Terrific Trail Mix - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Terrific Trail Mix
Servings: 16
Lunch

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by USA WEEKEND columnist Jean Carper Fruit, seeds, and nuts are mixed together in this flavorful snack mix.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup combination diced dried fruit, such as prunes, apricots, pears and apples
  • 1/2 cup raisins and/or dried cherries or cranberries
  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted sunflower seeds
  • 1 cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts (or honey-roasted peanuts, chopped walnuts or unsalted almonds)

Instructions

  1. Mix all. Makes 4 cups.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Sunflower Seeds, Cranberries, Honey, Apples, Nuts, Walnuts.

Sunflower seeds are an excellent food for PCOS as they are packed with vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Just one cup of sunflower seeds provides 30% of the recommended daily intake for vitamin B6. Sunflower seeds are also loaded with two other important of PCOS busting minerals: zinc and magnesium. Researchers believe that cranberries contain substances that prevent infection-causing bacteria from sticking to the urinary tract walls. However, store-bought cranberry juice is t...

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