Learn how the healing substances from cinnamon,Chromiumand apple cider vinegar affect your metabolism.
CINNAMON
The healing ingredients found in this plant have prompted scientists to take a serious look at it. Today, official medicine alsodeals with it.
By consuming half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day, diabetics can significantly reduce the level of blood sugar. Research from the Harvard University confirms that ingredients found in the catechin and epicatechin complex activate insulin and work together.
As it has been proven, cinnamon lowers fat and bad cholesterol levels, destroys fungi and prevents their growth.
Cinnamon contains salicylates that lower the elevated temperature and heal inflammations.
Research has shown that cinnamon can also be used as a substitute for traditional food preservatives, because its essential oils also act as antimicrobials.
Cinnamon is an excellent source of manganese, iron, calcium, copper and zinc, and minerals less presented in most foods. When it comes to vitamins, it contains vitamin C, K, pyridoxine (B6) and riboflavin (B2).
Two species of this plant, Ceylon cinnamon and cinnamon cassia (known as Chinese cinnamon) are used in Europe.
The first comes in the form of a stick, has a more tender and pleasant aroma, contains from 1.5% to 4% of essential oils, while Chinese cinnamon has a sharper smell. The chemical composition does not differ.
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
Numerous studies have suggested using apple vinegar with a view to regulating blood sugar levels. Apple cider vinegar stimulates the pancreatic cells to produce insulin, which stimulates glucose absorption by muscle cells and liver cells. It slows the transport of glucose from the bowels into the bloodstream.
It has even been shown that if people with insulin resistance (reduced cell sensitivity to insulin) used apple cider vinegar in their diet, insulin levels would reduce in the blood, and therefore their appetitewould too.
Apple cider vinegar regulates the blood glucose and insulin ratio, which regulates appetite and the desire for foods with high glycaemic index (sweets, pastries…).
In addition to the above, apple cider vinegar has a favourable effect on the level of fat.
It is recommended that apple vinegar always be a part of diabetics’ diet.
If you have any of the above symptoms or you are prone to gaining weight, CINNAMON,CHROMIUM + APPLE CIDER VINEGAR should be part of your everyday diet.
People with a genetic risk factor of diabetes or elevated blood cholesterollevel are advised to consume it as a precautionary measure.
This means that, if you are in close blood relation to someone who already has these kinds of problems, you stand a chance to have them too.
In this case, it is also desirable to check your health in a health institution regularly.