Friday, September 12, 2008
Diabetes: Cinnamon Ice Tea
Cold cinnamon tea can be made easily in your refrigerator. The benefits are that cinnamon helps lower blood sugar.
Use about a 2 1/2 quart (about 2 liter) refrigerator juice container. Put about 2 teaspoons of powdered cinnamon in the bottom. Add 6 tea bags of your preferred tea. I mix black tea and green tea when I do this.
Fill the container with very hot tap water. Put the container into the refrigerator and let it cool to the refrigerator temperature. Probably takes about 4-5 hours to cool...
Read more in the above link on this blog:
Studies have shown that cinnamon aids blood glucose (blood sugar) levels in diabetics.
Also read about cinnamon itself on Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon
http://www.eco-planet.com/Herbsandplants/Cinnamomum%20zeylanicum.htm
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