Sunshine Morning Muesli - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/8 cup oat bran
- 1 tablespoon golden raisins
- 3 dried apricots, chopped
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup milk, or as needed
- 1 teaspoon chopped walnuts
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, oat bran, raisins, apricots, and cinnamon. Stir in yogurt, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
- In the morning, pour the milk over the muesli, and sprinkle with walnuts. You may wish to add more milk depending on your preference.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Nuts are...
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