Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe and Health

Ever had a craving but couldn’t figure out what you were craving? Ever oddly want a salad but never been the “salad” type? Well I am going to tell you about some foods that can keep you mind sharp and all can be used in a Variety of salads and other recipes. Such as bacon, eggs, mayonnaise, butter, hamburgers and heavy cream, with certain fruits, vegetables, nuts, avocados, cheeses and fish.

DID YOU KNOW-

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures
Epilepsy affects about 2.3 million adults and 467,711 children 0-17 years of age in the US
About 1 in 26 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy at some point in their lives
About 150,000 new cases of epilepsy will be diagnosed in the US each year.

USING THIS DRESSING: Bacon Vinaigrette

This dressing makes a delicious topping for a salad made with almost any type of greens. It can stand up to spinach and more bitter greens. Tomatoes make a perfect salad addition, because, well, they just go so well with bacon. The whole thing together makes it like a BLT in a bowl. With this dressing, there isn’t any need for bacon bits. I’m not kidding when I say that it’s loaded with bacon. Enjoy!

Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe

This Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe tops a salad with loads of bacon flavor. This dressing can be part of a low-carb, keto, Atkins, gluten-free, grain-free, or Banting diet.

Course Condiment

Cuisine American, low-carb

Prep Time 10 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 233 kcal

Ingredients

3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons hole grain Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper freshly ground
1 tablespoon Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon bacon drippings
1/2 cup Avocado Oil (olive oil could be substituted)
4 slices Bacon cooked and crumpled
2 tablespoons chives finely sliced

Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe in a jar.

Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe-in a jar with radishes, lettuce and cucumber.

Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe

This Low-Carb Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe tops a salad with loads of bacon flavor. This dressing can be part of a low-carb, keto, Atkins, gluten-free, grain-free, or Banting diet.

Course Condiment

Cuisine American, low-carb

Prep Time 10 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 233 kcal

Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together the red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, sea salt, black pepper, mayonnaise, and bacon drippings.
Stream in the avocado oil while whisking.
Whisk in the crumbled bacon and chives.
If not using immediately, store in a covered container in the refrigerator. Whisk before using.

Recipe Notes

Time to make does not include cooking the bacon.

I truly hope that you enjoyed this amazing recipe over a great salad that you have made. I would suggest making it with a steak or bacon wrapped pork. if you have a story you would like to share just hit the contact button and share with me and id love to share with others and remember we are not alone. EPILEPSY STRONG!

My first year in Law school

Out of the 2.5 million people in the United States suffer from epilepsy I am one of them. My fateful day began like any other day a smile on my face and nothing out of the ordinary a perfectly normal day until all a sudden I was seizing and the next thing I knew I woke in the ER, room with doctors and nurses and alot of noise. I was diagnosed in January 2001, the middle of my first year of law school. I was preparing for my return to Cambridge following Christmas vacation when, without warning or precedent, I was struck by a generalized tonic-clonic seizure (popularly known as a grand-mal seizure). In the emergency room I was prescribed the first of the several anti-epileptic drugs I would try. It was what I now know to be a standard “first-line” drug called Dilantin. Nobody knew what to do at the time it was all such a blur and nobody even thought seizure, or not to put anything in my mouth. I went to a neurologist the following day, and over the next week took a series of diagnostic tests. Having hoped that this was just a random, isolated experience (many people have a seizure at some point in their lives, never to have one again), my parents and I were shocked and dismayed by my diagnosis: epilepsy. Since that day, I have done my best to learn everything possible about epilepsy, both the condition in general and mine in particular. I have learned about the causes of epilepsy (like 70 percent of other sufferers, the cause of my seizures is unknown, or idiopathic), the typical age of onset (childhood or old age – neither of which describe me) and, through trial and error, the medications available to treat epilepsy.

Finding the correct anti-seizure medication is a difficult task, and takes into account many factors. In the patient’s mind only two really matter: seizure control and side effects. My first medication, Dilantin, did an excellent job of controlling my seizures. Unfortunately it also had severe cognitive and psychological effects. I was unable to concentrate on my schoolwork, unable to put thoughts together in response to questions and, when a thought would come to me, unable to put it into words. I also found myself having tremendous mood swings and, though I have always had a very happy, optimistic and upbeat personality, I often felt depressed (though that could have been the diagnosis itself, the lifestyle changes that accompanied it, or simply the effect of my first winter in Boston). I even considered leaving Harvard Law School. My family and friends pushed my and encouraged me to continue and talk to my doctors about my meds and to continue school because I could do anything i set my mind to and I wasn’t alone. I had no idea how common they were or that other medications were available. I am glad I listened to my family and friends and I am happy to saw I stayed and graduated Law school and passed all exams. I am a lawyer and help in numerous different cases. I wanted to share a bit of my story its not always easy and it takes alot of hard work. Speaking up when times get hard and telling people when things don’t makes sense but anything is possible. –A LAWYER SOMEWHERE IN THE USA–

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In school and my epilepsy

I had my first real epileptic seizure when I was 5 years old. My mother says my eyes were rolling and I was staring off into the distance. She was terrified. What do I remember from then now is nothing but stories I hear.

What I had is called a “petit mal” seizure or an “absence” seizure. It’s called that because there’s a lapse in conscious activity for a couple of seconds. It’s different from a “grand mal” seizure, when people have convulsions. That’s what most people think of when they think of epilepsy. A petit mal seizure may not sound like much, but it’s still dangerous because you can drown or have some other kind of accident in those few seconds. But my epilepsy hasn’t really stopped me from doing things. I’m in high school at a public school. Most kids at my school don’t even know I have epilepsy — you know, I dress normally and act normally. I’m an honor student at my high school; I have a 3.48 grade point average. I’ve been playing soccer for five years, and I bowled on a team for three years. I’m a Girl Scout, and I volunteer for the Red Cross as well as for a drug abuse prevention program. After I graduate from high school, I want to go to college to become either a forensic investigator or a lawyer. There are days I want to hide in a bathroom stall let nobody see my siezures or anything because I want to be the “normal” average teenager. I then look around and remember nobody is normal cuss normal not a robot. Everyone is different and nobody is the same. Siezures are a part of me and I have nothing to hide everyone else has to accept all of me or don’t say you accept me if you can’t handle my siezures cuss that is apart of me. It’s like the saying goes “If you can’t take me at my worst then u can’t have me at my best”.

I don’t think epilepsy has to stop me from doing what I want with my life. I used to be afraid to tell people about my epilepsy, but after having a seizure at school in middle school, I realized that people needed to know, that I needed to share safety tips with them. They need the information just as much as I needed the information.

So if there are other kids out there who have epilepsy, here’s what I want them to know: “Don’t be worried about what others may say about you,” and “You’re not the only one who has epilepsy and epilepsy doesn’t have you”.

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You think I am Faking

You think I am faking. Its all in all in my head. So no its not. The doctor just told me I have PNES. He just handed me a ton of papers and gave me in detail what it is. You tell me I am faking and wanting attention as i sit here and shake. I cant stop my hand, I cant stop my eyes rolling back, I can not stop any of my bodies functions. I have gone in and out the hospital for years with no answers except that i just need to stop wasting Er time. I have been shamed by many nurses and doctors, and many other people and the looks I get are horrible. I finally get an answer. What is PNES you ask? PNES is: Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are events resembling an epileptic seizure, but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy. PNES are also known less specifically as non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) and functional neurological symptom disorder. You may be wondering what can cause PNES? Pseudoseizures, also called psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), are seizures that occur as a result of psychological causes, such as severe mental stress. Treating the underlying psychological cause can often help to reduce the number of seizures or prevent them happening.

HOW TO DEAL WITH PNES

-LEARN YOUR TRIGGERS-
When you know your triggers, you can make small changes to avoid them or be prepared for them . If you can RECORD your seizure even if its a video camera set up to motion in your home so if you can catch one on video you can show your doctor.

-Let IT OUT-
Talk about seizures and your feelings about them with those you spend your time with. Talking to a therapist about your feelings and experiences can also be helpful. Because PNES is believed to be related to emotional trauma or stressors, Having a counselor and good friends to talk to and writing in a journal can be great.

-BE SOCIAL-
Don’t allow your seizures to force you into isolation. It’s important to continue living your life in order to make a great recovery. This will take explaining PNES to friends or even acquaintances; however, it’s more likely that you may never recover if you isolate yourself.

-LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS-
Do not downplay your symptoms , it’s important to look for solutions to triggers, rather than trying to avoid them. Always make sure those know how to care if a PNES episode happens. If you know that you are triggered by crowded places, you may find yourself becoming isolated to avoid these triggers. It’s better to gradually work your way up to normal social interaction rather than turning away completely.

-Practice Grounding Techniques-
Learn how to utilize sensory grounding techniques. This practice helps relieve the feelings of panic associated with seizures. How do you ground yourself.

-RELAX-
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are more likely to occur if you are tensed or stressed. Check your shoulders and facial muscles for tension, and try to relax them. Also try listening to relaxation audio recordings, or finding a relaxing practice such as yoga or meditation. Take a relaxing bath at end of the day or even in middle of the day.

-Deep Breathing-
Abdominal breathing deep in your belly is calming. Just before a seizure, many people with PNES have difficult or shallow breathing. Master abdominal breathing to help shorten seizures and reduce other symptoms like dizziness. Do this by sitting with a hand just below your naval; breathe in through your nose, feeling your hand move outward as your stomach expands. Count to three, then breathe out and relax your stomach.

-THINK CALM-
If there is a place or a memory where you feel calm and happy, teach yourself to think of this place or memory. Bring yourelf to your happy place and breath.

-AVOID UNNECESSARY STRESS-
Avoid the unnecessary stress of constant ER visits. Unless nonepileptic seizures are accompanied by other symptoms, they aren’t considered medically dangerous. Over-medicating, or causing more stress with constant ER visits, can make seizures worse. If you think your being over medicated talk to your doctor I have found it best to have 2-3 seizure doctors.

-LEARN TO SAY NO-
Clear your schedule. You may need to delegate old tasks that you used to handle for everyone, or say no to requests for extra help or time. Pare your schedule down to the essentials so that you can take some time for self-care on a regular basis.

-TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF PLAN A FUN DAY (or weekend or week)-
Clear your schedule for a day or two or week and plan a vacation once and awhile (best every 6 months when you can save and take the time off and everyone’s aware) family or good friend to go with. Make sure you have all the medications you need and extra just in case. Make sure you have your med list and take little extra just in case. Remember its a few nights to get away from day to day life and relax doesn’t have to be extremely expensive just relax.

3..2…1.. Photosensitive

So many of us can..but so many of us can not. For about 3% of people with epilepsy, exposure to flashing lights at certain intensities or to certain visual patterns can trigger seizures. You think now “then why the warning in the movie theaters?”. Have you ever heard of photosensitivity? No, well I am not honestly surprised and if you have then great please share the meaning with others. Now the word and its meaning: Photosensitivity is the amount to which an object reacts upon receiving photons, especially visible light. In medicine, the term is principally used for abnormal reactions of the skin, and two types are distinguished, photoallergy and phototoxicity. Photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) is a form of epilepsy in which seizures are triggered by visual stimuli that form patterns in time or space, such as flashing lights; bold, regular patterns; or regular moving patterns. PSE affects approximately one in 4,000 people (5% of those with epilepsy).

Seizures in photosensitive people may be triggered by exposure to some of the following situations:

Television screens or computer monitors due to the flicker or rolling images.
Certain video games or TV broadcasts containing rapid flashes or alternating patterns of different colors.
Intense strobe lights like visual fire alarms.
Natural light, such as sunlight, especially when shimmering off water, flickering through trees or through the slats of Venetian blinds.
Certain visual patterns, especially stripes of contrasting colors.
Some people wonder whether flashing lights on the top of buses or emergency vehicles may trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy too.
Driving with the lights from car street lights have been able to set off because its like a flickering light as the person drives or goes by

Not all televisions, video games, computer monitors, and strobe lights trigger seizures, however. Even in predisposed individuals, many factors must combine to trigger the photosensitive reaction. Examples include:

Frequency of the flash (that is, how quickly the light is flashing)
Brightness
Contrast with background lighting
Distance between the viewer and the light source
Wavelength of the light
Whether a person’s eyes are open or closed (depends on the person)

The frequency or speed of flashing light that is most likely to cause seizures varies from person to person. Generally, flashing lights most likely to trigger seizures are between the frequency of 5 to 30 flashes per second (Hertz). The likelihood of such conditions combining to trigger a seizure is small, however can happen. PLEASE DO NOT TRY AND MAKE ONE HAPPEN ON PURPOSE THESE ARE NOT A JOKE!!!

**MORE MOVIES ARE TO BE HAVING PLEASE LEARN WHAT TO DO SO YOU CAN HELP SOMEONE IN NEED**

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND LEARN WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONES IS HAVING A SEIZURE

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Lifetime

We look at the pictures and cling to the memories. The giggling green eyed with red hair boy wrapped in a bundle of joy. The day he came home what a day that joyous day did bring. The family all gathered streamers and presents and food. So many diapers and changes of clothes now all unused and gathering dust as we can barely walk into a room that use to bring us such joy not brings us to our knees. The long 9 month wait, and we ran all the test told everything was to be just fine, how we to know, how were we to prepare? Tragity hit just all sudden his eyes roll up and he shakes but it doesn’t last more than a few seconds. A few seconds later he sounded like he was crying but the sound and pitch was all over the place as well as him shaking. I tried to sooth him and so did my husband and then we realized he was tense and this wasn’t right we called 911. The longest call and ride I have ever had.

What could ether of us do but wait for the doctors to do what doctors did best. Treat our son. We waited in the waiting room full of hope and not of any patience. Finally we were told we could go see our bundle of joy. What shocked us as we ran back to see him wasn’t seeing him but the wires attached and how suddenly he slept till all sudden another struck. How helpless we were and to us the doctors just it was a few needs and looking at a computer. So upset we were, how could u just barely do anything, do more your payed so much so help our boy. We demanded they did more, so enraged they seemed to do so little, to what we saw. Little did we realize not much can be done to such a small body, a frail young newborn. The doctors where doing all they could, they had ran all the blood work and pushing what meds they could and watching all the brain waves they could but not much more they can. I watched in horror as the last one hit and the last smile my son smiled before his last breath. I held my wife close and we both sat crying wondering if there could have been anything we could have done, to save out 2 week old son. Doctors and nurses helped us thru the process and we now have a better understanding. SUDEP is harsh its real and it can hit anytime and anyone. Going forward now we have had to ask for help and get good counseling because loosing isn’t easy. Its been 6 years and we are now expect our 2nd child its been a long hard road but we are fully aware there is a world beyond our front door. There is medical reasons and answers. There is more than what meets the eye, and seizures can hit about 1-26 people in their lifetime even children who have barely been around long.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR INFANT IS HAVING SEIZURES!!!!!
The baby may have jerking or stiffening of a leg or an arm that can alternate from side to side.
Or the whole upper body may suddenly jerk forward. Or both legs may jerk up toward the belly with the knees bent.
The baby’s facial expression, breathing, and heart rate may change.
Impairment of responsiveness (which is critical in defining many types of seizures) is difficult to assess in newborns. Parents may suspect that responsiveness is impaired when their voices are unable to attract the newborn’s attention.

Competitive Runner

Katie is a 20-year-old competitive runner from Dublin. Due to an aggressive form of epilepsy, she experiences up to 14 seizures a day. Despite her condition, Katie hasn’t let anything stand in the way of her love for running. With the help of her neurologist, who doubles as her running partner, Katie is never steered off course. With each seizure, she is able to bounce back and keep on going. She has been diagnosed since she was 9 years old, with 2 types. She has gone from a wheelchair to running shoes. Every day can be interesting but every day she picks up her running shoes and lives the day to the fullest. Most the rime she trains alone but for her big races she runs with her neurologist who is also her running partner. She doesn’t let anything get in her way of living life. A great plan put together a support group made of doctors loved ones and a team. A great diet and a exercise plan. Goals set and achieved.

With over 40 different kinds of epilepsy out there its not uncommon for people to be diagnosed with more than one type. For those who have no idea what it is however it is very common for people to assume to call 911 or jump to the worst conclusion of what epilepsy is. The simple word “epilepsy” when googled or just read looks scary. When seen having an Convulsive attack looks SCARY which IT IS but most do not know what to do or how long to wait or anything about it except what it looks like.

Click the Link below Please and watch to know what to do if you witness a seizure and have have the Knowledge of what to do Thank You.

https://youtu.be/XyDHG02phs0

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Invisible Strength

Today I just wanted to start with a “Hello”. I walk through life every day like everyone else and 99% of people wouldn’t take a second look at me, or even guess that I have a medical condition, because it doesn’t put me in a wheelchair or I don’t have to use crutches. It is an invisible illness that if you pay attention you can see it in my everyday life. There are many people with this same medical condition, different types not every person handles it the same. There is over 40 different types of seizures. More than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases globally. Nearly 80% of people with epilepsy live in low- and middle-income countries. It has been estimated that about 1.2 percent of U.S. people have active epilepsy. This comes out to about 3.4 million people nationwide, and more than 65 million globally. Additionally, about 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point during their lifetime. Thinking about that it doesn’t mean that it will stay for long knowing that it doesn’t mean it will go with a blink of an eye. The scariest thing to add on to all this to think about is epilepsy can begin at any age from anything. It is estimate that 1 out of every 1.000 people with epilepsy die from SUDEP each year. People can also die from prolonged seizures (status epilepticus). About 22,000 to 42,000 deaths in the U.S. each year occur from these seizure emergencies. What is SUDEP you ask? Great question! SUDEP stands for
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Scariest thing to happen to a parent to watch their child die and not to be able to do anything besides know they did everything they could. To be the husband or wife and watch or wake up to your loved one gone. or watch that one last seizure and a medical team try and save them and not be able to do anything. The sibling unsure how to help but all sudden your brother or sister isn’t there anymore. There is so much research being done but so many types of seizures and alot still un-found and still trails and errors. Seizures are still something people are scared of and when comes to the job market people run from the word seizure and don’t listen to anything. they picture the worse they don’t want to get the rest of the education. So many types if seizures out there and none are the same. For me I can do anything anyone else can do I just need my 8 hours of sleep to refocus and breath. I need to be able to de-stress and at times i need a few more breaks but I will speak up when I need to recenter and breath, sometimes takes me little bit longer to learn what I need to but that is why I take notes. For others it may not be as easy everyone has their own strengths and weakness and we all have our own voice.

https://youtu.be/Zl_G0B8EqV0

https://www.epilepsy.com/connect/forums/products-resources-helpful-links/over-40-different-types-seizures-revised