Cinnamon may reduce damage of high-fat diet

Cinnamon may lessen the risk of cardiovascular damage of a high-fat diet by enabling the body’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory systems and slowing the fat-storing process.

Researchers fed rats cinnamon supplements for 12 weeks along with a high-fat diet. They discovered that rats
weighed less and had less belly fat and healthier levels of sugar, insulin and fat in their blood, compared to rats that did not receive cinnamon with their high-fat foods.

Rats fed with cinnamon also had fewer molecules involved in the body’s fat-storing process and more antioxidant and anti-inflammatory molecules that protect the body from the damages of stress. This shows that cinnamon may reduce the effects of a high-fat diet.