Did you know that cinnamon doesn’t only taste great but it has medicinal qualities to it? Just one tablespoon of cinnamon a day can have a regulatory effect on balancing blood sugar, stop medication-resistant yeast infections, help with memory loss, and even reduce the proliferation of leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells. Cinnamon has anti-clotting effects on the blood and has also been known to give significant relief to arthritis sufferers. Cinnamon can be used as a natural preservative as it inhibits bacterial growth in food. It is a great source of fiber, iron and calcium.

*As with any natural remedy, caution should be used in taking this or any other herb into your body that can affect more than one problem. As with any medicine the doctor gives you, you need to discuss this with your medical professional before adding medicines or herbs to your diet, in particular blood thinning drugs or kidney and liver medications.