To take advantage of cinnamonÃ¢s potential benefits, incorporate it into more meals. 1  One of the things I love about this spice is how versatile it is. I use it in both sweet and savory dishes, and I feel like IÃ¢m always finding new ways to add it to meals, snacks, and beverages. Here are 10 easy ideas: 1  Sprinkle cinnamon into your coffee, or add it to your coffee grounds before brewing. 2  Add a dash or two of cinnamon to hot oatmeal, overnight oats, or cold whole grain cereal. 3  Fold cinnamon into yogurt, along with cooked, chilled quinoa, fresh cut fruit, and nuts or seeds.
One large apple contains 130 calories and 34 g of carbohydrates, including 5 g of dietary fiber and 25 g of sugars. Apples have more carbohydrates and sugar than most other fruits. Other fruits with similar amounts of sugar include watermelons and grapes, with 20 g per serving, and bananas, with 19 g per serving.
A medium, 3-inch apple has a total of about 25 grams of carbs. More than 24 grams come from naturally occurring fruit sugar, which is called fructose. Simple carbohydrates, or sugars like fructose, digest in one quick step in your gut.