Control Your Blood Sugar With Ceylon Cinnamon

Controlling your blood sugar levels is becoming increasingly difficult these days, as we have become accustomed to a diet full of sweets and refined carbohydrates.

Fortunately, we are also increasingly aware of the foods that can help us balance our blood sugar levels. One of these agents is Ceylon cinnamon. In this article we will therefore show you how you can use this delicious spice for this purpose.

Ceylon cinnamon

Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon. This part of the world is still home to a variety of cinnamon varieties, all of which have unique properties.

• Cinnamon has been used by the Chinese as early as 2700 BC. Later, the Egyptians also started importing it, along with other spices.
• The Greeks and Romans also used it to aid their digestion. This also applies to Indian Ayurvedic medicine.
• In the West, cinnamon was initially an exotic luxury product intended only for the wealthy. Gradually, however, it became more and more popular, until it eventually became a kitchen product that everyone could use.

Can you regulate your blood sugar with Ceylon cinnamon?

Indeed, it seems that Ceylon cinnamon can help stabilize blood sugar levels. However, it has not yet been proven and further research into the optimal dose is also needed.

In a study in Pakistan, the subjects seemed to benefit from the intake of cinnamon. There are three possible reasons for this. Cinnamon: 

• can help regulate blood sugar levels
• can help balance your insulin levels, to help prevent insulin resistance. This common condition leads to problems such as high cholesterol and triglyceride levels and obesity.
• appears to improve the liver’s ability to process glucose, a process affected by both type 1 and 2 diabetes.

Several scientific studies therefore suggest that Ceylon cinnamon can be very beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes.

Not all cinnamon is the same

It is important to use only Ceylon cinnamon for this treatment  . The official names are:

• Cinnamomum zeylanicum
• Cinnamomum verum

While Ceylon cinnamon may not have the most pleasant taste, it does have the most beneficial properties.

There is also another type of cinnamon, Cassia cinnamon, sometimes also called Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia), which can cause unpleasant side effects. Controlling your blood sugar level with this type of cinnamon is therefore not recommended for people with diabetes.

How can you regulate your blood sugar with Ceylon cinnamon?

You can try to regulate your blood sugar level by incorporating cinnamon into your meals more often. This can help balance your glucose levels naturally and prevent spikes that cause sugar cravings.

Here are a few practical tips for including cinnamon in your diet:

• Cinnamon goes well with most sweets ; add it to cakes, pies, cookies, pancakes, muffins, etc.
• You can also sprinkle some cinnamon over ice cream and milk-based desserts (yogurt, cottage cheese, flan). In addition, it also goes well with certain flavors, such as cocoa, vanilla, coconut, milk or cream.

• However, you don’t have to limit yourself to sweets. You can also add cinnamon to  fish or meat-based stews to give them a unique and intense flavor.
• And of course we can’t forget that you can also use cinnamon for tea, smoothies and drinks made with chocolate and other flavors.
• There is even cinnamon essential oil. This oil is usually available at health and health food stores. You can use cinnamon oil internally or externally as long as it is of high quality and it says on the package that it is also for internal use.
• Be sure to avoid synthetic essential oils.

Cinnamon rolls and cookies are commonly eaten in some European countries and can be a good option if we really can’t resist that sweet craving.

Drink that can lower your glucose levels

Below we share a recipe for a delicious drink that can help you lower your glucose levels naturally:

Ingredients

• 1 Ceylon cinnamon stick
• 4 cups of water (1 liter)
• ½ teaspoon stevia leaves (2 g)
• The juice of half a lemon

Preparation

• Boil the cinnamon stick in the water for 15 minutes.
• Then take it off the heat and add the stevia to it.
• Let it rest for another 5 minutes and pour it through the sieve.
• Finally, while the drink is still warm, but no longer hot, add the lemon juice.

How to consume this drink

Drink this drink several times throughout the day, between meals. That way you can try to keep your blood sugar level in balance. You can also drink this drink if you have eaten too many sweets.