Ice Cream Bar for Health and Fitness – StrongBody Bars

StrongBody Bars

Health and fitness enthusiasts can now have their ice cream bar and eat it guilt free without worrying about excessive junk calories.

StrongBody Bars is a Health & Fitness ice cream product developed by Booozah LLC, in partnership with Royal Ice Cream of Manchester CT. This product will provide good calories and would appeal to people concerned about  obesity, weight management, health and fitness.

StrongBody Bar has only about 130 calories and weighs 4 oz (82g) which

Healthy Vending Machines of Santa Monica

Healthy vending machines

Obesity is a problem in the U.S. and it can lead to several health problems such as diabetes. The problem is worldwide and even countries like Brazil and China have begun to experience the issue of obesity and its adverse consequences.

A Santa Monica company, H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending, is taking a healthy look at food vending machine business. H.U.M.A.N. in company name stands for helping unite man and nutrition (h.u.m.a.n.). The company states its mission is to eradicate childhood obesity through education and healthy eating and 10% of profits are donated to charities that fight obesity and malnutrition.

The company claims, traditional Vending machines in schools usually only sell foods high in sugar, fat, and sodium--which leads to worse-

Weight loss drug Qnexa wins support of FDA advisory panel

Qnexa, Vivus

Weight loss drug, Qnexa won strong recommendation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel despite being potentially risky for heart and birth related issues. The FDA is expected to make its decision in April.

According to the developer:

“Qnexa [kyoo-nek-suh] is an investigational drug candidate being developed to address weight loss, type 2 Diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea. Qnexa is a once-a-day, proprietary, oral, controlled-release formulation of low-dose phentermine and topiramate, which is designed to decrease appetite and increase satiety (the sense of feeling full), the two main mechanisms that impact eating behavior.”

Healthy meals for the U.S. Military

Military meal

The U.S. has the best equipped military but it is not the same thing about the military meals. Keeping aside combat situation, the military meal has been considered average at best that did not give serious attention to obesity or other long-range health risks.

According to defense department, the number of service members with the weight problem has about doubled from 1 out of 50 in the mid-1990s

David Murdock’s recipe for longevity: 33 of the healthiest foods

Healthy food, fruits & vegetables

David H. Murdock is Chairman and owner of Dole Food Company, Inc., the world's largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, packaged and frozen foods. Mr. Murdock advocates healthy eating to promote longevity. At 86, he is enjoying the robust health, energy, and mental creativity of someone many decades younger.  

His secret:
large quantities of fruit and vegetables, plus an hour of daily exercise.


He takes no pills, not even aspirin, and certainly no supplements -- everything he needs comes from his fish-vegetarian diet, which incorporates 30-40 different kinds of fruit and vegetables every week.

He does his own grocery shopping and spends 50-60 minutes on cardio and strength training every day. According to Mr. Murdock, by eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity. Obesity accelerates aging even faster than smoking, according to scientific research.

Here is a list of 33 fruit and vegetables, the Healthiest Foods on Earth, by Mr. Murdock:

Apple	Blackberries	Broccoli
Avocado	Blueberries	Butternut Squash
Banana	Cherries	Carrot
Cantaloupe	Cranberries	Cauliflower
Kiwi	Raspberries	Green Cabbage
Mango	Strawberries	Kale
Orange		Mushrooms
Papaya		Pumpkin
Pineapple		Red Bell Pepper
Plums & Prunes	Artichoke	Spinach
Pomegranate	Arugula	Sweet Potato
Watermelon	Asparagus	Tomato

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China’s economic rise and obesity explosion

Obesity in China

China’s economy has been growing by leaps and bounds. The economic reforms have transformed the live of Chinese. Many are now richer and, also, bigger and fatter than they ever before.

Observers say that just a generation ago, hardly anyone was overweight in that country. Many Chinese people did not have enough to eat - some still do not – and millions of people are thought to have died in a famine in the early 1960s. The rising number of overweight Chinese people is, in part, the result of the country's remarkable economic growth over the last 30 years. Observers believe that a number of factors have contributed to this problem.

People's material lives have become a lot better as economy and the society has developed. Now, people have access to all kinds of food products. There's great variety and people can usually buy whatever they want to eat.

There is rise of processed food and supermarkets, and decreased physical activity as people move from the countryside to the cities. The result is people move to city and get fat.

China's faces obesity challenge

China's family planning policies have been blamed for the growing number of overweight children. Many families have just one child and, some say, the children are spoilt by parents. These children are used to eating whatever they want.

Some parents also blame China's education system, which puts little emphasis on sporting activities and exercise.

Also, there is 'Nowhere to exercise' because of very little public space in urban areas and even when there is you often cannot walk on the grass.

Obesity, in general, has been linked to a range of illnesses such as heart disease, and diabetes and cancer. These people are more liable to suffer from a range of illnesses, and are already putting pressure on China's healthcare system and on the society. Because of its large population, over 1 billion people, it will become a huge problem for China. According to a recent report there are now more than 90 million diabetics in China - about one in 10 adults. With this trend, China, the most populated country, is about to become the epicenter of diabetes on this earth.

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Increase in obesity causing steady rise in death risk

 I don’t know whether it should be surprising. A study funded by the National Institutes of Health concludes that your risk of death rises steadily with every overweight pound you gain,.

Even if you don't smoke and are in otherwise good health, your risk of death goes up 31% with every 5-point increase in BMI, a measure of body mass based on weight and height.

The study pooled data from 19 long-term studies that followed 1.46 million white adults for five to 28 years.The findings appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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