A New Use for Cinnamon

ETR’s health experts have often talked about the benefits of cinnamon. Cinnamon can lower cholesterol  and reduce blood sugar. It’s reduced the growth of leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells in a study done by researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland. And Copenhagen University researchers found that it relieved arthritic pain.

But it’s recently been discovered to have a far different use….

You see, cinnamon stops fungal and bacterial growth. Because of this, bread may soon come wrapped in waxed paper that is made with cinnamon oil. In fact, the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry recently reported that bread packaged in a cinnamon-based wrapper stayed fresher for as long as 10 days. Not only that, but when the wrapper was tested on bread that was already beginning to mold, it inhibited mold growth by 96 percent.

(Source: The New York Times, healthdiaries.com)

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