Cinnamon in your oats
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Cinnamon in your oats - a teaspoon full. SUPERB.<br />
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that is your handy healthy food hint for the day, carry on. -
Hmmmm may give that a try.<br />
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Any good health properties of cinnamon that you know of? -
yes, food guru said as fat burning properties and does some other shit that is good for you too - but typical me, I was not listening properly!!
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Amen to cinnamon. <br />
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For a while now I've been having a half cup of low fat cottage cheese with ground cinnamon and a few blueberries on top. Good snack -
also on top of roast cauliflower apparently -= have not tried that one though!!!
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I noticed this thread because thats what I have been having before heading up the mountain for a day's boarding. About 3/4 cup of rolled oats, teaspoon cinnamon, a whole banana, a squirt of honey and milk all thrown in the blender until smooth. I can go for hours on that.<br />
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The cinnamon seems to get your circulation going well. -
[URL="http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/10-health-benefits-of-cinnamon.html"]google says:[/URL]<br />
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some studies (ymmv) indicated cinnamon helps by:<br />
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]-lower LDL cholesterol.<br />
-a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people with [URL="http://www.healthdiaries.com/diabetes.htm"]Type 2 diabetes[/URL].<br />
-an ability to stop medication-resistant yeast infections.<br />
-reduces the proliferation of [URL="http://www.healthdiaries.com/leukemia.htm"]leukemia[/URL] and [URL="http://www.healthdiaries.com/non-hodgkins-lymphoma.htm"]lymphoma[/URL] cancer cells.<br />
-has an anti-clotting effect on the blood.<br />
-patients given half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder combined with one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast had significant relief in [URL="http://www.healthdiaries.com/arthritis-pain.htm"]arthritis[/URL] pain after one week and could walk without pain within one month.<br />
-inhibits bacterial growth and food spoilage, making it a natural food preservative.<br />
-smelling cinnamon boosts cognitive function and memory.<br />
-fights the E. coli bacteria in unpasteurized juices.<br />
-is a source of manganese, fiber, iron, and calcium.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] -
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]-a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people - I REMEMBER THAT ONE NOW (whoops, caps lock)!!<br />
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I like that arthritis pain one too.<br />
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jeez bartman taken you a while to get on this one. Always have cinnamon on my oats and even posted it back in hoooroooos oats bro thread [URL]http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/showthread.php/14037-Oats-Bro[/URL]!!<br />
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Supposed to be good for ya but also tastes the bomb so win win! -
I do recall vaguely someone mentioning it waaaay back, but until trainer says we can have it, we don't!! But shit yet, is SUPERB!!!!!!!!
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off topic...well then your trainer won't let you visit this website or eat what she eats in a typical day. Maybe some of the other guys will be interested in the blog though...<br />
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[URL="http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/07/26/what-we-eat-in-a-typical-day/"]http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/07/26/what-we-eat-in-a-typical-day/<br />
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[/URL][I]redundant question alert:[/I] Can we substitute drinking chocolate for cinnamon? Mmmmm -
An oil known as eugenol that comes from the leaves of the cinnamon bush has been shown to have antiviral properties in vitro, specifically against both the HSV-1 and HSV-2 (Oral and Genital Herpes) viruses according to a study published in the journal, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytotherapy_Research"]Phytotherapy Research[/URL].<br />
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Looks like everybody wins!! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />