Red Cinnamon Apples - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 dozen wood craft sticks
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1 dozen small firm apples
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon red food coloring
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon flavoring
Instructions
- Boil water, syrup and sugar together until a brown caramel color is reached (at about 250 °). Remove from the heat and add cinnamon and red coloring. Cool slightly. Meanwhile force a stick into the core of each apple. Dip the apples one at a time into the heavy red syrup, drain well, and place on a buttered baking sheet to cool.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Apples wi...
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