TikTokkers Say Cinnamon Helps Burn Fat. Here’s What the Science Says

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

Cinnamon has been long used around the world in both sweet and savoury dishes and drinks.

But a new TikTok trend claims adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to your daily coffee (and some cocoa to make it more palatable) for one week can help you burn fat. Is there any truth to this?

Not All Cinnamon Is the Same

There are two types of cinnamon, both of which come from grinding the bark of the cinnamomum tree and may include several naturally occurring

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