Cinnamon can protect your body from obesity, diabetes and insulin deficiency, scientists said at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Minneapolis.

According to the WHO, now about a third of the world's inhabitants are obese, and in some countries - for example, in the UK or the Middle East - more than half of the population is overweight..

According to forecasts, by 2025 the number of people with extra pounds will reach 2.7 billion, and those who suffer from extreme forms of obesity will increase to 17%. Therefore, scientists and experts are trying to find ways to get rid of excess weight by medication or diet..

Scientists have found that polyphenolic antioxidants in cinnamon can help.. They came to this conclusion by observing several dozen rats, one group of which they had been feeding high-fat, high-fat foods for three months, and the other with normal food. Moreover, in each group half of the rats received cinnamon extract.

As the experiment showed, the addition of cinnamon had a very beneficial effect on rats fed on fatty foods..

On average, their weight turned out to be 10% lower, and the fat layer was 30% thinner than that of relatives who received the same food. In addition, their blood had less cholesterol and enzymes that stimulate the accumulation of fat in the liver and other vital organs, and more antioxidants.

According to scientists, all this suggests that cinnamon can be used not only for culinary, but also for therapeutic purposes to combat the global epidemic of obesity.

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