Honey and cinnamon - drink for wellbeing during the winter months

Warning: Since cinnamon and honey may lower your blood sugar level, talk to your family doctor before using this drink, especially if you are already using diabetic medicines.

Honey has been used as a food for thousands of years, for production of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, in folk medicine as an inevitable ingredient for treating coughs and colds, for preventing allergies, improving sleep etc.

Organic honey from Mariovo region, Macedonia (www.off-road.mk)

Despite its unacknowledged sweetness, honey has been proven to help lower blood sugar levels. By adding cinnamon to honey, health benefits are duplicated. Cinnamon is proven in the fight against inflammation, cholesterol, heart strengthening, cancer, etc.

Use honey and cinnamon together in a hot drink like tea, and you will have your favorite drink during the winter months that will keep you healthy.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of water or milk
• 1-2 tablespoons of honey
• 1-2 coffee spoons of cinnamon (depending on taste)
• Cocoa (with milk recipe)

Preparation

Heat a cup of warm water, milk or cocoa juice at temperature not higher than 41 °C (105.8°F), so that the honey can be easily dissolved.

At temperatures above 41 °C (105.8°F), the honey loses its healing properties. So be careful when you add honey in hot drinks.

Place the honey into the heated lukewarm water or milk, and stir until it dissolves. On top of the finished mixture, sprinkle with cinnamon.

Adjust the amount of honey and cinnamon to your own taste, experiment slightly until you get the perfect recipe.