Mulled Cider Supreme - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups apple cider
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons "measures-like-sugar" brown sugar calorie-free sweetener (such as Brown Sugar Twin)
- 2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
- 5 whole cloves
- 3 whole allspice
- 1 (2-inch) piece peeled fresh ginger
Instructions
- Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan, stirring well.
- Place cinnamon sticks and remaining 3 ingredients on a 6-inch square of cheesecloth; tie with string. Add spice bag to cider mixture.
- Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low, and cook, uncovered, 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard spice bag. Pour into individual mugs, and serve warm.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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