HEALTH COACH - Cinnamon can reduce the harmfulness of a high-fat diet

HEALTH COACH -

 Cinnamon can reduce the harmfulness of a high-fat diet  





 A high-fat diet is considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, as this can lead to weight gain, diabetes and other harmful problems. However, new research suggests that it might be possible to offset some of these risks by incorporating cinnamon into the diet. 
 
  
  Researchers suggest that cinnamon may have compensated for some damage caused by a high-fat diet. 
 The researchers found that rats fed a high-fat diet supplemented with cinnamon for 12 weeks gained less weight and abdominal fat and had blood levels of fat, sugar and fat, Insulin compared to rodents fed a high-fat diet without cinnamon. 

 The co-author of the study, Vijaya Juturu, Ph.D., of OmniActive Health Technologies Inc. in Morrison, NJ, and colleagues, recently presented their results in the series Arteriosclerosis, Trombose Vastral and Vascular Disease Experimental Peripherals of the American Heart Association, 2017 Scientific Sessions, Held in Minneapolis, MN. 

 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a generic term for conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels, including heart attacks, strokes and heart disease. 

 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States, killing about 610,000 people each year. 

 Diet plays a major role in cardiovascular disease. An unhealthy diet - like a fatty one - can cause obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and other conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. 

 According to Juturu, research has shown that cinnamon - a spice derived from the bark of the  Cinnamomum  genus - contains a polyphenol that has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which May reduce some of the risk factors for CVD caused by poor diet. 

 For their study, researchers undertook to study whether cinnamon could help reduce the harm associated with a high-fat diet. 

 Cinnamon protects against inflammation, oxidative stress 

 For 12 weeks, researchers fed rats with a high-fat diet supplemented with cinnamon and compared them with rodents that were fed a high-fat diet spice-free (the controls). 

  The team found that rats whose diets were supplemented with cinnamon weighed less and developed less abdominal fat than those who fed a high-fat diet without spice. Rats fed a diet high in fat with cinnamon also have healthier concentrations of blood sugar and insulin, as well as better lipid profiles, than controls. 

 In addition, researchers found that rats that received cinnamon had fewer molecules associated with storage of fat, as well as increased levels of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant molecules. 

 Antioxidants protect against oxidative stress   which is an imbalance of free radicals that has been associated with many health conditions including heart attack and heart disease. 

 Based on their findings, Juturu and colleagues believe that cinnamon can lessen the adverse effects of a high-fat diet. 

 The team concludes: 

 
 "These results suggest that CNM supplementation [cinnamon] reduces hyperlipidemia, inflammation and oxidative stress by activating transcription factors (SREBP-1c, LXR-α, NF- KB and Nrf2) and an antioxidant defense signaling pathway. "
 

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