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Are you eating 'True cinnamon'?

Ceylon cinnamon & Cassia products are totally different from each other. Cassia cinnamon contains high Coumarin content. It has the potential to damage the liver in high doses or longer use.<br><br>If you buy cinnamon from grocery store, mostly the product will be Cassia cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon is expensive and not available to buy everywhere. <br><br>Check the difference by yourself. If you prefer to buy Ceylon cinnamon from origin, visit to the website www.trueceylonspices.com. It is a naive Sri Lankan website that exports natural Ceylon spices worldwide.<br>

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Are you eating 'True cinnamon'?

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  1. Cinnamon The 4th most valuable spice in the world http://www.trueceylonspices.com/ceylon-cinnamon/ www.truecylonspices.com

  2. 1. About Cinnamon is a first traded and most popular spice from the ancient time. It extracts from the bark of the cinnamon tree have also been used traditionally as medicine throughout the world. www.truecylonspices.com

  3. 2. Products of Cinnamon • Cinnamon Quills (Full tubes) • Cinnamon Quillings (broken tubes) • Cinnamon Featherings • Cinnamon Chips • Ground Cinnamon (Cinnamon powder) • Cinnamon Leaf Oil • Cinnamon Bark Oil www.truecylonspices.com

  4. 3. Varieties • Cassia Cinnamon • Cinnamomum loureiroi • Cinnamomum aromaticum • Cinnamomum burmannii • True Cinnamon • Cinnamomum verum www.truecylonspices.com

  5. Other names: • Saigon Cinnamon • Vietnamese cinnamon • Vietnamese cassia • Origin: • Vietnam • Pros: • Strong spicy cinnamon taste • high levels of oil content • Cons: • High Coumarin Levels 3.1.1 Cinnamomum loureiroi Image credit: Wikipedia www.truecylonspices.com

  6. Other names: • Cinnamomum cassia (old Latin name) • Cassia • Chinese cinnamon • Chinese cassia • Tung Hing • Origin: • China • Pros: • Cheap • Cons: • High Coumarin Levels 3.1.2 Cinnamomum aromaticum Image credit: Wikipedia www.truecylonspices.com

  7. Other names: • Korintje cassia • Padang cassia • Batavia cassia • Indonesian cinnamon • Origin: • Indonesia • Pros: • Cheap • Spicy Cinnamon flavor • Cons: • High Coumarin Levels 3.1.3 Cinnamomum burmannii Image credit: Wikipedia www.truecylonspices.com

  8. Other names: • Cinnamomum zeylanicum(old Latin name) • True Cinnamon • Ceylon Cinnamon • Pure cinnamon • Mexican cinnamon • Sri Lanka cinnamon • Canela (Spanish for cinnamon) • Origin: • Sri Lanka (90%), • India, Madagascar, Brazil, Caribbean • Pros: • Ultra Low Coumarin levels • Softer and subtle taste • crumbly • Cons: • Expensive 3.2.1 b. Cinnamomum verum www.truecylonspices.com

  9. Usage of Cinnamon bark • As a spice. • Ingredient for preparation of chocolate. • Dessert recipes, such as apple pie, doughnuts, and cinnamon buns. • Drinks; coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and liqueurs. • In the Middle East, cinnamon is often used in savoury dishes of chicken and lamb. • In the United States, cinnamon and sugar are often used to flavour cereals, bread-based dishes, such as toast, and fruits, especially apples; a cinnamon-sugar mixture is even sold separately for such purposes. • Turkish cuisine for both sweet and savoury dishes. • Popular flavoring in alcoholic beverages. 4. Usage of Cinnamon www.truecylonspices.com

  10. b. Usage of Cinnamon oil • Used for Cooking. • Room freshener • Eliminating mosquitoes • As a disinfectant • Mix it for facial scrub • As a mouthwash 4. Usage of Cinnamon www.truecylonspices.com

  11. Fight against bacterial and fungal infections • Research by National Institutes of Health; http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/1002.html • Improve glucose and lipids levels in patients with type 2 diabetes • A Study published in Diabetics Care; http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/12/3215 • Prevent Alzheimer's disease • Tel Aviv University research.; http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229809.php • Effective against HIV • Study of Indian medicinal plants; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11094851 • Help stop the destructive process of multiple sclerosis • Rush University Medical Center; http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229352.php • Reduce the body's negative responses to eating high-fat meals • Penn State researchers.; http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232710.php • Treating and healing chronic wounds • ACS Nano; http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/296538.php 5. Health Benefits www.truecylonspices.com

  12. 6. Cinnamon vs. Cassia Cassia Cinnamon Thick bark layer; Not multiple layers Ceylon Cinnamon multiple layers of a thinner bark. www.truecylonspices.com

  13. 6.1. CoumarinThe main difference between Cinnamon vs. Cassia • Coumarin, a naturally occurring toxin in many natural foods including cinnamon. It has the potential to damage the liver in high doses or longer use. • European health agencies have warned against cassia bark, because of its high coumarin content. • A person daily consuming sizeable amounts of cassia-type cinnamon, it increases the risk of potential toxicity problems. www.truecylonspices.com

  14. Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) has ultra low coumarin levels. It is the main advantage of Ceylon Cinnamon. 6.1. CoumarinThe main difference between Cinnamon vs. Cassia • Cassia contains up to 5% coumarin. • True Ceylon cinnamon contains only 0.004%, a negligible amount. • Uses of Ceylon cinnamon may lowering or actually removing this coumarin related risk. www.truecylonspices.com

  15. Ceylon Cinnamon • Ultra low coumarin • Softer and subtle taste • Potential health benefits www.truecylonspices.com

  16. Visit us: Online marketplace of Ceylon spices & allied products www.truecylonspices.com www. trueceylonspices.com is a native Sri Lankan (Ceylon) website. We are selling high quality, natural Cinnamon and allied products. Most of our spices are harvested from own cultivations. All are free from weedicide & other chemicals. Visit us to buy quality products from a grower. Thanks.

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