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Low carb easter egg recipe – Thankfully, on a low-carb diet, you can eat chocolate and reap its many health benefits. Eating dark chocolate provides energy, fat, minerals, and antioxidants to help maintain your overall health. These benefits come from the cocoa beans, which are roasted, ground, and mixed with cocoa butter to form a chocolate bar. Check the percentage of cocoa in the chocolate you choose. Keep in mind that the higher the number, the darker the chocolate.
Provides Essential Minerals
Eating dark chocolate provides a variety of minerals, including iron, magnesium, copper and manganese. One ounce of dark chocolate contains 3 milligrams of iron. Women under 50 need about 18 milligrams of iron daily, while men and women over 50 need about 8 milligrams daily, according to the Office of Dietary Supplements. Copper works with iron to help form healthy red blood cells. It is also essential for proper immune system and nerve function. Manganese is a mineral needed only in small amounts, but it is used to form bones, connective tissue, blood clotting factors and hormones, metabolize nutrients, regulate blood sugar and calcium absorption, and maintain normal nerve and brain function.
Contains antioxidants
Dark chocolate also offers a variety of antioxidants, such as polyphenols. Antioxidants help prevent damage to your body caused by oxidative stress and harmful free radicals. According to an article published in the January 2005 issue of the “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,” consuming polyphenols may reduce your risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis. The antioxidants found in chocolate may also help improve your overall immune function to prevent other types of diseases, according to a February 2007 article in the journal “Experimental Biology and Medicine.”
Caffeine and Theobromine
If you crave dark chocolate, you may be craving two stimulating compounds in chocolate. Both the caffeine and theobromine in chocolate stimulate the central nervous system, helping to temporarily reduce drowsiness or fatigue. They can also relax certain smooth muscles, such as those in the throat and lungs, helping to relieve coughing and open restricted airways, according to a study published in the February 2005 issue of The FASEB Journal.
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Low carb easter egg recipe | Ingredients
480 grams of dark, unsweetened chocolate 70% cocoa
Low carb easter egg recipe | Preparation method
Place half of the chocolate in a container and melt in the microwave or in a bain-marie.
Add the remaining chocolate and mix well until melted without needing to microwave.
If necessary, return to the microwave until it is completely melted.
Place half of the chocolate in an Easter egg mold, press down firmly to form the perfect shape.
Do the same process on the other part, put it in the fridge, once cold, the chocolate will change color, it will be a little darker when it is ready.
Low carb easter egg recipe | Passion fruit mousse ingredients
Pulp of 1 passion fruit
200 grams of cream
3 tablespoons of erythritol or xylitol or another sweetener of your choice
1/2 teaspoon agar (seaweed gelatin)
1 teaspoon liquid sweetener
Low carb easter egg recipe | How to prepare
Blend the passion fruit pulp in a blender and strain to remove the seeds. Place the pulp, cream, agar, erythritol and liquid sweetener in a pan. Stir well until it starts to boil. Turn off the heat and let it cool before filling the egg. Now, just pour the mousse into the chocolate egg! You can decorate it with passion fruit seeds and edible glitter .
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