Hot Toddy Pick-Me-Up - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 6 ounces hot rooibos or strong Black tea (such as Ceylon)
- 1 ounce bourbon (preferably Wild Turkey; nothing overproof)
- 1 ounce Cognac (preferably Pierre Ferrand or Hine)
- 1/2 ounce Bénédictine
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 whole nutmeg
- 1 lemon wheel studded with a few cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
- Stir tea, bourbon, Cognac, Bénédictine, and bitters in a mug; grate a little nutmeg over. Garnish with lemon and cinnamon.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
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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