Cinnamon infusion, appetite and food intake in 21 healthy people
What it found
A single dose of cinnamon tea made people feel less full and eat more at their next meal.
It did not change how the body burned energy.
What they found
Studies in people
Energy burning unchanged
Drinking the cinnamon tea did not change how much energy the body burned or how it processed fats and carbohydrates compared to water.
Less feeling of fullness
People felt less full after having the cinnamon drink than after having water. Overall hunger levels across the test period were about the same for both drinks.
More food at next meal
Volunteers ate more calories at their first meal after the cinnamon drink compared to the water drink.
Rest of day unchanged
Total food eaten over the whole day, including proteins, fats and carbohydrates, was about the same whether people had cinnamon or water at breakfast.
What the authors conclude
- They found that a single dose of cinnamon tea did not change how the body burns energy.
- They note that the cinnamon drink led to less fullness and more calories eaten at the next meal.
How it was done
The researchers wanted to see if drinking cinnamon tea changes how the body uses energy, affects hunger, or alters how much food people eat.
Twenty-one healthy volunteers took part in a trial where they ate two different breakfasts on separate days. One breakfast included a cinnamon drink made with 2 g of cinnamon, and the other used plain water. At least 7 days passed between the two test days.
What it can’t tell you
- We summarised it from the abstract only.
- This trial only looked at one dose of cinnamon tea, so it cannot show what happens when people have it regularly.
- It involved just 21 healthy adults, so the results might not apply to everyone.
Who paid
- Authors work at
- Pharmacy School, Brazil; Medical School, Brazil; School of Medicine, Brazil
The paper
- Title
- Cinnamon Infusion Reduces Satiety and Increases Energy Intake: A Randomized Crossover Trial
- Type
- Randomised controlled trial
- Evidence
- Studies in people
- Summarised from
- Abstract only
- Cite
- Soares APDC, de Faria NC, Graciano GF, et al (2022). Cinnamon Infusion Reduces Satiety and Increases Energy Intake: A Randomized Crossover Trial. Annals of nutrition & metabolism. doi:10.1159/000525949PubMed 35830848DOI
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