Fresh cinnamon is associated with invigorating, warming, aphrodisiac and abdominal-fat-burning effects. Spices like cinnamon revitalise our senses and stimulate our well-being. Cinnamon can help lower blood sugar levels, thereby also reducing fat accumulation and may help reduce abdominal fat and obesity. Since most households have no cinnamon grater, supermarkets tend to stock ground cinnamon. Unfortunately ground cinnamon oxidises quickly, hence losing its taste and health benefits.
The cinnamon grater
For cinnamon to fully develop its beneficial effects, the Cinnamomum cassia, which is obtained from the Chinese cinnamon tree, should be added freshly grated onto food. Since cinnamon bark crumbles easily, it is necessary to use special cinnamon graters. Unfortunately, even with the best cinnamon grater it is difficult to avoid cinnamon bark splitting or breaking apart. In particular, the champion of cinnamons, the rolled Ceylon cinnamon stick, can only be finely grated using a special cinnamon grater, it must also be fresh (from the current harvest). Cinnamonhill offers well crafted, durable cinnamon graters: http://iitm.be/cincasia
Grating fresh Saigon cinnamon or Ceylon cinnamon sticks over yogurt, cottage cheese, fruit or pastries is a fragrant and sensual experience.
A positive surprise every day of Advent, with no sugar and no artificial sweeteners.
Cambridge photo printing specialist FotoInsight is now launching a new, bespoke Advent calendar, where personnel memories, preserved in pictures, replace calorie bombs behind the traditional 24 little doors. Providing selected, positive memories, the new photo advent calendars offer a unique alternative to off-the-shelf, cheap-chocolate calendars.
Health threat of sugar is vastly underestimated
That is what US researchers say in a study, published in the journal “Obesity”. The lead author Prof. Robert Lustig, a paediatric endocrinologist says that this is evidence that “a calorie is not a calorie”.
The new, no-calorie Advent calendar
FotoInsight MD Klaas Brümann counters: “At FotoInsight we are proud to offer alternative, calorie free, giftoptions. Our new photo Advent calendar is the sweetest treat you can give, without sugar or sweeteners. It is the zero-carb present from the photo enthusiast.”
Artificial sweeteners are fattening over time
Artificial sweeteners, even though they do not contain sugar, nonetheless have a direct effect on the body’s ability to utilize glucose. Glucose intolerance ... is the first step on the path to metabolic syndrome and adult-onset diabetes. [Source: Better-Health-Post]
The sweetest treat for Advent, without sugar and sweeteners
The new seasonal photo calendar has a professional quality print on the large cover, plus 24 little doors, concealing selected photographic memories. A delight for people in love, families and friends. This new Advent photo calendar is the perfect gift idea to tune friends into Christmas mood. This new photo calendar for Advent makes a great gift, which the recipient will enjoy every day of Advent anew.
Price £7.49 +p&p (UK) / €8.99 +p&p (Ireland).
Material: Extra strong cardboard with a silk matte coating (300g/m²); scratch resistant and cleanable.
FotoInsight Ltd was founded in Cambridge twelve years ago and runs an easy to use photo processing service for Windows, Mac OS and Linux users. It offers an extensive array of award-winning photographic print and photo gifts as well as photo books, photo posters and canvas prints. Prints ordered through FotoInsight are developed at five state-of-the-art photo labs in four countries. The online photo service has grown year on year faster than the photo processing industry and has expanded its services in seven European languages in thirty-two countries.
