One of my favorite breakfast treats is fruit mixed with non-fat yogurt and sprinkled with cinnamon. I started eating that after I heard that cinnamon helps stabilize blood sugar levels and keep hunger at bay, and you know what? It really seems to work!

Recent studies go one step further and say that adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to something sweet may actually prevent blood sugar levels from rising in the first place. Ultrasounds on study participants found that cinnamon seems to slow the emptying of food from the stomach to the intestines.

Experts hope that this someday may help patients with type 2 diabetes, but it's too early to make that jump. Until then, try sprinkling teaspoon of cinnamon on something you eat today and see if it helps curb your hunger pangs.