When combined, carrot juice and cinnamon make a potent antioxidant cocktail. Antioxidants are compounds that may protect your body from cell damage and chronic disease, according to the National Institute of Health. Carotenoids, the antioxidants in carrots, also provide pigmentation to the vegetable. Cinnamon is a natural source of polyphenols, another type of antioxidant. Carrot juice has the added advantage of supplying you with needed nutrients, such as vitamin A, calcium, vitamin C, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium.
Chronic Disease
Carrot juice contains three carotenoids: alpha-carotene, beta-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin. Your body has the ability to convert carotenoids into vitamin A, a nutrient that helps ward off infection and contributes to healthy eyes, muscles, lungs and blood. According to the Linus Pauling Institute, carotenoids also protect against heart disease, cancer and some degenerative diseases.
You receive the same nutrients from drinking carrot juice as you would from consuming raw carrots. In fact, if you drink 5 ounces of carrot juice, you are consuming a full pound of carrots. Vegetable consumption reduces your risk for stroke by as much as 22 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Diabetes
In the February 2008 issue of the "Proceedings of the Nutrition Society," Richard Anderson, a chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, writes that the polyphenols in cinnamon help improve insulin sensitivity in diabetic patients. Insulin sensitivity relates to how well your body responds to insulin, a chemical that helps regulate the level of sugar in your blood. Cinnamon supplements also lowered the level of low-density lipoprotein, or bad cholesterol, in study participants given 1 to 6 grams of cinnamon for 40 days.
Blood Pressure
If you have diabetes, you may also suffer from high blood pressure. According to research published in the August 2011 issue of the "Journal of Medicinal Food," cinnamon may help reduce high blood pressure. Researchers found that 1,200 milligrams of cinnamon administered for 12 weeks effectively lowered the blood pressure of diabetic patients when compared to a control group.
Concerns
Carrots are healthy, but overconsumption can give your skin an orange tint. Fortunately, this is not harmful. Cinnamon, however, may be toxic in high doses. Ground cinnamon is likely safer than cinnamon oil, according to the New York University Langone Medical Center, which recommends a typical dosage of 1 to 4 grams per day of ground cinnamon.