Navy.mil Home Page. Kitty Hawk - Americas Oldest Active Warship - Turns 44. YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- USS Kitty Hawk (the Battle Cat) (CV 63), the Navy's oldest active ship and only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, celebrated its 44th birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony on its forward mess decks April 29.
Ground cinnamon and cinnamon sticks. Fat stored in the belly, called visceral fat, is different from subcutaneous fat stored elsewhere. According to Harvard Medical School, belly fat indicates a greater risk of heart disease and diabetes. While a balanced diet and regular exercise come first in managing your weight, research performed on mice has shown that cinnamon may help reduce belly fat. It's easy to incorporate more cinnamon into your diet.
Not only does it help diabetics avoid blood sugar spikes, but it also improves glucose use in the cell itself. Over time, cinnamon can reduce fasting blood glucose, and potentially cholesterol levels as well. Cinnamon does not need to be purchased specifically as a supplement, and can be found in grocery stores. It does contain a liver toxin called coumarin, which can be harmful in high doses. Making cinnamon tea can reduce the risk of coumarin poisoning, since the toxin is left behind in the leftover sediment.