පුරාණ පෝෂණ බ්ලොග් සටහන්

A clay saucepan and two white cups of amber spiced tea beside dishes of ground ginger and cinnamon, cloves and cardamom pods on linen, by a rainy window
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A weekend ginger and cinnamon infusion, simmered slow

A slow-simmered ginger and cinnamon infusion with clove and cardamom for a quiet weekend morning: ingredients, six easy steps and a clear safety note.

chiaChia pudding in a ceramic bowl topped with papaya, mango and pomegranate seeds and dusted with Ceylon cinnamon, beside a cinnamon quill and wooden spoon

A papaya and cinnamon chia bowl: a fruit-first morning for your skin

A papaya, mango and Ceylon cinnamon chia bowl, plus what a small 2012 study found about fruit, vegetables and skin colour. Soak two hours, serves two.

Ceylon cinnamonA ceramic cup of warm water dusted with ground Ceylon cinnamon beside a bowl of cinnamon powder, cinnamon quills and a bowl of oat porridge on a sunlit oak kitchen counter.

A 5-minute morning ritual built around Cinnamon Powder

A 5-minute morning ritual with Ceylon cinnamon powder: warm water, a quarter teaspoon stirred in, a slow sip and a simple breakfast. Culinary, not a cure.

Ceylon cinnamonOverhead kitchen flat lay showing three Ceylon cinnamon preparations, a brass pan of ghee with a cinnamon quill, a bowl of curd dusted with cinnamon powder, and a clay pot of rice with a cinnamon quill resting on the rim.

Ceylon cinnamon three ways for a steadier week in the kitchen

True Ceylon cinnamon carries 0.004 to 0.02 percent coumarin against cassia at 2 to 7 percent. Three quiet kitchen ways to use it across an ordinary week.

ceylon cinnamonCinnamon quills, ground cinnamon bark and plain unmarked laboratory glassware arranged on a grey stone bench

What a Lab Test Proves About a Herb, and What It Cannot

A lab certificate answers three separate questions. In a 2025 EU study of 104 cinnamon samples, only 33.7 percent were free of any quality or fraud concern.

Ayurvedic HerbsOverhead flat-lay of Ceylon cinnamon: rolled true-cinnamon quills, a wooden spoon of cinnamon powder, plain amber capsules in a dish, and a glass of pale tea on cream linen

Ceylon cinnamon, the sweet bark that supports blood sugar

Ceylon cinnamon is Sri Lanka's true cinnamon: milder, lower in coumarin than cassia, and studied for gently steadying blood sugar. Here is how to use it well.