Recipe: Chocolate Bark With Espresso and Toasted Nuts @ClevelandClinic #NationalChocolatecoveredAnythingDay

cleveland dark chocolate bark

 
 
 

 
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Dark chocolate with toasted walnuts, pecans and almonds — and no added sugar! cle.clinic/2qVYFlh #NationalChocolatecoveredAnythingDay
 
Recipe: Chocolate Bark With Espresso and Toasted Nuts
Each serving only contains 70 calories
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This deliciously indulgent chocolate bark recipe offers heart-healthy dark chocolate with toasted walnuts, pecans and almonds — and no added sugar! And each serving contains only 70 calories.

Ingredients

  • 10 ounces dark chocolate (70% cocoa bittersweet chocolate)
  • 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
  • 1/2 cup walnut pieces, toasted
  • 1/2 cup pecan pieces, toasted
  • 1/2 cup almond slices, toasted

Directions

  1. Combine chocolate and espresso and place over a double boiler.
  2. Heat on a low flame and stir until chocolate is about three-quarters of the way melted.
  3. Remove from heat and stir until smooth.
  4. Transfer to a mixing bowl, toss in the toasted nuts and mix well.
  5. On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, spread the mix and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes, or until it sets.
  6. Break into pieces and serve.

Nutrition information (per serving)

Makes 35 servings
Serving = 1/2 ounce

Calories: 70
Sodium: 15 mg
Sugar: 4 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 1 g
Carbohydrate: 5 g

How exercise helps pain.

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physiomart

Great post by @the_raphaelbender!!!When we give someone an exercise and their pain improves afterwards, it’s easy to assume their improvement in pain is a result of better biomechanics.

Surprisingly there is very minimal evidence for this.

What’s MUCH more likely, is that exercise helps pain by some combination of more systemic effects, including:

•Reducing systemic inflammation
•Releasing endorphins
•Increasing neuroplasticity
•Promoting tissue remodeling
•Increasing self-efficacy
•Improving mental health
•Providing social support
•Building expectation of recovery
•Enabling return to valued activities

All of these (and there are more) are general, not specific effects of exercise. In other words it doesn’t really matter WHICH exercise you do. They all help.

So what’s the best exercise for pain?

The one you:
* Enjoy
* Find most accessible
* Expect will help
Thanks @modernpaincare

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