Turmeric Elixer - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup honey
- One 4-inch cinnamon stick
- 2 green cardamom pods
- 2 large mint leaves
- Two pinches of cayenne
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 4 ounces fresh turmeric
- One 4-inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring 2 1/2 cups of water to a boil with the honey, cinnamon stick and cardamom over moderate heat. Remove from the heat and whisk in the mint, cayenne and salt. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until chilled. Discard the cinnamon stick, cardamom and mint.
- In an electric juicer, juice the turmeric and ginger. Whisk the juice with the spiced honey syrup and the lemon juice. Serve chilled.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Honey.
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). Lemons ca...
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