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In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re taking a look at the nutritional and medicinal benefits of spicy-and-sweet cinnamon, a food that has been warming up winter kitchens since ancient times. Although cinnamon is normally featured in desserts, it can be enjoyed in…

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As Valentine’s Day comes around once again, spicy red cinnamon hearts are appearing in kids’ classrooms and on office desks everywhere. Cinnamon seems to be the official spice of the holiday, and in the spirit of the season, Food of the Week…

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Here’s a sweet bit of health information everyone should find palatable: cinnamon is a tasty miracle with proven health benefits. Even though cinnamon has been around for centuries, it provides current and well documented health benefits: a stick a day may truly…

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Commonly used by ancient civilizations and coveted by empires for thousands of years, herbs and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves have long been touted as more than just seasonings. In the Middle Ages, wealthy Europeans would hoard imports from Asia and Africa for…

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