Apple, Pear, and Cranberry Coffee Cake - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Protein
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Carbs
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Fat
Recipe by /contributors/jeff-hertzberg-md
We like to bake with a combination of apples: some sweet and some tart, some that keep their shape and others that will break down and get saucy. Adding the pear lends a perfumey quality to the cake.
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 3/4 cup white rice flour
- 1 cup brown sugar, well packed
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
- Pinch of ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine all streusel ingredients in a bowl and mix until the butter is incorporated. Do not overmix–you want a crumbly texture. Set aside.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts.
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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