Seven Blood Pressure Tips-(Count Down To Christmas Recipe Of Sweets-Day 9)
• Get your blood pressure checked by your doctor or healthcare provider.
• Have a home monitor for blood pressure. Once you have been diagnosed as borderline or high, buy a home monitor and think of it in the same way you think of a bathroom scale.
• Dietary supplemenst are on of the easiest and most effective non drug appraoches. Try tomato extract to lower your blood pressure.
• Balance your minerals with the Mediterranean diet. It includes a rainbow of colorful fruits and vegetables. The secret weapon to this is the abundance of potassium founf in these fruits and vegetables. So, if you’re not following the Mediterranean diet or consuming 8-9 servings a day to obtain the sodium blunting effect, use a salt substitute when preparing foods like pasta, etc. to increase the potassium levels in your diet.
• Alcohol in moderation. Consuming one or two alcohol beverages daily and the good news is that it’s scientifically backed up.
• Reduce your stress with mini-vacations. Take three two-minute mini vacations daily where you spend those two minutes taking slow deep breaths you can lower your blood pressure by 10 points.
• Wrap up your day with hot cocoa! Everyone loves cocoa, and if you don’t then read this and you may. The active cocoa compounds which complement this relaxing time at the end of the day are polyphenols.
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Earthly Eating Recipe-Count Down To Christmas Recipe Of Sweets
Chewy Chocolate Drops With Glaze Topping
Serves: 30 (or makes 5-dozen)
4 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
6 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tub (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping
Prehat oven to 350°F. Microwave unsweetened chocolate and butter in a large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake 8 minutes or just until set. (Do not overbake.) Let stand on baking sheet 1 minute; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.
Glaze Topping: Place frozen whipped topping and semi-sweet chocolate in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 minute. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds or until chocolate is metled and mixture is shiny and smooth. Let stand 15 minutes to thicken. Spread over cookies. Let stand until glaze is set.
Happy Eating!
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