Mulled Cider and Wine Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 cups apple cider
- 4 cups orange-pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 cinnamon sticks
- 1 teaspoon whole allspice
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 4 cups red wine
Instructions
- Combine first 9 ingredients in a large nonaluminum saucepan. Simmer 30 minutes. Pour in wine; stir until thoroughly heated. Serve warm.
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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