Cinnamon's Effect On High Fat Consumption

In a recent study, a group of researchers had an interest in understanding how cinnamon affects the way that fat can lead to certain cardiovascular damage. They used an animal study, dealing with rats, to understand if the fat-storing process would be slower in the face of cinnamon. There were interesting results that can easily be tied to the positive qualities that cinnamon possesses. It is naturally anti-inflammatory as well as provides antioxidant properties to aid the body's fat storage processes.

During the course of the study, the rats were given cinnamon supplements for three months on a daily basis. They were also fed a high-fat diet throughout the course of the study. The key findings were that the rats weighed less overall than when they started; they also had less belly fat and better levels of sugar in their blood.

These two things directly impact insulin levels, which greatly improved within the rats. The rats that were fed the fat also had fewer molecules involved in the process where the fat gets stored directly on the body. Instead, there were more anti-inflammatory and antioxidant molecules that were present which helps to protect the body from an uptick of stress.

Incredible Benefits

This makes sense, especially as it relates to sugar and insulin levels, because many diabetics speak to the positive effects that cinnamon consumption has on them. Cinnamon has specific elements that help certain aspects of the body that affect metabolic syndrome, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation and body weight. Many weight loss and management programs speak to the benefits associated with cinnamon to this end. It is a powerful spice that does have incredible benefits to the body in a myriad of ways.

Fat composition is something we also need to understand more thoroughly as it relates to the body, bad cholesterol, good cholesterol and healthy fats. When people see and think of the word fat, they think in a very singular manner. But all fat is not bad, in fact, fat actually doesn't typically make you fat. This is evidenced by several studies, as well as the one referenced above, that showed the rats weighing less overall at the end of the study. This isn't just cinnamon's doing.

Healthy Fats

Healthy fat is what the body can easily fed on and burn - things like avocado, coconut oil, olive oil, butter, and hard cheeses. Bad fats are trans fats like processed fats that come from the sugar and fat combination items like packaged cakes, cookies, French fries, and greasy food. This is the distinction so many don't properly understand.

Options such as cinnamon and apple cider vinegar, even turmeric and baking soda, are all positive entities that help the regulation of the insulin which helps to combat the sugar. Sugar is a highly addictive substance and many say its just as habit forming and enticing as certain drugs. Yet, it is absolutely ubiquitous in our food supply. The rate of diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease is climbing.

Fat alone does not lead to this issue and epidemic - a harmful and high sugar rate of consumption does. A diet that includes healthy fats is a good one. It's the sneaky sugars that need to be better controlled and monitored. Cinnamon can help the effects that sugar has overall on your body.

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