ABC Muffins Recipe - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
- 1-1/2 cups wheat bran
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat eggs, oil, applesauce and honey. Combine the dry cake mix, bran and cinnamon; add to egg mixture. Mix just until blended.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 ° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey, 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). Honey, of...
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