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.
Cinnamon helps regulate your levels so this excess fat does not build up. #2: Decreases blood sugar. For the reasons mentioned above, maintaining a regulated blood sugar level is important for weight loss. Cinnamon can help do this by controlling insulin quantities as well as directly act on the blood sugar itself. A study has even shown that adding cinnamon to a meal can lower its glycemic index by 18-29%. Eating lower glycemic foods is important to avoiding spikes in your blood sugar levels. #3: Speeds metabolism