Cinnamon Helps You Burn Fat – Study

Scientists have found that an ingredient in cinnamon could help fat-burning in humans.

Cinnamaldehyde is an essential oil that helps give the spice its distinctive flavor and has been proven to protect mice against obesity in previous studies.

Now, researchers at the University of Michigan have claimed that the oil also activates thermogenesis, a metabolic bodily process which burns calories to produce heat.

This process can help kick start weight loss, leading the study’s authors to conclude that cinnamon could boast a series of metabolic benefits.

Lead author Jun Wu, research assistant professor at the Life Sciences Institute was aware of the benefits of cinnamaldehyde thanks to preceding studies and wanted to more examine its effect on the body.

While further research is required in order to confirm the benefits don’t come with adverse side effects – plus, Wu has thus far only tested his theory on human cells in a laboratory – Wu believes his results are promising in terms of addressing the rising obesity epidemic.

 

 

 

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