinnamon healthy?
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Cinnamon is a spice that regularly appears in lists of healthy spices. Not for nothing, because in addition to a wonderfully warm taste, it indeed has many advantages to offer. Cinnamon contains many different vitamins, especially A, B2, B6 and C. It is also rich in minerals such as calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium and zinc.
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Cinnamon is also rich in antioxidants and thus counteracts cell damage caused by free radicals. Of course you should keep in mind that this spice is usually used in small quantities: you will not get your daily iron needs with it. Yet it is certainly true with the antioxidants that every little bit helps.
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Cinnamon is also rich in antioxidants and thus counteracts cell damage caused by free radicals. Of course, you should keep in mind that this spice is usually used in small amounts: you will not get your daily iron requirement with it. Yet it is certainly true with the antioxidants that every little bit helps.
Benefits of Cinnamon
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And what about the concrete benefits that cinnamon offers? A lot of research is still being done on this. Although there is not really a clear conclusion yet, it can be said that the benefits of cinnamon are promising! For example, the spice appears to offer protection against fungi, which may make it useful as a medicine against fungal diseases.
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And what about the concrete benefits that cinnamon offers? A lot of research is still being done on this. Although there is not really a clear conclusion yet, it can be said that the benefits of cinnamon are very promising! For example, the spice appears to offer protection against fungi, which may make it useful as a medicine against fungal diseases.
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Eating cinnamon also prevents spikes in blood sugar, which can benefit people with overweight or diabetes. Finally, the scent of cinnamon also appears to have a positive effect: according to scientists, it stimulates brain activity!
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Eating cinnamon also prevents spikes in blood sugar, which can benefit people with overweight or diabetes. Finally, the scent of cinnamon also appears to have a positive effect: according to scientists it stimulates brain activity!
Honey and cinnamon healthy?
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Then we come to the combination of these two substances. Interestingly enough, research suggests that honey and cinnamon reinforce each other in some respects - a case of 1 + 1 = 3, in other words. However, a lot of nonsense is written about this too. What exactly are the benefits of honey and cinnamon? We put them in a clear list for you!
Not a panacea
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Of course it's important to keep in mind that honey and cinnamon are not a panacea. It doesn't automatically burn you fat, and you can't eat it indefinitely, as some sites claim.
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Of course it is important to keep in mind that honey and cinnamon are not a panacea. It doesn't automatically burn you fat, and you can't eat it indefinitely, as some sites claim.
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In addition, it is a very bad idea to rely on honey and cinnamon for serious ailments, as is sometimes suggested online. See the waist more as a helping hand. If it doesn't help, it doesn't hurt either!
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How do you eat honey with cinnamon?
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Finally, the practical side: how do you use honey with cinnamon? A few suggestions:
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One last tip: always choose Ceylon cinnamon if you use it a lot. It contains less coumarin than the cheaper Cassia cinnamon - and coumarin is potentially carcinogenic in large quantities! Of course that doesn't make it any healthier…