Medicine in your spice rack, Cinnamon

Cinnamon: Cinnamomum cassia is the dried bark of evergreen trees cultivated throughout Asia. This incredibly versatile spice is used in everything from cookies, ciders and soups to exotic main courses . Used in herbal medicine for digestive disorders new research shows that cinnamon significantly lowered fasting blood glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol levels in diabetics. In another study cinnamon proved to be a powerfull antibacterial. A teaspoon of cinnamon was placed in a glass of apple juice that had been infected with the E coli bacteria. After three days 99.5 percent of the bacteria had died.