Is Raw Cinnamon Healthy To Eat?

Reader Question:Is it okay to add cinnamon with foods, i.e. fruit? I know that it's ground up and not normally what one would eat in the wild, but I've heard that it would would be good for controlling blood sugar levels, but i want to make sure.

Andrew's Answer: Cinnamon is far from an ideal food, and irritates the body. You can read more about that in this article.

When you're eating a healthy raw food diet that is low in fat, blood sugar ceases to be and issue because the body is not impeded from processing the sugar from foods. Read why a low fat diet is so important here.