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Overnight oats is the perfect balanced breakfast for weight loss. Full of complex carbs, protein and fortified calcium (if you add cow or boy milk), it keeps you full and satisfied so you don’t feel like eating until lunch time. And leading weight loss doctors swear by adding one metabolism-boosting spice to your preparation as a means for boosting its health benefits: cinnamon.
Cinnamon
“Cinnamon is always a classic one to add into your overnight oats,” board certified internist and bariatric specialist Dr. Amy Lee of Nucific tells us. “There are studies that have shown its benefits in stabilizing your blood sugar.”
"Cinnamon is the most popular spice, yet few people know there are two varieties: Cassia, which we get from China, and Ceylon cinnamon from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon)," board certified physician nutrition specialist and internist Dr. Melina Jampolis explains.
"A review of 10 studies published in Annals of Family Medicine showed that cinnamon lowers fasting glucose levels – meaning, the sugar/glucose level in your system before you eat anything – in diabetic patients. Other studies showed the same effect on healthy people who eat cinnamon with a meal, which makes the spice a great weapon against getting diabetes in the first place. This dynamite spice also combats inflammation," she continues.
"Scientists recently learned that whether you’re at your goal weight or need to lose some pounds, simply sprinkling cinnamon on your cereal each morning will lower your blood sugar concentration. That same study showed that people in a range of body weights also see more insulin sensitivity, so the insulin your body creates naturally can do its job more effectively."
Fenugreek Seed
"Another thing you can add is fenugreek seed that has a bitter nutty taste and expands when soaked with liquids," Dr. Lee also suggests. "It also has some sugar stabilizing benefits."
