Cinnamon, being a cancer preventative, should be more used in your recipes. To calm your stomach and prevent Intestinal fermentations, nothing beats cinnamon. In addition of being a carminative and astringent, it contains tannis and an essential oil that calms pains. It also helps improve blood circulation in case of colds or flu.

Cinnamon also fights gastric acidity and has a powerful fungicidal action. Two cancer specialists from the British Columbia Cancer Research Center in Vancouver have discovered that cinnamic acid in cinnamon helps prevent cancer caused by the chemicals we eat with industrial food.