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Note- this is not being sold by the company. It is excess inventory by the creator of this Blog who created it for BioTrainer but was never paid by the company for her work on this Blog so is clearing out her personal stock of unopened units.

It is being sold with a free leash to keep it securely attached to your waist.

Spend less time at the gym and more time outside.

Measuring your caloric burn with the help of the BioTrainer doesn't need to take place just in the gym. Working out can mean working out outdoors.

Tune up the bicycle and take a ride to a place you've passed by in the car but might not have been able to access unless on foot or bike. Go hiking at a local park and plan a (healthy) picnic at the end as your reward. With more daylight at the end of the workday make a date to meet friends at the local tennis or basketball courts.

And for those who are true "gym rats" and don't feel they are getting a real workout unless they're at the health club, try your warm up exercises and stretches in the open air before going inside for a change of pace.

And don't forget the sunscreen and a hat!

We Love: The Clean Between Machine

At BioTrainer we love to keep our bodies fit - and we recognize that healthy teeth and oral hygiene goes hand-in-hand with our fitness goals.

The Clean Between Machine’s ergonomic and cordless design includes a patented click-tip interdental brush system recommended by dental specialists.

The system also includes:

• Power Handle that oscillates at 7500 rpm to create a gentle soothing vibration that stops the formation of plaque.
• A Storage Base to remove and prevent plaque accumulation around the gum line
• A Sonic Gum Stimulator to prevent tooth decay and gum disease, reaching where floss cannot
• A Sonic Toothbrush to give your teeth a remarkably clean feeling
• Sonic Tongue Cleaner to freshen your breath
• 18 Interdental Brush Tips

Getting to all those hard-to-reach places can be hard, but the Sonic Clean Between Machine glides easily between teeth, deep into interdental pockets to sweep away food and debris that can breed bacteria, preventing periodontal disease. Visit their website for a special savings offer!

How clean is your gym?

Bacteria grow in warm, wet environments. Ask any emergency room attendant why it’s so cold in the ER and they’ll tell you it’s to stop breeding bacteria.

Most gyms leave it to the members to wipe the equipment down themselves after use. A good facility should provide paper towels and spray cleaner. Use it before you work out as you don’t know if the person before you might have used a sweaty towel to wipe down. And be thoughtful to wipe it down again after you’ve worked out.

To further protect yourself, wear long sleeves and long pants. Don’t hang your towel over the equipment. Bring your own towels as there is no guarantee your gym is washing its towels in bleach and rinsed in hot water. Don’t sit down naked or put clean clothing down on benches in the locker room; you don’t know what was sitting there before. And of course, wear flip flops in the shower.

How much water do you need?

The International Bottled Water Association has a great online calculator to determine your water needs and provide the following tips.

Keep in mind that there are other factors that may require you to drink more water. Here's a look at a few:

Dry Air Up There: To combat low humidity levels on airplanes, drink one 8-ounce serving of water for every hour in the air.

Winter Woes: The colder it gets outside, the more energy your body requires to maintain a 98.6 degree temperature, AND the more water your body needs. So be sure to drink extra water in cold weather.

Flu Blues: Maladies such as pneumonia and the flu can sometimes lead to dehydration, so be sure to drink more water when you are sick.

Beat the Heat: If you plan to spend considerable time outside in warm weather, prepare by drinking one to two extra 8-ounce servings of water.

Moms Need More: Due to high concentrations of water in breast milk, nursing mothers require three additional 8-ounce servings of water per day. Drink up, mom!

Pregnancy Increases Need: You'll gain as much water weight as baby weight when you are pregnant. This is in the form of increased blood volume, amniotic fluid, and tissue fluids. Be sure to drink 8 to 12, 8-ounce servings a day.

How the BioTrainer works

The BioTrainer quantifies motion; it records your movements and gives measurements in one of two ways:

• Activity Units - This is a method measuring your overall physical activity based on your body movements. Activity units CAN’T be affected by other factors such as age or weight. With activity units, The BioTrainer can be worn on different body parts depending on the activity or type of exercise.
• Calories - It can accurately calculate the calories burned as a result of exercise. You actually burn calories in two ways:

One is physical activity calories (which the BioTrainer measures), that are burned as a result of engaging in physical activity, such as exercise.

The other way is metabolic calories, which result from the body’s natural metabolic rate, even when you are inactive. Some of these would include breathing, digesting food, sitting, sleeping, and other “non-exercise” activities.

Almonds found to help regulate appetite, caloric intake

Daily consumption of almonds may trigger feelings of satiety and help reduce overall calorie intake, according to research by scientists from Purdue University.

Dieters often find it difficult to regulate their appetite, but a new study recently presented at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity's annual meeting indicates that almonds may help stop unhealthy snacking by enhancing feelings of fullness between meals.

The study -- funded by the Almond Board of California -- examined the effects of supplementing the diet with almonds on 20 overweight women. The participants were divided into two groups: The first was given two servings (300 calories) of almonds a day for ten weeks, followed by 10 weeks with no almonds, while the second began with 10 weeks of no almonds, followed by 10 weeks of two daily servings of almonds.

The researchers, led by Richard Mattes, found that when the women were supplementing their diets with almonds, they experienced no changes in energy intake, body weight, body fat or body mass index (BMI).

"We concluded that the women found their daily almond snack to be very filling, and so they naturally compensated in the caloric intake at other times of the day," Mattes said.
Essentially, because the almonds triggered feelings of fullness, the women consumed fewer calories from unhealthy sources.

They also noted that some of the fat found in almonds is not digested or absorbed by the body after consumption, which leads to lower caloric intake than the number indicated on almonds' nutrition labels.

The researchers stressed the need for larger, longer trials to prove their findings, as well as additional studies to determine which almond compounds are responsible for satiety.
Consumer demand for almonds has dramatically increased in recent years as the nuts' health benefits have become more widely known.