Diet Friendly Fast Food: May 2015

Friday, May 8, 2015

A Feast For The Eyes Sweet Potato Fries

Sometimes, looking is enough.

And, sometimes, you just have to give in to temptation.

Friday Food Porn

A year ago, I was the reigning Queen Of The Drive-Thru Windows. I knew my way around the city via its fast food joints. I ate French fries. Daily.

Fast forward 365 days, minus 115 pounds. Not one measly fry has passed by my gullet. So when my eyes spied these raw vegan Sweet Potato Fries with Chipotle Mayo, my taste buds stood at attention. Hellooo, sailor!

For all the folks who think raw foodists eat only "rabbit food," feast your eyes on these babies. In fact, why not feed your inner voyeur a full-course meal over at Rawmazing. Susan Powers is the creative force behind all the sexy recipes, proving that you dont have to give up flavor and beauty when you enter the healthy world of raw, living foods.

Live a little. Its the weekend.

Blood Pressure Disorders Medication Names Types and Side Effects

Blood Pressure Disorder Types:

There are 2 types of Blood Pressure Disorder Types: High and Low. High Blood Pressure is also known as Hypertension and Low Blood Pressure is known as Hypotension. These can be further categorized into different categories.

Types of Hypertension:

White coat hypertension

Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Malignant Hypertension

Primary hypertension

Secondary hypertension

Resistant Hypertension

Hypertension in the lungs

Types of Hypotension:

Postural Hypotension

Postprandial Hypotension

Neurally Mediated Hypotension (NMH)

Blood Pressure Medication and Medication Types

If you are suffering from High Blood Pressure Level 1( i.e BP ranging from 140/90 to 159/99 ), then your doctor might suggest you to use any of these medicines:

Diuretics (also known as water pills)

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Angiotensin II receptor blockers

Beta blockers

Calcium channel blockers

Renin inhibitors

Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) Medication:

Fludrocortisone for Orthostatic Hypotension

Midodrine (Orvaten, Proamatine) for Chronic Orthostatic Hypotension

Blood Pressure Medication Side Effects

All medicines have certain side effects but these side effects are different in different people, but if you are lucky you might have no side effect. No medicine is side-effect proof. But if you are feeling that certain medicine is causing some side effects, then you should discuss it with your doctor. Doctor might change it. Sometime over dose also cause some side effects. In some cases the medicines have no side effect but it reacts with some other medication that you are using for some other disease. So keep your doctor aware of all medicines that you are using.

Day 352.

This is the easiest hot drink Ive ever made, and the kids liked it the most. Tristen, who is going through finals right now (good luck, Tristen!), found it in the Taste of Home magazine.

The Ingredients.

4 cups cranberry juice
4 cups pineapple juice
1/3 cup hot tamales or red hots candy (hot tamales are on the GF candy list)
1 cinnamon stick

thats it!

The Directions.

This serves 6. Combine juices in your crockpot, and add hot tamales or red hots. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours, or on low for 4-5. Stir. The candy will pretty much dissolve, leaving just a hint of cinnamony-flavor.

Ladle into mugs, garnishing with an extra cinnamon stick if desired.

The Verdict.

My kids loved this. They each drank 2 mug-fulls after school, and another after dinner. I really liked it a lot, too, and had 2 mug-fulls while watching Oprah. Adam only got a taste; he should have come home earlier!

more fun beverages:
wassail
peppermint hot chocolate/peppermint mocha
pumpkin spice lattes
mulled wine
chai tea lattes
gingerbread latte

Diet Friendly Fast Food