Cinnamon Sticks /Pattai

Description: Cinnamon is a favourite household spice, and has been used around the world for centuries. Once traded as currency, this spice has a pleasant flavour and warm smell that has made it popular in cooking, particularly in baking and curries.The spice comes from the inner bark of a small evergreen tree. The bark is peeled and laid in the sun to dry, where it curls up into rolls known as cinnamon sticks. Cinnamon is also available in powdered form.

Benefits:

• It has anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
• Contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory effects.
• Its prebiotic properties may improve gut health.
• Reduces blood pressure.
• Lowers blood sugar and risk of type 2 diabetes.
• Relieves digestive discomfort.