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CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY TART RECIPE FULL

Soften coconut oil and grease a 9-inch springform pan and place on a baking sheet. Add the dates, cacao powder and salt continue to pulse until a uniform mixture is formed.Put the almonds and walnuts into food processor and pulse until coarsely ground.Enjoying a healthful and nutrient-dense dessert is the perfect way to calm anyone’s nerves and promote a sense of well-being! Anyone suffering from disease can be emotionally tense, which doesn’t help with healing.

CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY TART RECIPE FULL

Most importantly, this recipe is rich and full of flavor, promoting a feeling of calmness.

The salt provides a source of iodine, a critical mineral for thyroid health however, if the Graves’ patient is instructed to avoid salt due to iodine balance issues, the salt in this recipe can easily be omitted.

Graves’ patients may have increased protein needs to help rebuild the muscle which is often lost during the uncontrolled weight-loss phase of the disease.

This recipe is full of heart-healthy nuts and is an excellent source of plant-based protein.

The walnuts are high in omega 3 fatty acids, critical for keeping the body healthy and strong, and decreasing inflammation.

This can interfere with your ability to assimilate calcium, so maintaining bone and muscle health is crucial. Graves’ Disease is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism, a condition where the body can waste due to increased metabolic activity.

Almonds and chia seeds are full of calcium, an essential mineral for bone formation and maintenance, as well as for muscle contraction.

The raw cacao is also rich in magnesium, known as the “anti-stress mineral”.

The blueberries and raw cacao are both excellent antioxidant sources, which is important for anyone with an autoimmune disease.

Most people don’t associate desserts, especially chocolate ones, with health and nutrition, but I’m here to prove them wrong! Once it was time to put my understanding of the disease together with my recipe creating abilities, I knew that a dessert was the best possible way to showcase the healing foods for Graves’ Disease. I had an interest in better understanding Graves’ Disease, since both my maternal grandpa and my mom had the disease, and I wondered what could’ve been done to alleviate the symptoms and severity that each of them had encountered.Īlong the way, I learned more about the specific foods and nutrients which are beneficial for Graves’ patients to consume so many of these foods were already a part of my daily meal plan, while others needed to be added. The inspiration for creating this decadent gluten-free blueberry cacao tart came to me while researching Graves’ Disease, an autoimmune disease which attacks the thyroid gland, for the Culinary Nutrition Expert program. But not any dessert – it’s time to use your discernment and judgement. How often have you been told that it’s okay to eat dessert? If you haven’t heard these words in the past, then it’s time to hear them now: you should eat your dessert.