By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS — A study in rats suggests that cinnamon may lessen the risk of cardiovascular damage from a high-fat diet by activating 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 in the preliminary animal study presented at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology/Peripheral Vascular Disease 2017 Scientific Sessions.
Researchers said they found that the rats that ate cinnamon 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 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.
What was the actual macro mix of the diet fed to the rats ? Protein/ fat / carb percentages by calories ?
What was the dose of cinnamon?