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10 Reasons You Need to Add Cinnamon To Your Coffee

10 Reasons You Need to Add Cinnamon To Your Coffee

I don't know about you, but I have literally tried everything from cream, creamer, milk, sugar and more in my coffee to enhance the flavour. Out of all of those things, only one really stands out as the best and that is cinnamon.

This sweet, sharp spice has more to do than just enhance your daily coffee drink. It can do so much more and today, we have 10 examples to share with you.

10 Reasons Cinnamon Needs to Be in Your Coffee

#1 Cinnamon Increases Antioxidants

Antioxidants are usually associated with fruits and many other foods, however, cinnamon packs a surprising amount of healing antioxidants. Cinnamon is a good diet spice because of its high antioxidant content.

One teaspoon of cinnamon contains as many antioxidants as half a cup of blueberries, one of the most antioxidant filled foods.

#2 Cinnamon Protects Against High Blood Sugar

If you prefer something sweet in your coffee, cinnamon is a healthier choice over sugar.

Cinnamon gives you that sweet flavour that your palette may be craving, but will totally avoid the calories as well as the damaging effects that sugar can leave behind.

Not only that, but cinnamon benefits your entire body by slowing blood sugar spikes after eating, improving the body's insulin effectiveness, and preventing and soothing inflammation in tissues and joints.

#3 Cinnamon is Full of Vitamins and Nutrients

There are many spices out there, but none as healthy and good for you like cinnamon.

Just one tablespoon of cinnamon holds 4 grams of fibr, 68% of your daily manganese, 8% of your daily calcium, 4% of your daily iron, and 3% of your daily dose of vitamin K.

#4 Cinnamon Makes Your Coffee Taste Better

If you have ever tasted cinnamon straight out of the jar, it has a bitter taste. However, when you mix it in your food and drink, the flavour profile changes completely.

Adding cinnamon into your cup of coffee will alter its taste_x0097_for the better. It will make your coffee sweeter without adding any sugary, diet-busting products.

Whether you stir in a teaspoon or two of the spice or add a cinnamon stick to your cup, both methods will provide a sweet taste.

#5 Cinnamon Helps Ward of Sickness

Downing some cinnamon can help you prevent illnesses such as a sore throat, sinus trouble, allergies and more. Cinnamon's many antioxidants stop bacteria from growing, lower cholesterol, and keep the body healthy overall.

#6 Cinnamon Will Put Your Brain to Work

While caffeine in your morning coffee does the job of waking your brain up adding the addition of cinnamon in your mug will improve your brain's cognitive processing as well as spurring on your brain function altogether.

It has been proven that the simple act of smelling cinnamon helps to improve your processing capabilities_x0097_and ingesting the spice is even more beneficial.

#7 Cinnamon Curbs Your Appetite

While coffee keeps your hunger at bay, you can also add cinnamon to each morning cup and it will help you curb all those crazy sweet snacks that you think you cannot live without.

Cinnamon stop cravings because it stabilizes insulin and keeps levels from spiking (which is a factor in causing our hunger).

#8 Cinnamon Helps Cure the Common Cold

Whenever you get a cold, hot drinks are a great way to soothe a sore throat, and cinnamon only enhances that pain-relieving quality.

Adding cinnamon to your warm drink can open and clear your sinus cavities. It can also scale down the mucus reproduction as well which those two things together are what causes the common cold.

#9 Cinnamon Will Give You a Burst of Energy

Adding cinnamon to your morning coffee can give you an extra energy boost when combined with caffeinated coffee.

Cinnamon does two jobs -- keeps blood sugar levels stable and it also stabilizes your energy levels, preventing the sugar spike crash that happens too often.

#10 Cinnamon is Good for Your Heart

It has been shown through many studies that cinnamon lowers your risk of heart-related ailments and illnesses.

Simply put, it lowers the harmful triglycerides that cause clogged arteries and other heart-related health problems by as much as 30 percent.

Finally

Not only does coffee offer you some great added health benefits but adding cinnamon in your coffee can up those health benefits quite a lot.

Start adding a little to your coffee each morning and let us know what you think!

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