Easy Check Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor #WristBPM_EBP017

Ever wonder what your blood pressure is, but don't want to go to the local pharmacy or doctor's office to find out.  This easy check wrist blood pressure monitor by easy@Home, is just what you need.  It fits nicely around your wrist, and with the push of a button, your blood pressure check begins.  It is even FDA approved for over-the-counter use.

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This monitor measures not only your blood pressure, but your pulse rate, and indicates if you have an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia).  It will store up to 60 readings.

There are 5 levels down the left side of the monitor, which an arrow will point at, once you take your measurement.  The bottom 3 represent healthy readings, and the top 2 represent unhealthy readings. If you have an irregular heartbeat, the monitor will display a multiple heart symbol.

The key factor with this is to make sure you place the cuff  on your left wrist, and your wrist at the level of your heart.  Push the button and you're good to go.  It's quick, and it's comfortable.  Yes, there is a tightening feeling as the monitor cuff prepares to take your blood pressure, but it isn't anything like those at the pharmacies, nor like at the doctor's office, in my opinion.

The easy@Home Blood Pressure Monitor is fast and easy to set up.  Runs on 2 AAA batteries, which are included.  Works quickly and is very accurate.  (I know, I tested it against another monitor I know is extremely accurate.)  Comes with a handy storage case.

When I took my bp this morning, I was surprised to see it was higher than normal.  I exercised and retook my bp, and it was even higher.  That normally doesn't happen.  This caused me to stop and reflect on my stress levels, and realized that some things had taken place earlier in the day, that really upset me.  Now I can see first hand, just how stress reacts on my body.  It's not good.

There are many ways to naturally bring down your blood pressure.  Exercising is usually a great way to do so.  Just don't stress out doing so.  Reduce stress.  Eat bananas.  Cut out the salt.  Lose weight. Don't smoke.  Don't drink alcohol.  Cut back on caffeine.  Eat a healthy diet.  Be grateful.

For an easy and fast way to monitor your blood pressure results, be sure to look into getting your own easy@Home blood pressure monitor.

Easy@Home Digital Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with Heart Beat / Pulse Meter Function - FDA Approved For OTC Use BP Monitor with Carry Case and Battery, Backlit Large Display, EBP-017

Even though I received this product for free in exchange for my honest opinion, I highly recommend the easy@Home blood pressure monitor.

Top Reasons Every Home Should Have An Essential Oil Diffuser

Oil Diffusers offer so many benefits that every home should have one.  Whether it is large enough for just a bedroom, or large enough to service an open concept living space, each provides your living space with fresher healthier cleaner air.  Depending on the oils used you  will benefit in a variety of ways.  Depending on the diffuser you choose will allow a variety of options for not only dispersing the oils, but showcasing the way it does, and how long it will run before refilling.

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Innogear offers a very fun yet effective aromatherapy essential oil diffuser.  It is a portable ultrasonic cool mist aroma humidifier with color LED changing lights.  It has 3 settings: intermittent mist of 30 seconds mist on and 30 seconds mist off, continuous mist and off.  It auto shuts off when water runs out, making these very safe. It allows the essential oil to remain 100% natural without burning or heating.  It will run for 6 hours in intermittent mode, and 3 hours in continuous mode. It is perfect for small to medium sized rooms.

Innogear 100ml Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser has 7 different LED color changing lights. You can cycle through the colors of the rainbow, or push a button to keep a particular color on. This makes for a great night light.  The lights are not over powering, and offer a soft bulb effect.  

The room I tried this out on is 12 feet by 12 feet.  It provided enough humidity to take the dryness away, and still allowed us to smell the essential oils perfectly.  The air felt more moist without feeling humid.  With the mist being a cool mist, the room actually felt cooler, which is what we had hoped for.

Some of the top reasons why I personally love oil diffusers is the ability to fill a room's space with a lovely fragrance than can lift the mood, relieve stress, mask stubborn odors, and provide a peaceful night's sleep.

Oils to help lift the mood are sandalwood, sweet orange, rose, jasmine and pine.  To relieve stress try  chamomile and lavender.  To help mask stubborn odors try lemon, lime, and vanilla.  To aid in a peaceful night's sleep try lavender, chamomile and clary sage.

In addition, diffusers offer a way to put cool moisture back into the air, without getting the surroundings wet.  It prevents dry stuffy air filled with flu or cold germs to infect your loved ones. It helps prevent dry and chapped skin in dry winter months.  It allows one to benefit directly from aromatherapy healing. During the spring through fall seasons, it will help keep insects away.

Essential Oil Diffusers by Innogear can help one breather easier, obtain pain relief, and improve cognitive function.  Choosing the correct oils to help one breathe better such as the mints, lemon, rosemary and eucalyptus. Pain relief can be found in ginger, lavender, clary sage and others. Cognitive functions improves with peppermint, lemon, eucalyptus, pine and cinnamon.  Use peppermint to help keep spiders away. Cinnamon oil helps fight against knats and fruit flies. Clove, lemongrass, rosemary and cedarwood also fight against insects and moths.

I can truly attest to the fact that cinnamon fights against knats and fruit flies, peppermint oil fights against spiders, and lemongrass against mosquitoes and other biting insects.

Even though I received this product for free in exchange for my honest opinion, I highly recommend Innogear 100 ML Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser Portable Ultrasonic Cool Mist Aroma Humidifier with Color LED Changing Lights.

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InnoGear 100ml Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser Portable Ultrasonic Cool Mist Aroma Humidifier with Color LED Lights Changing and Waterless Auto Shut-off Function for Home Office Bedroom Room

Blueberry Lemonade Recipe

Last night I had a group of friends over and served them Blueberry Lemonade.  It was gone in no time flat.  This is a crowd of people that are hooked on Coke and Pepsi.  I was so impressed they liked my Blueberry Lemonade so much.  Out of all the different flavored lemonades I have made, this is by the far the most popular.

Make or purchase 1 gallon of your favorite lemonade.  Personally I don't mind the powdered mixes, but truth be told I think the frozen concentrate is the best ever.

Next remove 1 quart of lemonade and place in another container for later, or drink it up now.

You will need to purchase a 64 oz. container of Blueberry/Cranberry Juice NO sugar added.  Ocean Spray and Northland carries that.

Add 1/2 container of the Blueberry/Cranberry Juice to your 3/4 gallon of lemonade.  Add ice if desired.  It's always desired by me.

Stir, blend, and pour yourself a big tall glass.  You might want to get fancy and add fresh or frozen blueberries in each cup, and place a slice of lemon on the cup.  Either way, it's going to taste great.

Make it up, taste it, serve it, and let me know what you think.  Enjoy!

Blueberry Lemonade

1 Cost Effective Way To Improve Oral Health

Oral Health is vital to our overall health. Many medical journals have documented how the two are directly related.  Years ago when I went to a dentist, it use to be that they recommended changing out your toothbrush every 6 months.  It also used to be they recommended having just a yearly checkup and cleaning.  Now my dentist wants me in there every 6 months for a cleaning and checkup and change my toothbrush every 3 months.  Although, when my kids were in braces, the orthodontist wanted them to change their toothbrush monthly.  The metal was very harsh on toothbrushes.  On occasion, there is a dentist out there that will recommend one changes their toothbrush every month.

#toilettree 13Clean Toothbrush Kit

Whether we change our toothbrush every 2-3 months, or even every month, sometimes we get so busy with life, we just plain and simple forget.  ToiletTree has come to our rescue. They offer 1 way to improve our oral health. No longer do we need to worry about the millions of tiny germs building up on our toothbrush everyday, we just change it once a month.  Their little pyramid toothbrush holder is the perfect solution.

April Toothbrush Head

Each pyramid toothbrush holder comes with 13 toothbrush heads.  Begin with the first brush head and continue through to the end of the current month.  All other heads are labeled with each month of the year.  On the first day of each month, toss the current toothbrush head, and insert the current month.  It's just that simple.  It's very cost effective, at about $1.25 per month.  Now you can be sure your oral health is on its way to being healthier.

May Toothbrush Head

Each toothbrush head is made using Dupont bristles.  They feel very soft to me, which is a big plus.  I don't need anything stronger wearing and tearing at my receding gum line.  This comes with a stand for your toothbrush which doubles as a storage case for the extra heads.  It also has 1 toothbrush head cover which is a good idea to rinse with hydrogen peroxide each month you swap out your new toothbrush.

This is so cost effective and great for kids to follow the habit of changing out toothbrushes each month.  It doesn't take up much room on the counter, or under the sink.  Your mouth and your overall health will be grateful you made the switch each month.

13Clean - Manual Toothbrush with a New Head Each Month. (Blue)

I received this product for free in exchange for my honest opinion.  I highly recommend the 13 Clean Manual Toothbrush with a New Head Each Month by ToiletTree Products.

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Mango Lemonade Recipe

A great refreshing lemonade recipe.

Ingredients:

1 quart Mango Nectar
3 quarts lemonade made from frozen concentrate

Directions:

Slightly freeze the Mango Nectar. (Be sure not to freeze in a glass jar.) When slightly slushy, add to the 3 quarts lemonade. Serve immediately.

This is really refreshing on hot summer days, and full of Vitamin C.

Mango Lemonade

Watermelon Lemonade Recipe

There are a variety of recipes for this out there in the cloud. However, this is one I came up with on my own, had it taste tested with over 25 people to critique it. I made their recommended changes and here it is.

First of all, pick out a very ripe watermelon. I know there are a variety of ways to do this. My grandpa used to take a straw (the grass kind, not the drinking kind) and set one strand of straw on top of the melon. If it swiveled, it was a good melon. I didn't believe this worked until I was with him to watch this process. He picked a great melon, and ohh...that straw moved about 45 degrees.

Another way that someone told me about that grew melons was to look for a slightly yellow bottom with insect marks on it (like from sugar ants.) He always picked the biggest and sweetest melons for my family.

Watermelon Yellow Bottom

The way I personally prefer is to place the melon on top of others, away from any cardboard boxing, and knock on it. If it sounds hollow, it is always sweet for us. If you let the watermelon lean up or sit on any cardboard boxing, it will sound hollow, and may not be as sweet as you desire.

Then there are a variety of melons to choose from. Sometimes the soil will affect the flavor making it sweeter than most. Something to do with the minerals in the soil as the melon is growing. There are the seedless kind, the sold green ones, striped ones, yellow ones, etc. etc.



My personal favorite are the large striped melons with seeds. Second favorite are the typical medium sized ones that are seedless.

My Favorite Watermelon

Next, pick up a can of frozen concentrated lemonade. The kind where you add at least 4 cans of water.

Now that you have your prize melon picked out, slice, dice and puree about 4 cups worth. 3 cups is ok, but my group preferred the 4 cups.

Mix up that frozen can of concentrated lemonade. Add the pureed watermelon. Mix and serve.  I found that if you use the Pink Lemonade it makes the coloring a little better.

Frozen Pink Lemonade

This is relatively fast and easy to mix up. It is very refreshing. It was also the first time this group of 25 had ever tasted watermelon lemonade, and they kept asking me to make it the rest of the summer. It was a big hit.

Watermelon Lemonade