Cinnamon is both a fruit, dried cinnamon is known as longan, can be used as medicine into medicine. Therefore, cinnamon is a traditional food with the same origin as food, not only has good nutritional value, but also has certain pharmacological effects.

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Guiyuan has long been regarded as a precious tonic. Gui Yuan has a history of more than 2000 years in China, mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places. Chinese medicine believes that longan (i.e., cinnamon) sweet, non-toxic, the main treatment of the five visceral evil, an anorexia, long service strong vitality, smart, light aging, through the spirit.

A, cinnamon nutrients have the following characteristics

1, minerals: cinnamon contains phosphorus, potassium, calcium, sodium and so on.

2, vitamins : cinnamon contains a variety of vitamins, such as vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, niacin; and cinnamon in the high content of vitamin K and niacin.

3, bioactive substances : cinnamon contains a variety of life-activating ingredients, such as phenols, volatile oils, steroids, nucleosides, with a variety of effects.

Two, often eat cinnamon what role on the body?

1, antioxidant effect : cinnamon contains a variety of antioxidant substances.

2, regulating blood sugar : studies have found that cinnamon extract can inhibit the alpha-glucosidase, and thus regulate blood sugar

3, regulating endocrine : cinnamon has a certain therapeutic effect on hypothyroidism.

4, other : immune regulation, anti-fatigue and so on.

Three, so what people can not eat cinnamon?

First of all, cinnamon is very high in sugar, so diabetics must eat less.

Any food can neither eat more, nor because of the high sugar content on the completion of not eat, eat the most critical is the amount - that is, how much to eat.

Eating one or two cinnamon on blood sugar is not as terrible as imagined, the terrible thing is that once you eat it, you can't stop, and then blame cinnamon for the rise in blood sugar.

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