Add A Little Spice To Your Life

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The holidays are vastly approaching which means festive flavors! Many people believe flavor has to come with high calories but that’s not always the case! You don’t have to sacrifice flavor by making a smarter choice. The best way for that added flavor is adding cinnamon. Cinnamon is the perfect way to add a little something extra without going crazy over calories and even reap in some health benefits! Yes, cinnamon has some awesome health benefits!

It’s an Antioxidant!
Out of the all the spices, cinnamon has the highest antioxidant value. Antioxidants are important to have in your diet because they help protect you against free radicals, or dangerous cells in your body. Antioxidants fight those dangerous cells and help keep you healthy!


Anti-Inflammatory & Blood Sugar Benefits!
Cinnamon is shown to help reduce inflammation which can be a factor in a variety of different chronic diseases. Being an anti-inflammatory, cinnamon helps repair any damage to your bodies tissues that can be caused from a variety of different chronic diseases. It is also shown lower blood sugar, which is helpful for someone managing and living with diabetes. Those with diabetes can make a smart change and minimize the amount of carbohydrate sweets within their diet by adding a little spice to their life! Cinnamon has the amazing power to help with glucose in the bloodstream after eating a meal, helping control it similar to insulin!

You can add cinnamon in your coffee as a fall flavor, on top of an apple as part of your breakfast or in a smoothie as a mid day snack! Just ½ of a teaspoon can help  bring you various benefits!

Check out this awesome recipe by Eat Well that incorporates cinnamon so you can get these benefits!
Cinnamon Roll Overnight Oats


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Healthline. (2018). 10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Cinnamon. Retrieved on November 5th, 2018, from https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-benefits-of-cinnamon

Casner, Carolyn. (2018). Cinnamon Roll Overnight Oats. Retrieved on November 5th, 2018, from http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/268775/cinnamon-roll-overnight-oats/

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