Sugar and spice—that's what good-for-you treats are made of, at least according to a new Swedish study. Researchers at the University of Lund found that a teaspoon of cinnamon sprinkled on a sweet food helps you digest it more slowly, staving off rapid spikes in blood sugar that can make you more prone to developing diabetes.
An estimated 41 million people have blood-sugar levels that put them at risk, but don't know it. So keep a cinnamon shaker around for those times when that apple crisp or rice pudding is too hard to resist.
No comments:
Post a Comment