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7. Lowers Cholesterol Levels
Studies have shown that cinnamon can lower the LDL cholesterol (bad) levels in the body while leaving the good HDL cholesterol levels untouched. This makes cinnamon your new friend when it comes to fighting high cholesterol. Over long periods of time, cholesterol can lead to serious health problems such as stroke and heart attack. Cinnamon may only reduce your cholesterol levels somewhat. You might also need to make dietary and lifestyle changes. Talk to your doctor about using cinnamon as a part of your overall routine to lower your cholesterol levels to healthy levels.
8. Improves Sensitivity to Insulin
Insulin is key to regulating not only our energy usage, but our metabolism as well. Insulin is what moves sugar from the blood and into our cells. Unfortunately, modern day diets cause many people to become resistant to the effects of insulin. This condition, known as insulin resistance, is a serious condition, leading to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Cinnamon can reduce your resistance to insulin, which can prevent you from developing diabetes. Cinnamon can allow insulin to do the job it was intended to do.
9. Lowers Blood Sugar Levels
As you just read in the previous point, cinnamon can help you from developing diabetes by improving your insulin receptors. By doing this, cinnamon will lower blood sugar levels. It does this by interrupting several digestive enzymes, which will slow down the digestive process when it comes to carbs, limiting the amount of sugar that enters the blood at one time. Cinnamon also imitates insulin, which can improve the glucose uptake by your cells. Although it acts much slower than real insulin, it still can go a long way towards helping lower blood sugar levels, something important for diabetics. There have been numerous studies done with humans showing that cinnamon can lower fasting blood sugar levels by as much as 29 percent. The typical effective dose is between one half and two teaspoons each day. Talk to your doctor if cinnamon might be right for you and what the proper dosage might be.
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