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Cinnamon in the morning?
Wscieklyvv
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Hello,
I'm a morning coffee lover and was thinking if it's a good idea to add a spoon of cinnamon to it?
I'm on a kcal deficit right now and imo it's a good way to resupply those missing nutrition. Any thoughts or ideas?
I'm a morning coffee lover and was thinking if it's a good idea to add a spoon of cinnamon to it?
I'm on a kcal deficit right now and imo it's a good way to resupply those missing nutrition. Any thoughts or ideas?
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Let's do some math:
1 teaspoon = approx. 5 g
that would be:
12kcals
21mg potassium (recommended daily dose is around 4000mg per day)
2.65 g fiber
5% Calcium
3% Iron
The rest in utterly negligible quantities.
If you like it, go ahead. But 1 teaspoon of cinnamon is a lot and the risk is that you end up grossed out by it. I often add a pinch (not more than 1/10 of a teaspoon full) to my black tea because I enjoy the taste.2 -
For me, the good way is usually the easy way. A variety of real foods provides you with all the nutrition you need, even when reducing calorie intake to lose weight. You'd have to take in a lot of cinnamon to get any nutritional effect, and spices are usually taken in in small doses. If you like cinnamon in your coffee, enjoy.1
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Fair warning - it doesn't dissolve and will make your coffee gritty. And a teaspoon has negligible nutrition, the stats you posted are for 100g.6
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Tsp is hardly anything. Its a spice, use it for flavor enhancing.
What are you missing nutritional wise you need replenishing? If your diet is balanced you can get all the nutrition you need through food alone and still lose weight.
The nutritional values posted on the image at 100g made me go wow.
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ladyreva78 wrote: »Let's do some math:
1 teaspoon = approx. 5 g
that would be:
12kcals
21mg potassium (recommended daily dose is around 4000mg per day)
2.65 g fiber
5% Calcium
3% Iron
The rest in utterly negligible quantities.
If you like it, go ahead. But 1 teaspoon of cinnamon is a lot and the risk is that you end up grossed out by it. I often add a pinch (not more than 1/10 of a teaspoon full) to my black tea because I enjoy the taste.
It gets even worse. Cinnamon is fairly light, it doesn't weigh 5 grams per tsp. It's about half of that, so yes, it's even more negligible and would be a pain in coffee (doesn't dissolve).
If you want the flavor of cinnamon in coffee, though, leave a cinnamon stick in hot coffee for a few minutes. Does not ruin the coffee and you get the flavor you want.5 -
I don't have a way of calculating how much cinnamon I put in my coffee. I add a stick of cinnamon to the pot and get a delightful infusion of cinnamon in each cup.8
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A better way is to add cinnamon to the coffee grounds in your machine then it brews with the cinnamon flavor and no grittiness
I do all the time! 17 -
I don't like cinnamon in my coffee but often put it on my toast0
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A whole spoon full in a cup would ruin it. I'd say a spoon full even in a whole pot of coffee would be borderline, taste-wise.0
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I don't like anything in my coffee, but there is a traditional cinnamon drink made here usually served when it's cold or after a woman gives birth. It's basically cinnamon tea (water and cinnamon sticks), simmered on low heat with sugar for 30 or so minutes and then each cup is topped with crushed walnuts (they just float on top). It's very aromatic and has a sharp distinctive and warming taste. You should try it sometime when it's cold and you have enough calories, but it's not for the faint of heart - VERY cinnamony.
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What nutrients are you lacking that you think a spoonful of cinnamon will help with? Why not just take a multivitamin instead of large amounts of cinnamon?
If you can't get enough nutrients through food maybe your calorie deficit is too aggressive.1 -
I'm with kommodevaran. Happy dieting. 0
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amusedmonkey wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »Let's do some math:
1 teaspoon = approx. 5 g
that would be:
12kcals
21mg potassium (recommended daily dose is around 4000mg per day)
2.65 g fiber
5% Calcium
3% Iron
The rest in utterly negligible quantities.
If you like it, go ahead. But 1 teaspoon of cinnamon is a lot and the risk is that you end up grossed out by it. I often add a pinch (not more than 1/10 of a teaspoon full) to my black tea because I enjoy the taste.
It gets even worse. Cinnamon is fairly light, it doesn't weigh 5 grams per tsp. It's about half of that, so yes, it's even more negligible and would be a pain in coffee (doesn't dissolve).
If you want the flavor of cinnamon in coffee, though, leave a cinnamon stick in hot coffee for a few minutes. Does not ruin the coffee and you get the flavor you want.
I use so little cinnamon in my tea (open leaves with the cinnamon added into the filter) that I really have no idea how much that stuff weighs. But yeah, negligible is probably the best description.
The flavor is nice though, especially in winter.amusedmonkey wrote: »I don't like anything in my coffee, but there is a traditional cinnamon drink made here usually served when it's cold or after a woman gives birth. It's basically cinnamon tea (water and cinnamon sticks), simmered on low heat with sugar for 30 or so minutes and then each cup is topped with crushed walnuts (they just float on top). It's very aromatic and has a sharp distinctive and warming taste. You should try it sometime when it's cold and you have enough calories, but it's not for the faint of heart - VERY cinnamony.
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I'll have to try this when it gets cold around here. Sounds like my cup of tea
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Thanks everyone for your opinion.
After getting into math with it, it's really better just go with multivitamins or find the other way to ressuply
Still gonna use it for the taste.0 -
I add cinnamon to my cookie nicecream. Mmmm but not overly helpful nutrient wise as youve discovered
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100g of cinnamon will likely make you choke on your coffee!2
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There has been some research into the efficacy of cinnamon for some conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol, but at this point it does not seem to be conclusive. Here's a link:
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/cinnamon-and-benefits-for-diabetes2 -
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When I'm in a phase where I'm drinking coffee, I do put some in the grounds in the bottom of my French Press for brewing, but that's for flavor. I wouldn't put any in my cup or think of it as a source of nutrients.0
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I like a teaspoon in with my protein shakes—yummy!0
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Although cassia cinnamon may slightly help control blood sugar the coumarin in it can lead to liver damage. To take enough cinnamon to affect blood sugar much you would be risking your liver. It can also affect medicines and blood clotting. Different cinnamons have different levels of ability to affect blood sugar and different amounts of coumadin. Only cassia cinnamon has been tested for the blood sugar effect. Cassia cinnamon from different countries has vastly different amounts of coumadin. This has concerned European countries enough that they have established limits on how much cinnamon can be included in baked goods, etc.
Consuming dry, powdered cinnamon without mixing it in something wet can result in inhaling cinnamon dust causing pneumonia, asthma attacks, etc. When there was a fad for teenagers to challenge others to consume a sponful of cinnamon dry calls to poison centers increased as did hospitalizations from cinnamon inhalation and allergic reactions.
I love cinnamon but only use it in culinary amounts.2 -
This is 100g of cinnamon... No thank you please
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HeidiCooksSupper wrote: »Although cassia cinnamon may slightly help control blood sugar the coumarin in it can lead to liver damage. To take enough cinnamon to affect blood sugar much you would be risking your liver. It can also affect medicines and blood clotting. Different cinnamons have different levels of ability to affect blood sugar and different amounts of coumadin. Only cassia cinnamon has been tested for the blood sugar effect. Cassia cinnamon from different countries has vastly different amounts of coumadin. This has concerned European countries enough that they have established limits on how much cinnamon can be included in baked goods, etc.
Consuming dry, powdered cinnamon without mixing it in something wet can result in inhaling cinnamon dust causing pneumonia, asthma attacks, etc. When there was a fad for teenagers to challenge others to consume a sponful of cinnamon dry calls to poison centers increased as did hospitalizations from cinnamon inhalation and allergic reactions.
I love cinnamon but only use it in culinary amounts.
I read that coumarin is not water soluble, so adding cinnamon along with coffee if you are pouring water through a filter is a way of enjoying it safely (source: https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2013/12/30/cinnamon-offers-health-benefits-but-also-carries-serious-risks/)
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I put about a teaspoon of it in my plain greek yogurt at night. That's a whole 200 grams of yogurt, not just a little pot. Along with an apple, some vanilla and some high protein granola.
I don't know if I could drink that much of it, but eating a full teaspoon mixed in yogurt is just yum.
Supposedly it's good for me, but I don't log it. Maybe I should.0 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »I don't like anything in my coffee, but there is a traditional cinnamon drink made here usually served when it's cold or after a woman gives birth. It's basically cinnamon tea (water and cinnamon sticks), simmered on low heat with sugar for 30 or so minutes and then each cup is topped with crushed walnuts (they just float on top). It's very aromatic and has a sharp distinctive and warming taste. You should try it sometime when it's cold and you have enough calories, but it's not for the faint of heart - VERY cinnamony.
That looks so good! Hope I can remember to try it this winter.0 -
I take a cinnamon capsule daily to help lower my blood sugar. Are you wanting to add it to your coffee for flavor or for cinnamon benefits? If for benefits, you can find it in capsules in the vitamin section of your local store.3
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I sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon in black coffee to add flavor. A tsp is too much.0
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