Cinnamon Benefits

Join us for a steaming cup of New Year’s cinnamon tea !Philippine Cinnamon aids in digestion and fat burning to help with all those NYE calories Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container gardening, or in the ground, at home or in the farm, as food and…

On April 27, 1521 (500 years ago today), Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, died at the hands of the tribe leader, Lapu-Lapu. The Spanish fleet returned to Spain with 17 pounds (7.7 kgs) of Mindanao cinnamon (Mallari, 1974). Cinnamon (various species) was like gold at that time. Today, the Philippine cinnamon kalingag remains precious as ever,…

Sobrang hassle (hasol) when we have diarrhea. Thankfully, there are age-old natural cures that we can do at home. Eating Banana, Rice, Applesauce (or any local fruit), and Toast (BRAT) is an example. In the Philippines, children are given rice soup (am), while adults, especially those living in the mountains, chew on the bark of…

Many ask if cinnamon is the same as laurel or bay leaf because both are use as spice in cooking Adobo. (kidding aside.) Seriously, it has a lot of difference but both belongs to Lauraceae family. Sharing the basic information on the cinnamon from the presentation of Dr. Jay Picardal at the Philippine-American Academy of…