There’s been a lot of talk recently about cinnamon and its newly-found metabolism boosting properties.
If you are wondering how to speed up metabolism to help speed your weight loss or to make your long-term weight management a breeze, then this new information will be a tasty way to do just that.
Nine years ago in 2000, researchers at the U.S. Agricultural Research Service’s nutrition labs in Beltsville, Maryland recommended taking a quarter to a full teaspoon a day of cinnamon mixed into your favorite drink or sprinkled on food. Results from their studies indicated that doing so may help prevent or at least delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
This was exciting news at the time and since then several more prestigious stuidies have taken place in an effort to find a natural substance that could prove effective in the battle against ever increasing levels of obesity which, in turn, gives rise to many more people becoming insulin resistant.
So how does this all help you boost your metabolism? Surely this can only be of benefit to those who are already insulin resistant and hopefully, that isn’t the case with the majority seeking to lose weight.
Well, cinnamon contains a polyphenol called methylhydroxy chalcone polymer (MHCP) and this wonderful substance increases a fat cells response to insulin, boosting glucose metabolism by up to 20 times previous levels.
The result?
Those tested has significantly lower blood glucose levels after eating, demonstrating that the energy released was being burned faster and more efficiently than before. Additionally, test subjects showed lower levels of unhealthy cholesterol and lower levels of insulin too.
All this is very good news when seeking to discover how to speed up metabolism but there’s one more very important bonus for those who want to shift fat from around their belly: When insulin levels are continually high, greater amounts of fat are deposited around your stomach area than when insulin levels are regulated within the normal range. So, if cinnamon can effectively help control and lower levels of insulin, fat cells are metabolised faster and from around your belly.
It’s a win/win situation.
One word of caution though before you rush out and lay in stocks of cinnamon – it must be the correct type of cinnamon to be of any use. Look for true cinnamon spice - Cinnamomum Zeylanicum – as requently cinnamon products derive from a similar species known as Cinnamomum Cassia. It’s not hard to find from health suppliers but make sure that you are purchasing the true spice and only in quantities that you can use over a period of a few months as the active compound looses its potency over time.
Sprinkle or grate one quarter – one teaspoon of cinnamon on your food, fruit or drinks each day and you will begin to benefit after 3- 6 weeks.
So, when looking for great ways on how to speed up metabolism, you can’t do much better than to include a teaspoon of cinnamon in your diet each and every day.