Cucumber is my
favorite vegetable. It is perfect in the
hot days of California summer - cool, hydrating, and low in calories (only 45
in the whole thing!). And of course, I
love the taste. I put it even into my smoothies that I have became a huge fan
of thanks to my dental graft surgery.
August 19, 2014
August 2, 2014
DENTAL GRAFT DIARIES: Speaking My Mind
Now that the worst
is behind me, I wanted to weigh in on the recommendations of La Jolla Mom as the rest of her readers. Hopefully, my experience will offer some
answers to the questions raised by her readers and followers.
July 22, 2014
DENTAL GRAFT DIARIES: Week 6 (July 15 - July 21, 2014)
Wednesday - July 16, 2014:
While working on
this blog came to realization that I am on week 6 of Dental Graft
recovery. Things should be pretty much
healed up. And they are. But they are not back to normal. There is a new normal - tightness across the
bottom front gum line, constant biting of lips and inside of cheeks, strange bumpiness
of the palate, jolting paranoia about not being careful enough...
July 15, 2014
DENTAL GRAFT DIARIES: Week 5 (July 8 - July 14, 2014)
Tuesday - July 8,
2014:
You know what things are getting better when other things that happen to
you take priority and make you forget about the extreme or unusual or extremely
unusual situation in your mouth. I am
finally more concerned with wholes in the walls, swollen knees, hair
straightness, and maybe even the lack of male hotness in this ginormous
city. It's a good feeling.
July 12, 2014
Papaya Mango Smoothie
1 small mango
2 cups of papaya chunks
1/4 cup coconut
syrup
3/4 water
1/2 cup cottage
cheese
6 oz tropical fruit
yogurt
Cucumber Avocado Green Smoothie
3/4 cup lemon water
1 small avocado, peeled and pitted
1/2 cucumber, sliced
Handful of spinach
1/2 cup cottage
cheese with chives
8 ice cubes
Blend well for about 1 minute. Makes about 32 oz.
In my mind a
"green" smoothie is the kind that has all vegetables and no sweetness of fruits. Since in my mind smoothies are inherently sweet, I was a little apprehensive to go completely
fruitless. But this has one turned out a lot better than I expected. Turns out, I am a huge fan of avocado fruit, which is 75% fat.
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July 9, 2014
July 8, 2014
DENTAL GRAFT DIARIES: Week 4 (July 1 - 7, 2014)
Tuesday - July 1,
2014:
The bottom front gums are sore all afternoon and all evening. Probably too much talking. Eating pretty much all normal food, just
nothing hard or crunchy or anything that sticks to the teeth. Soup, green beans, grapes, etc. Trying to feel around the front with my
tongue - feels like something is stuck to the front of the teeth. But I don't see anything. Probably just plaque. Using the Ultra Suave - not much removal
going on with that thingy.
July 7, 2014
ALLURE: Laughing Power
A simple way to enhance your social life: Share a laugh.
It's known that laughing along with someone makes both people feel more positive about each other, increasing feelings of closeness, attraction, and cooperation. Now a study has found there is even more of a payoff after the moment is over. Todd B. Kashdan, an associate professor of psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and his colleagues collected information from 162 volunteers about their interactions with others over two weeks. Those who experienced laughter with another person tended to feel "greater intimacy, positive emotions, and enjoyment" in encounters they had later that day with not only that person but also anyone else, the researchers found. Interestingly, having good feelings for others in the first place did not necessarily make people make more likely to laugh with them. Laughter may cause people to experience a rise in levels of the hormone oxytocin, which promotes social bonding, the researchers point out. "Our findings show that laughter benefits more than the person laughing," they conclude.Source: Allure magazine, July 2014, page 84.
July 6, 2014
Peachy Watermelon Smoothie
2 cups watermelon
balls
1 peach
1/2 cup cottage
cheese
6 oz peach yogurt
Handful of spinach
1/4 cup sugar free
watermelon syrup
3/4 cup water
8 ice cubes
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