This Apple-Oatmeal Muffins Recipe | MyRecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
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Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 ºF. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or mist with cooking spray.
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In a large bowl, whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir in oats. In a medium bowl, whisk yogurt, apple sauce, oil, egg and vanilla. Stir apples into yogurt mixture. Add yogurt mixture to flour mixture and stir until just moistened.
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Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, 22 to 24 minutes. Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then turn out muffins to rack to cool completely.
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Combine cider or lemon juice and confectioners' sugar with a fork until smooth. Drizzle over cooled muffins and let stand until set, 15 to 20 minutes.
Why this Apple-Oatmeal Muffins Recipe | MyRecipes works for PCOS
Eating a substantial breakfast like this Apple-Oatmeal Muffins Recipe | MyRecipes is one of the highest-leverage moves you can make for PCOS. In the Jakubowicz et al. 2013 trial published in Clinical Science, women with PCOS who front-loaded calories to breakfast reduced fasting insulin by 56% and increased ovulation rates 50%, with no change in total calories. Front-loading works because insulin sensitivity is highest in the morning and lowest at night.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Apples.
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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Yes, this Apple-Oatmeal Muffins Recipe | MyRecipes recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Breakfast. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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