Fruit Punch - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 pints strawberries, hulled
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 (48 oz) can pineapple juice
- 2 (6 oz) cans frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 2 (6 oz) cans frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 liter bottle lemon-lime soda
- 3 cups water
Instructions
- Combine the orange juice, lemonade and pineapple juice and stir well.
- Bring 3 cups water and sugar to a boil in a heavy sauce pan and boil until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Let cool. Add the syrup to the fruit juices.
- Place the whole strawberries into a ring mold. Pour in enough fruit juice to fill the mold. Freeze. Refrigerate the remaining juice.
- When ready to serve, pour the fruit juice into a punch bowl and add the lemon-lime soda. Float the strawberry ice ring in the punch.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Lemon.
Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to. Lemons are also rich in vitamin C, flavonoids, and other antioxidants. They can potentially support the immune system and have other health benefits. Lemons also have a low glycemic index, so they should not cause a rapid rise in blood sugar when consumed in natural form.
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