Cinnamon Is Sensational
Want a healthier dessert? Add cinnamon.
A Swedish study says adding cinnamon to rice pudding slows digestion and steadies blood sugar. Rapidly digested foods are more likely to spike blood sugar and insulin, factors that promote diabetes and overeating.
In the study, healthy people who added 2 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon to a 10 1/2-ounce bowl of rice pudding had blood glucose levels about half as high after 90 minutes as those who ate plain rice pudding.
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