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And yes, it really does taste good! And, because you basically just add water to the pure dried peanut mix you can make up as little or as much of what you want. Incidentally, it also comes with a chocolate version. That I won't tempt myself with!
It’s still not the magic bullet to lose weight, you still have to cut back on overall calories, exercise and drink your water. But now you can drink something good for you in addition to water which will actually help your body possibly lose even more weight in the process. And with so many great tasting versions of green tea, that should make just about everyone happy.
YottaMark of Redwood City, California, and FoodLogiq of Durham, North Carolina have developed a RFID tracking device that would allow you to see exactly where your food was grown, processed, handled, and ultimately shipped to.
The tracking mechanisms were originally created to locate and stop the spread of contaminated or diseased foods throughout the US, but I believe it would be equally as useful to see how far removed you are from your food sources.
Ideally, we'd all be eating locally grown, organic, and fresh foods and this tracking device would be a way of seeing how close we are to the farm. Plus, the fresher the food we eat (including flash frozen) the more nutrients we get from those foods and the healthier it is for us.
However, these RFID bar codes currently cost 30 cents each which is far too pricey for food manufacturers. My question to you is if you’d be willing to pay 30 cents more for a package of meat, etc. to find out where it was farmed, processed, shipped, and how long it's taken to get to your local food market?
Source: The Economist, RFID Bar Codes
Being from New England I'm a big fan of the New England Patriots and watching them play football (American) every Sunday. Well, last Sunday when I was watching the game I noticed an ad by the NFL for their new website NFLrush.com.
It turns out that they are promoting exercise for kids. I thought this was a great way to use their influence to get kids to be more active. The NFL's theme is "Play 60" which encourages kids to go outside and run around and play for one hour a day.
Personally, I feel the only way we’re going to be able to break this cycle we're in of rising obesity rates is to really get the point across to kids about how important proper exercise and nutrition is. Children listen to their role models, so I hope every one of us who has some type of influence can lead by example and teach healthy lifestyle values to the next generation.
The owner of the company I’m about to tell you about wasn’t a scientist or engineer, but just a regular guy who had a problem…
Mark Konjevod found that even when he washed his gym clothes they still seemed to have that not so fresh scent to them. So he asked around and quickly realized he wasn’t the only one with this problem. This issue of what to do about smelly workout gear eventually led to him developing the first laundry detergent specifically designed to thoroughly clean dri-fit material and other gym clothing.
For everyone who comments on the blog and emails me asking about the latest innovations and gadets on the market you may want to check out his Win Detergent if you’ve ever been in Mark’s shoes!
Are we getting too caught up with the conveniences of modern day technology? At what point do we stop and say that although we have access to many scientific advances that allow us to move our bodies less and do less physical labor we don’t have to take advantage of all of them.
The “Segway Personal Transporter” is the perfect example of this. It seems that walking is now overrated when you can just hop on a motorized machine to take you from point A to B. Personally, I think the Segway is pretty cool, but I’m just not a fan of where the general direction of this type of technology is headed.
I’d just hate to imagine a future where we sit down on our commute to work, sit a desk for 9 hours, sit down on our commute home, sit down for dinner, sit in front of the TV, and then use a Segway for any other activities that would require walks over 5 minutes…
After my last post on Pilates there were a few people who let me know that they didn’t feel Pilates was completely honest in their marketing…
The problem that some people believe that Pilates advocates try to convince people that Pilates helps you develop long and lean muscles. They feel their marketing is also done in a way that makes Pilates look like the only option to develop a slender physique and that all other types of training will make you bulky.
That’s the debate at least…
To be honest the detractors of Pilates do have a point. Pilates claims they will help you lengthen your muscles through a specific set of exercises, but this isn’t specific to Pilates. They make it seem like only their exercises do this, but it’s virtually impossible to lengthen a muscle without contracting (flexing) an opposing muscle during an exercise.
That’s just how the human body works… Therefore, Pilates isn’t always lengthening muscles – it’s actually contracting some to allow others to elongate.
The second major problem people have with how Pilates brands itself is that they say they help you develop lean muscle, but as I’ve written in previous posts there is only lean muscle. Your body doesn’t have “fat or unlean” muscle.
So although Pilates proponents do have some flaws in how they view their form of fitness, that doesn’t mean it still can’t help you - it just means they need to take a closer look at their marketing…
After my earlier post this week on not being self-conscious at the gym I had a reader ask me if it was okay to not use any of the machines if they didn’t feel comfortable with how they worked.
The answer is absolutely. You’ll actually get more benefit by just using free weights and cables than by sitting down on any of the larger stationary pieces of equipment. With free weights you’ll be able to move more functionally and naturally through a full range of motion without overloading any one particular joint. Free weights also allow you more variety and are a better choice if your body isn’t in perfect alignment (and whose is after sitting down all day?).
So although I’d prefer you to use machines over doing nothing, I’d much prefer you to work more muscle in less time through full body free weight exercises.
With all the talk about using kettlebells lately I wanted to clear the air about whether or not you NEED to use them in your own workout program.
The short answer is you do NOT.
There is simply NO exercise that you absolutely must do to get the results you are looking for. Kettlebells are fantastic, but if you don’t know how to use them and don’t want to learn that’s okay… you can still lose weight and reshape your body in other ways.
I just want to you to keep in mind that when you are training on your own you should be doing exercises that you feel comfortable doing so that you stay safe and injury free. That doesn’t mean these exercises should be easy to complete, but you should have a good handle on how to use proper form.
“Zerona,” the noninvasive, weight loss laser is pending FDA approval, but I thought I’d give you an advanced preview of what it is supposed to do...
The Zerona claims to “activate the release of fat from adipose tissue, which is then absorbed by the lymphatic system and removed from the body.”
The cost of this procedure is $500 per session and 6 treatments are typically needed.
Although no one knows the long-term potential side-effects of this laser I wonder if this product will be in high-demand.
If cost wasn’t an issue would you try out this experimental procedure?
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