Honey and Cinnamon

• The honey and cinnamon diet involves combining half a teaspoon of ground-up cinnamon with a teaspoon of honey. Add these to a cup of water and boil them. Drink half of the boiled cocktail early in the morning before breakfast and the other half in the late evening before bedtime. With this schedule, your metabolism will be fast in the morning before you eat as well as after you have eaten dinner and are going to be your least active --- when you lie down to sleep at night. The enzymes that are in honey remove fungus and bacteria in your digestive tract, so the combination makes for a healthy weight-loss recipe.
  
  

Cinnamon Tea

• A cinnamon tea can play a role in a weight-loss regimen. Add 2 tsp. of ground-up cinnamon to a cup of water and bring the mixture to a complete rapid boil. Set it aside in a mug for about 15 minutes and then drain out any clumps that have formed with a small fruit strainer. The best time to drink the tea is early in the morning before eating breakfast, as it will speed up your metabolism and burn the calories that are consumed throughout the day.
  
  

Sprinkled on Food

• People who do not enjoy drinking cinnamon-flavored liquids can opt for sprinkling a total of 2 tsp. of cinnamon onto their food each day. Cinnamon can be tasty on apples, in apple sauce, on bananas and in oatmeal. Sprinkle some on your breakfast in the morning and then on some fruit after dinner at night for best results.
  
  

Supportive Scientific Data

• According to the USDA, researchers conducted a study on 60 patients who were given anywhere from one-half to 2 tsp. of cinnamon each day to determine what effect it would have on people with type 2 diabetes. The findings indicated that it stabilized their glucose metabolism and natural insulin-production levels, which in turn had the side effect of weight loss. Because fat cells in the abdominal area of the body are highly sensitive to elevated levels of insulin, the stabilizing effects of cinnamon on insulin levels help in reduction of fat cells in this part of the body, which is where many people feel that they would like lose fat.