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Top 5 Back To School Solutions

Steve — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:47:40 +0000

It’s that time of year, when we are inundated by back to school sales and media coverage. To help you get ready, here is a list of the top five back to school products for 2010. These are the top solutions I have used with my kids that go beyond the pens, paper, backpacks, and other usual back to school items. This year, let’s be ready for whatever challenges school throws at us and our kids!

(1) Sleeping & Studying in a Noisy environment: There are several great solutions for dealing with a noisy environment in a dormitory or in your home. Our favorite and most basic is the Marpac 980. This unit generates a “white noise”, which compensates for background noise so you can sleep or do homework. Stepping up in functions and sounds, there are also units from Sound Oasis which are programmable, have different sound cards and more. My older kids have a Marpac set up in the room they do homework. It doesn’t completely cover up the noise from our two year old, but does a nice job in making her sounds less distracting and helps cover TV noises from the other room.

(2) Keep from Getting Sick – Deal with the germs: With hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people living close together, a cold or flu can tear through a college campus. Especially for dorm dwellers who may be breathing recycled air in their building. A good air purifier can go a long way in keeping healthy during the school year. Since most dorm rooms are fairly small, there’s no reason to spend a fortune on a high capacity unit. Something like an Airfree air purifier is usually perfect for a dorm, just plug it in, put it out of the way where there is good air flow and eradicate the germs floating into the room. Plus, these units look really cool.

(3) The Water Taste Horrible – Fix your dorm water cheap! Dorm water is never going to taste as good as water from home, but you don’t want to spend tons of money on bottled water or throw those bottles into the landfill. Make an investment into a high quality water purifier that doesn’t require plumbing changes, like a Berkey water purifier. Just fill it up every once and a while and you have good tasting water ready to drink.

(4) Wake up in Time for Class (or for the bus): A startling, buzzing alarm clock is never a good way to wake up. Waking to the natural morning light provides allows one to feel more rested and ready to face the day. Of course, waiting for the sun to rise is probably not an option. A sun alarm clock provides a great way to wake up from a gradual light filling the room. A sun alarm clock is a great way to get the day off to a good start.

(5) Fall Asleep – Even When Stressed Out: Back to school can be very stressful for youngsters and older kids alike. I’ve had issues with my kids not being able to get to sleep because of eternal factors like school. A Nightwave solves the problem naturally… period. No need for drugs or anything else that can have harmful effects.

Don’t forget to check out other great back to school solutions at Better Health Innovations. Live, learn, & stay healthy this school year!

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Better Health Innovations Outlet Store Launched Today

Steve — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:21:04 +0000

Today we launched a new section on our Better Health Innovations site with deeply discounted items that are in virtually perfect condition, but that we can not sell as new.

Looking for a deal on an inversion table, rowing machine, or dumbbell set? These are just a few of the items now available on the Better Health Innovations Outlet Store. It is time for spring cleaning, and we need to move repackaged, returned, and used merchandise.

Note that only products with superficial flaws are sold in our outlet store. They all function just fine and we guarantee that they are in working condition. In fact, most of the items come with the full factory warranty!

Products in our new Outlet store may be:

Used once or twice and then returned
Been repackaged because the packaging was damaged in shipping
Have slight cosmetic issues
Brand new overstocked items

Check our outlet often, items will constantly be added: Better Health Innovations Outlet Store

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Can exercise help ward off the swine flu?

betterinnovations — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:31:36 +0000

Can exercise help ward off the swine flu?

via msnbc.com: Fitness on 12/3/09

Studies have concluded that exercise can enhance the immune system, but is the effect great enough to stave off swine flu?

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Article: High Protein Food

betterinnovations — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:29:15 +0000

Article: High Protein Food

via Fitness.com by tomaszjot on 12/5/09

No matter whether you want to gain muscles, reduce weight or just simply survive, you need to eat proteins. It’s a base to build every muscle so, especially for body-builders, it is essential to eat loads of proteins.

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Can exercise help ward off the swine flu?

Our Customer Reviews for Health, Wellness, & Fitness

Steve — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:35:09 +0000

Less than a month ago we went live with a new customer review system that makes writing a review for one of products very easy. This has really taken off, so we launched a “mini-site” to host just our reviews. You can find it at reviews.betterinnovations.com.

A cool thing about our reviews is that you can easily see whether the person who wrote a review actually has the product.

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New Logo For Better Health Innovations

Steve — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:25:15 +0000

Oh, how we try not to make big changes during the holiday buying season! Well, we’re not completely rebranding the business, but on our primary web site, www.BetterHealthInnovations.com, we stuck a new logo up there. Let us know what you think.

Old logo:

New Logo:

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Amazing Bicycle Skills – European Junior Championships Indoorcycling

betterinnovations — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:46:22 +0000

I don’t think most people could do this stuff on their feet, never mind on a bike.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36Yi-Pb1wM

Okay, you will not learn how to do this on one of our exercise bikes, but they will keep you in shape!

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Let’s Talk about Stress

betterinnovations — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:22:55 +0000

The title of this article made me suddenly want to breakout in song…”let’s talk about stress…baby, let’s talk about you and me…let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that can be.”

Ok, right melody, wrong relaxation technique.

Maybe I am just trying to get you in the mood to talk about that dreaded S word…Stress. Do you know the American Institute of Stress and the Centers for Disease Control have reported that up to 90% of all illnesses are stress related? Yes, you heard me right, 90%. That means, to be perfectly blunt, that we are killing ourselves, worrying, obsessing and stressing ourselves into an early grave.

Sorry to be so morbid, but I have a dose of positive reality for you. Since we create our own stress–and yes, it’s true, our minds decide whether we will be calm or be stressed over circumstances and/or situations–we also have the power to remove stress. There are many ways to relieve stress, such as exercise, meditation, and yoga. But most of us don’t have the luxury of taking the time out from our busy lives to participate in these activities on a regular basis, and if you don’t use these methods regularly they really don’t do much good.

However, there is a solution, one that is convenient for those of you who have even the most hectic schedules. A small, handheld device, the emWave Personal Stress Reliever monitors your heart rhythms, confirming when you are in optimum psycho-physiological coherence mode. What does that mean in laymen’s terms? In just minutes, the emWave Personal Stress Reliever will teach you to breath correctly, returning your heart rate to its normal, healthy level, and your mind and body to its natural state of being–calm, content and relaxed.

emWave by HeartMath

Check it out today. emWave works in-the-moment and provides instant results. You can actually achieve better health, have more energy, improved emotional and mental clarity, and improve your performance and relationships.

Developed after years of research, the emwave from HeartMath provides a proven method to reduce stress.

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Amazing Exercise Ball Trick!

betterinnovations — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:15:24 +0000

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER from our law firm, Dewey, Cheatem & Howe: Do not try this at home!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxv61vgRRw8

Here is a great selection of exercise balls. Just don’t be flipping around like this guy!

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Welcome to our new blog

betterinnovations — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:15:52 +0000

After all these years on the internet, and after many customers asking for it, we have finally launched a blog for Vanko Trading Inc! We have been helping people in all sorts of ways with the products offered through our two web sites, Amazon, eBay, and Buy.com. However, health and fitness technology is only half the equation when seeking a healthy lifestyle… This blog should help bridge the gap between equipment and the helpful information you need to get the most from it.

Here we plan to put out (hopefully) useful information on how you can get or stay healthy, whether that means through fitness or wellness methods. Having helped thousands of people achieve their health & fitness goals, we are looking forward to reaching out even further with this blog. Stay tuned, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/Btr_Innovations

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