Sweet Coated Pecans - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 pound pecan halves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly butter a baking sheet.
- In a bowl, beat the egg white until foamy. Mix in cinnamon, sugar, salt, and water. Mix well. Stir in pecan halves, stirring until well coated. Spread on baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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