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Everyone loves the warm, distinctive flavor that cinnamon adds to food dishes. But did you know that this ancient spice, taken from the bark of tropical trees, is an antioxidant powerhouse? Cinnamon has one of the highest antioxidant levels of any spice -- and even more than many foods. You'll get as many antioxidants in one teaspoon as a full cup of pomegranate juice or a half-cup of blueberries.

Health Benefits

Cinnamon has many health benefits. It has shown promise in the treatment of diabetes, arthritis, high cholesterol, memory function, and even leukemia and lymphoma.

Primary nutrients in 2 teaspoons: 12 calories, 760 mcg. of manganese, 2.5 grams of fiber, 1.72 mg. of iron, 56 mg. of calcium. Cinnamon has been used as a treatment in traditional medicine for over five thousand years!

Types

Although there are four main varieties, Ceylon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), and Cassia (Cinnamomum cassia) are the most popular. Cinnamon health benefits don't seem to be significantly different from one type to another.

Ceylon cinnamon is sometimes called "true cinnamon". It is more expensive and has a sweet taste, milder than Cassia. The quills are softer and can be easily ground in a coffee grinder. The Ceylon type is usually only sold in specialty stores. Ceylon uses only the thin inner bark, and thus has a finer, less dense, and more crumbly texture.

Cassia, the less expensive variety, is the most common type sold in supermarkets in North America. This variety grows on small trees in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, and Egypt. It has a darker color and the quills are harder.

These varieties are sometimes sold labeled as cinnamon, and sometimes distinguished from true cinnamon as "Chinese," "Vietnamese," or "Indonesian." Cassia has a much stronger flavor than Ceylon, is generally reddish-brown in color, hard and woody in texture, and thicker, as all of the layers of bark are used.

History

The word cinnamon comes from the Greek kinnamomon. Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices known. It was mentioned in the Old Testament (Exodus 30: 22-33), and in Chinese writings as far back as 2800 BC. In Ancient Egypt, cinnamon was used as a flavoring in food and beverages, and also in the embalming process.

Due to its demand, it became one of the first commodities traded regularly between the Near East and Europe. Today, Ceylon cinnamon is produced in Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Brazil and the Caribbean, while Cassia is mainly produced in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Miscellaneous Facts

Cinnamon is a tree belonging to the Lauraceae family. The bark of the tree is what is used as a spice. True cinnamon, or Ceylon, is native to Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon). To make cinnamon, the bark of the tree is dried and rolled into sticks, also called quills. It can also be dried and ground into a powder.

The primary chemical constituents of this herb include cinnamaldehyde, gum, tannin, mannitol, coumarins and essential oils (aldehydes, eugenol, pinene). Cinnamonaldehyde, a compound in the essential oil of the bark, gives cinnamon its characteristic flavor and aroma.

Buying and Using

Just like with other dried spices, try to select organically grown, since this will give you more assurance that it has not been irradiated (among other potential adverse effects, irradiating cinnamon may cause a significant decrease in vitamin C and carotenoid content).

Cinnamon should be kept in a tightly sealed glass container, in a cool, dark and dry place. Ground cinnamon will keep for about six months, while sticks will stay fresh for about one year stored this way. You can also extend their shelf life by keeping them in your refrigerator.

What are Cinnamon Health Benefits?

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Buying In $11.99 Brands are dead. Advertising no longer works. Consumers are in control. Or so we're told. In  Buying In , Rob Walker argues that this accepted wisdom misses a much more important cultural shift, including a practice he calls murketing, in which people create brands of their own and participate, in unprecedented ways, in marketing campaigns for their favorites. Yes, rather than becoming immune to them, we are rapidly embracing brands. Profiling Timberland, American Apparel, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Red Bull, iPod, and Livestrong, among others, Walker demonstrates the ways in which buyers adopt products not just as consumer choices but as conscious expressions of their identities. Part marketing primer, part work of cultural anthropology,   Buying In   reveals why now, more than ever, we are what we buy—and vice versa. 

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Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism (Free Chapter) $2.99 This download is a free sample chapter from Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism: Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture (ISBN: 0137038496) by Scott Phillips. Available in print and digital formats. Read the following excerpt from the Introduction:. In March 2009, the world stock markets unveiled a tremendous opportunity for bargain hunters. March 9, 2009 represented a new low in the 2007 through 2009 bear markets. To be more precise, the March 9 low represented a 57% decline in the S&P 500 from its previous high in October 2007. On a personal note, March 9, 2009 was a particularly exciting time for me. On that day, I sat in a hospital delivery room, simultaneously entering buy orders on my laptop and awaiting the birth of my daughter. To be sure, buying cheap stocks falls far short of becoming a father among life's precious moments. There is no comparison. Still, the gravitational pull of a bargain hunter to inexpensive stocks can overcome many obstacles, including a less than enthused delivery nurse. The response to buy during periods of sharp market turmoil is not totally unique; there are other stories of investors doing the same. However, the total amount of buyers in the stock market during March 2009 were clearly a minority. Otherwise, the market could not have reached such a low. Sir John Templeton always said, "The only way a stock can become a bargain is from other people's selling. There is no other way." That being said, nearly all investors can appreciate in hindsight the large number of bargain stocks created by the heavy selling in early 2009. The ability to recognize the opportunity in real-time, or possess the conviction to act on it, is a whole different matter. Clearly, there are psychological impediments to becoming a buyer in the stock market when it reaches a point of maximum pessimism. Overcoming these obstacles, however, is important because the minority of investors who were buying in March 2009 were likely rewarded for doing so. Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism is intended to help investors overcome these impediments when the market presents future buying opportunities. To continue reading, download this free preview of the Introduction & Chapter 6. The full book is also available for sale.

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