Friday, February 24, 2012

Inhale chocolate with no calories – Le Whif


Le Whif inhalable chocolate
Chocolate lovers can never have enough of it. We even have a National Chocolate Cake Day, as if they really need an excuse to consume chocolate. If you were concerned about inconvenience of bulk handling and hands getting dirty, now you can enjoy no calorie chocolate by simply inhaling. Le Whif is the inhalable, breathable chocolate.

Le Whif inhalable chocolate is available in lipstick size tubes that you simply puff into your mouth.
 
 VIDEO - Want A Chocolate High? Just Inhale

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Man jailed for defrauding Medicare with penis pumps

Medicare fraud
The law struck hard on a man for defrauding Medicare with penis pumps. Basically, he sent penis pumps free of charge to the Medicare patients, who never ordered the product, and then billed Medicare for $2.2 million claiming necessities ordered by the physicians.

An Illinois man, Gary Winner, 50, was sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding Medicare and seniors with erectile pumps. In addition, he will serve three years of supervised release after his prison sentence, pay a $12,500 fine and reimburse $2.2 millions to the Medicare.

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.”

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Kim and Khloe Kardashian may lose some weight over QuickTrim legal issues



QuickTrim, Kardashian
Kardashians always seem to find some way to stay in the news and make money because of it. It turns out this time Kim and Khloe Kardashian will be tossed around by the lawyers because of their involvement with weight loss product QuickTrim. Kim and Khloe Kardashian have done paid endorsement for QuickTrim and claimed to have lost a lot of weight because of it. Up coming legal workout will make them lose weight for real.

Quicktrim International’s website and products show pictures of Kim and Khloe Kardashian. The website claims:

Inhalable Caffeine, AeroShot by Breathable Foods is under FDA review


AeroShot inhalable caffeine
AeroShot, Inhalable Caffeine product, is being investigated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The investigation will determine whether this product can be safely taken and/or if this can be sold as dietary supplement which does not require FDA approval.

Inhalable caffeine, known by the brand AeroShot, is made by Breathable Foods Inc, of Cambridge, MA. Breathable Foods aims to deliver nutrients to the mouth for ingestion using novel aerosol delivery system. AeroShot is the first product from Breathable Foods, Inc. and it is manufactured in France.

Animal rights group loses drone in South Carolina shoot out

Mikrokopter drone
Remote controlled drones are being used by the U.S. military in war in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia. The police agencies have been using drones in the U.S. The Occupy Movement in Poland used drones to watch locations of riot police. Now, it turns out animal rights groups have started using drones to keep an eye on animal abuses. According to thetandd.com, the latest incident occurred near Broxton Bridge Plantation in Ehrhardt, South Carolina.

Animal rights group SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), showed up with a Mikrokopter drone to document live pigeon slaughter

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Brazilian bikini business booms as women get fat

Brazilian bikinis
Brazil is known for its warm climate, carnival and beautiful, shapely, tan women in teeny bikinis. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen comes from Brazil. However, things seem to be changing for bigger in this sunny country as women are getting fat and larger bikinis are hard to find.

Brazil is a part of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) group of nations

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

Monday, February 20, 2012

Lipsticks with Lead – Top 20

Lipstick
The saying “you get what you pay for” may not be a blessing when it comes to lipsticks. A survey conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that some of he the most popular and the most expensive brands (Maybelline, L'Oréal, NARS, Cover Girl Queen, Collection, Maybelline, Stargazer, Revlon, Sonia Kashuk, Avon) also contain the MOST amounts of lead.

The LEAST-contaminated brand, Wet & Wild Mega Mixers Lip Balm, was also the least expensive. Other brands with

Compression stockings for health and active life

Compression stockings
Compression shorts and shirts are popular as sportswear because they seem to help muscles during a work out.

However, this may not be the only beneficial use for compression garments.

A company, CompressionStockings.com, sells compression stockingsfrom a number of brands: Jobst, Juzo, Mediven, Sigvaris, Cep, Zensah, LympheDivas and Bio Compression Systems.