Cinnamon an emerging Health food

Cinnamon is a good food that got mixed up with bad food, examples of fatty food results are: cinnamon buns, cinnamon sugars, cinnamon swirl raisin bread. But without the sugar content of this foods cinnamon is actually has a good benefits for our health. Its a amazing, Its a emerging true wonder food in terms of health. Research has linked the copper-colored stuff can reduced blood sugar, cholesterol level, and triglyceride levels in people with type 2 diabetes. And a recent study that adding a little more than a teaspoon to rice pudding even helped tame blood sugar in people without diabetes.

Cinnamon also contains polyphenols, antioxidants that create healthier arteries and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. The spice's energizing scent has also been found to help increase alertness. Cinnamon is easy to add to food that we eat and makes it taste more even better. Both ground and stick forms are equally healthy, but sticks cinnamon have a longer shelf life at least one year longer compared with six months for ground cinnamon. No need to grind your own, pre ground store bought is a good as fresh ground and saves the hassle. Aim for 1/2 teaspoons or 1 to 2 sticks of cinnamon a day.

Here are samples on how to ad cinnamon in to your food:

• Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon straight into your coffee, latte, or cappuccino

• Add 1/2 to 1 and 1/2 teaspoon to hot oatmeal or cold cereal, or a table spoon to pancake batter.

• Shake three dashes into your favorite fruit smoothie.

• Mix 1/2 teaspoon into 2 tablespoons peanut butter and spread onto celery sticks.

• Coat 2 cups of raw nuts with a mix of 1/4 cup of honey and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and roast at 350F for 15 minutes.

• Microwave 1 cup soy milk and 1 teaspoon honey for 1:30, then add 1/2 teaspoon. Or simmer a stick and honey in soy milk for 5 minutes on stove.

• Add 2 teaspoon to store-bought rub for grilled chicken or pork.

• Stir 1/2 teaspoon into plain yogurt.

• Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon over sweet potatoes or carrots.

• Toss a teaspoon over broiled grapefruit or bananas.

Artificial Food Pro's and Con's

There are artificial foods that doctor's also suggest to eat or use to his patients, because there are some reason's why they suggest it. For example a diabetic patient, diabetic patients are often prohibit to eat foods that are rich in sugar, so how can a patient eat sweet foods, here the doctor advise the patient to use aspartame. Aspartame is a kind of artificial food that is alternative for sugar, like sugar it taste sweet.

But base on studies they have suspicion in the short term safety on using aspartame, because they receive medical complaints like allergic reaction hives and rashes, there are also complaints of behavioral disturbances like sleep disorder, hyper acidity, depression, loss of vision, headache, diarrhea abdominal pain, menstrual irregularities and intense thirst.

Another kind of artificial foods are fake fats, example of fake fats are simplesse and olestra. Fake fats are made for intentionally make calories we eat are less than fats. There are fake fats that are made from starch like corn starch, cellulose gel, whey and oat bran, there are also fake fats from the combination of sugar, protein and edible fatty acids from egg white and whey that can make make big molecules that is passing through digestive system without changes.

But the side effects of eating fake fats is the deficiency on fat soluble vitamins A and E.