Maple Pink Grapefruit Mimosas - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cups strained fresh grapefruit juice (about 4 grapefruits)
- 2 cups prosecco
Instructions
- Making the grapefruit juice mixture: Bring the maple syrup and cinnamon stick to a light simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Take the maple-cinnamon mixture off the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes. Pour the cooled syrup into the grapefruit juice and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Pour 1/2 cup of the grapefruit-cinnamon mixture and 1/2 cup prosecco into each champagne flute. Decorate as desired.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Grapefruit.
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). Grapefrui...
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