Sanyo SA 5000 Massage Chair

There is a good selection of massage chairs in the mid tier market. If you don’t want to plunk down the money for a full luxury massage chair, the midrange delivers solid massage therapy and comparable warranties. One midrange model you may want to check out is the SA 5000 massage chairs from Sanyo. Sanyo incorporates many electronic sensors to customize the massage for the individual.

Sanyo is famous for its electronics. It has incorporated a stiffness detection system. The stiffness detection system will monitor both your pulse rate and your perspiration. This is used to determine where stress points and stiffness are residing in your back.

The stiffness detection system uses technology which is the same for lie detection systems. The user must place their bare hand over a mouse-like device. The system then determines where the user has stiff muscles. This information is then fed into the chairs computer and the massage is customized based on these readings.

The areas of stiffness are displayed on the remote controls LCD. As the massage ensues, the LCD will show each area been relieve until the tension is released. Once all areas have been relieved, then the massage will stop.

To complement the relief of stiffness, Sanyo has incorporated its GK roller technology. This technology is able to emulate the grasping and kneading of a master masseuse. These rollers are especially effective for the neck and shoulders.

The GK roller system from Sanyo was developed to provide a more lifelike massage motion. They have incorporated a new technology to perform a grasping type massage. This is effective in massaging the tops of the shoulders.

With the SA 5000 massage chair, you can select from 4 different automatic massage programs. You can select relax stiffness, and recovery. Each individual massage program performs a full body massage. Relaxation is at a touch of a button.

There are manual massage techniques which include grip, shiatsu, kneading, tapping, kneading and tapping combination, and lower body. You can also select a specific region to target the massage. There are four areas to the massage will then concentrated in the area selected in the massage technique designated.

Sanyo has located airbags throughout the chair. The airbags are driven by an air compression system. The air will inflate the airbags which provide a compression massage. Set the level of intensity to provide deep and penetrating relief to the lower body.

In the SA 5000 also uses a multipoint shiatsu massage for the lower body. Specially designed nodes are used to penetrate specific areas to provide relief. These nodes are activated during the course of the shiatsu massage.

Sanyo has incorporated the stiffness detection system to the SA 5000. This stiffness detection system works off a devise similar to a computer mouse. You must hold the mouse by cupping your hand over the top. This device is in addition to the remote control.

Sanyo provides the SA 5000 massage chair with a one-year labor parts warranty. They also offer one-year in-home technician service. The roller mechanism of the SA 5000 massage chair is covered for three years. Some dealers offer extended warranties but this is at additional expense.

Sanyo introduce the SA 5000 has a need to range massage chair. It contains many of the same technology as its more expensive high-end chair the DR 7700. I could do without the stiffness detection sensor and not having to hold onto the sub remote. The GK rollers are effective in performing be gripping massage. The physical shape center also does adjust the massage based on where your body is currently positioned in the chair. Sanyo has incorporated many interesting features in the SA 5000 massage chair.

Written by Steven O Esquire on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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Way To Success With The Acai Berry Diet

Lately, people have started to experiment with alternate delivery methods for the acai berry. There are many reasons as to why this is so, but corporate competition is probably at the head of that list. One of the more interesting developments to hit the market in recent times has to do with the idea of the powder acai berry diet.

Under this particular concept, you would actually purchase something akin to drinking powder. It would be the berry dried and then ground down into a fine powder. You would then mix this powder with water in order to make a drink that you could then consume in order to get the recommended amount of berry needed for whatever acai diet you happen to be on at the time.

For many people, this is definitely a good thing. For starters, a fruit drink based on the acai berry is a delicious proposition and there are excess of people around that have a much easier time drinking a fruit drink than eating a fruit (just think of everyone that loves orange juice and you’ll see the proof). In addition to that however, there are also plenty of people that have digestive problems through earlier bad diets. For these people, getting to do the acai berry diet with a liquid instead of a solid is an absolute godsend.

Like most things however, there are drawbacks to this method. For starters, you are not getting the berry in its actual form. Instead, you are getting an acai diet that uses a berry that has been shipped, aged, dried and ground, all of which compromises at least the taste of the final product. Many would argue that it compromises effectiveness versus eating fresh berries, a point that is not disputed by many.

This is not to say that the acai berry diet is less effective with its liquid form, just that is less effective over the same period of time. You’ll likely have to take it longer to experience the same effects. For people that were planning on a permanent switch to acai, this is hardly as big a drawback as it otherwise might be.

Written by Dana Hawkes on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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Tingle Bronzers Can Make Tanning A Snap

Many Caucasians prefer to have a tanned complexion. This is the reason why many tanning lotions are produced to satisfy the growing demand for it. One popular type is the tingle bronzer. Tingle bronzers are tanning lotions that when applied on the body gives a tingly feeling that can either be hot on the skin or cool to touch depending on your brand of choice.

A tingle bronzer is a tan lotion that reacts to the skin by causing chemicals from the lotion to increase the blood flow to the desired area making it easier to tan quickly. This tingle is felt pretty easy and can be more intense at times than others.

Tingle bronzers should not be used by novice tanners but rather experienced tanning bed users. It is not to be used with sensitive skin either and if you are unsure you should apply a small amount to an area of the skin to see if you react.

Sometimes allergic reactions occur when using tingle lotion and if this happens then one should cease usage and stick to regular tanning lotions. However usage on the legs could be tried as this is a less sensitive area and thus harder to tan.

Many wonder if it is safe to use tingle bronzers and the answer is absolutely. They are not dangerous but they can be irritating to the skin and cause you to be uncomfortable such. They basically react to the skin much the same way as an icy hot or bengay patch. They are for adults only no children should use them.

Tingle tanning lotions are typically going to turn the skin red but this is normal as this redness will eventually become your tanned skin. This happens due to the increased blood flow to the applied area. The ingredients used consist of benzyl, methyl and hexyl nicotinate.

Many users will power through the discomfort in the tingle bronzers and continue usage as it has a very fast acting agent that gets the skin tanned much quicker than your typical indoor tanning lotions.

This is due to the increased blood flow that makes possible the faster repair process of the skin. Tanning process happens when the sin is damaged by the UV rays, melanin and the sun. So if it is a better and faster tan you are after, then tingle bronzers may be for you.

Written by Chris White on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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Guidance on New COBRA Rules From The IRS And Doeren Mayhew

The IRS recently released guidance, in a question and answer format, addressing how employers are to administer and seek recovery of the new COBRA premium subsidy enacted under the American ecovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). The Act provides that an individual who has been involuntarily terminated on or after September 1, 2008, through the end of 2009 is required to pay only 35% of the group health insurance premium to secure COBRA continuation coverage (up to nine months).

The new guidance focuses on digit broad areas: Form preparation – the mechanics of how an employer recovers the COBRA payment subsidy through a payroll credit claimed on bureau Form 941, and administration and eligibility. The guidance also addresses common inquiries surrounding the timing of when the subsidy begins and ends.

How The Subsidy Will Work: Former employees and their family are “assistance eligible employees” if they are eligible for COBRA health insurance continuation coverage as a result of any involuntary termination occurring from September 1, 2008, through December 31, 2009. Those individuals are required to pay only 35% of the group health insurance premium that would otherwise apply.

Under the new guidance Act, the “person to whom the premiums are payable” – generally, the employer – pays the other 65% of the COBRA continuation premium. The employer will then be reimbursed by means of a federal payroll tax credit claimed on Form 941.

The Payroll Credit Generally, an employer can claim the payroll credit for the COBRA payment subsidy on Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return. To do so, the employer should enter the amount of any COBRA payment assistance payments paid on behalf of employees for that lodge on Line 12a. The amount entered should equal 65% of suitable workers’ total COBRA payment payments – not amounts received from past employees.

In its Guidance, the bureau indicated that there has been some fault surrounding the proper sort of individuals to be reported on Line 12b as having received COBRA payment assistance reported on Line 12a. The guidance clarifies that only one individual should be counted for Line 12b purposes in a situation where a past employee has also secured coverage for other qualifying individuals much as a relative and/or children.

Clarification has come that the COBRA premium reduction applies as of the first period of coverage beginning on or after February 17, 2009, for which a qualifying involuntary terminated employee is eligible to pay 35% of the premium. The exact date of coverage is contingent upon the period to which premiums are charged to the plan. The 35% premium subsidy generally applies until the earliest of three events: (1) when the former employee secures other health insurance coverage; (2) the date that is nine months after the first day of the first month for which the special COBRA premium subsidy provision applies; or (3) the date the individual is no longer eligible for COBRA continuation coverage.

Written by Doeren Mayhew on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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3 Essential Diet Guidelines For Better Bodybuilding Performance

Bodybuilding is not just about working hard on workouts. Working hard is important but you have to work smart as well to get more benefits out of your commitment. An area often ignored by beginning bodybuilders is their diet. Diet is an area where you have to be smart. Take a cue from professional bodybuilders and learn basic nutritional guidelines to enhance your results.

Successful athletes and bodybuilders have to monitor their diets constantly and are responsible for creating and following a nutritional plan that matches their training goals, lifestyle and preferences. Eating is normally seen as something that destroys fitness goals. But you just need to understand these basic principles to make your diet work for you in achieving your training goals.

1. Select nutrient-dense foods. 300 calories from oatmeal differs from 300 calories from sweetened cereals. Sweetened cereals provide a quick dose of energy but will leave you feeling tired and hungry after some time. On the other hand, calories from oatmeal are slowly absorbed by our body giving us a steady supply of energy. In addition, oatmeal contains high levels of fiber, which aids digestion, and the muscle-building nutrient called protein. Develop a habit of eating only nutrient-dense foods to give your body all the nourishment it needs.

2. Eat small meals at the right time. We are used to eating three large meals per day. This is now considered a bad habit by nutritionists since we tend to eat a lot in those three meals. Nutritionists recommend eating 5 to 6 small meals throughout the day at regular intervals. The amount and timing of your meals will stabilize your blood sugar level and will make you less likely to crave for food and eat excessively. Combined with eating nutrient-rich foods, this habit will aid you in maintaining the energy level you need throughout the day and for workouts.

3. Take advantage of pre and post-workout windows. Eating before and right after your workouts can greatly enhance your training results. You see, our body use up a lot of energy when we workout so eating a high-protein snack complemented with some healthy carbohydrates can give enough fuel to our body to last us throughout a session. Our bodies then become very receptive to nutrients after our workout. Take advantage of this by eating a high-protein meal after your work out.

Understanding some key principles of nutrition and diet is essential for increasing muscle mass and fine-tuning your results. Take the time to learn these three key principles as you develop a solid training program that works for you.

Written by Edwin R. Bush on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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A Primer On The Hot Stone Massage

You know what a body massage is. Maybe you have a body massage regularly. A hot stone massage is a massage in the definitive sense, but it is quite unlike a regular massage. Of fairly recent origin, from Sweden, it has gained rapid popularity due to its efficacy in dealing with physical ailments and mental tension. Want to find out what a hot stone massage feels like? Then read on…

The hot stones are applied to your body with great care to ensure that you receive the full therapeutic benefits of this excellent massage therapy. The stones are applied very gently. The massage therapist may also use his hands to massage you. Often, all he does is reposition the stones on your body from time to time.

No touching means no pressure, and that translates to no pain! If you’ve been through a regular massage, you’ll agree that though tolerable and somewhat relaxing, there is a modicum of pain in a regular massage. Those people who have had severely painful experiences with regular massages, can now migrate to the hot stone massage to experience a massage that is absolutely painless.

Through enquiry and some superficial investigation, the massage practitioner will try to diagnose your bodily ailments, the ones that can be mitigated by a hot stone massage. Once that is done, he will design a hot stone massage to relieve you of those ailments. The ‘hot stone’ refers to a basalt stone which is typically used in the hot stone massage because it is very good at retaining heat. Once heated to 120 degrees they give service throughout the entire massage session.

Now begins the massage proper. You lie down on a massage table, as in a regular massage. Then the massage practitioner places the heated stones on your body. The ones on the limbs are lighter than the ones on the torso. The larger stones are better at radiating deep-penetrating heat which is able to treat the thick muscles of the torso.

The lighter stones are moved gradually over the arms and legs, allowing their heat to relax the muscles and to provide healing as well. The larger stones are left in place, because their heat coverage is greater than the lighter stones.

A hot stone massage is a sure-fire way to get rid off all your aches and pains, and your mental tension too!

Written by Ned Dagostino on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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Fast Weight Loss From Cabbage Soup Diet Sustainable?

You may have heard of the Cabbage Soup Diet. Many people have lost immediate weight the first week or two they go on this diet, but have lost interest after that and regained the weight, which is much like the results on other low to no carb diets. For a diet to work long term, it must offer enough variety to be enjoyed and eaten over a period of time.

This diet is well known as a fat burning soup diet, being that it contains ingredients which are believed to help the body burn off fat. However, other than the cabbage soup, dieters on this regimen do not have a lot of dietary choices besides low to no carb foods such as fruits and vegetables.

When taking a closer look at the recipe for this cabbage soup or fat burning soup, it is clear that this can be considered a low to no carb diet. The soup includes fat burning vegetables like onions, peppers, tomatoes and cabbage. You can also substitute other cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower or broccoli for the cabbage. Spices and hot sauce can be added to liven up the soup.

This diet is very carbohydrate-poor, since carbohydrates are turned into sugar by the body and then stored in fat cells. This soup is vegetable based and low-carb; the ingredients encourage your metabolism to burn off more calories. This is why most people lose weight on the diet, but as stated above, a lot of people quickly lose interest in the cabbage soup diet.

The diet works like this: Eat all the soup you want every day, whenever you are hungry. In addition to the soup, the only thing you can eat on Day 1 is Fruit, except bananas, Day 2 is vegetables, except for dry beans, peas and corn, also forbidden on low to no carb diets. However, on Day 2 for dinner, you can have a baked potato, which is carbs, but they use it to fool the metabolism into thinking you are eating carbs again.

Day three is soup, along with fruits and vegetables. On day four, you can eat soup, skim milk and bananas. Day five adds tomatoes and lean meats; on day six, you can also have lean meats and leafy vegetables. On the last day, you can have brown rice along with your soup. This is not a diet which many can stick with for long – it does not offer a lot of variety or meet your protein needs over the long term.

The cabbage soup diet is just like any of the low to no carb diets, in the fact it restricts the carbohydrates, which the body turns to sugar for energy or stores in fat cells. The diet doesn’t restrict how often you eat, which is likely to be often, as long as it is soup, or the fruit/vegetable of the day.

The best diets for helping you to lose weight over the long term are those which add fat burning foods while letting you have variety and meeting all of your nutritional needs. One such diet is Fat Loss 4 Idiots that you should check out quickly at the link below, which has helped thousands to lose weight without getting burned out on their diet.

Written by Christine G. Shannon on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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Kentucky Individual Health Insurance: How to Find and Choose a Quality Plan

Do you not receive health insurance through your employer? If you do not, you may want to go about acquiring your own health insurance coverage. This type of health insurance is referred to as individual insurance. If you are a Kentucky resident, you will buy Kentucky individual health insurance. The health benefits you receive are paid for and arranged by you, the individual.

At first glance, buying a Kentucky individual health insurance plan seems like a relatively easy task. After doing even just a small amount of research online, you will see that it is not. In fact, the entire process can be rather overwhelming. There are so many different insurance providers to choose from and some have multiple plans available. How can you make your choice? What factors should you consider when doing so?

If you have any known pre-existing conditions. Do you have a long-term medical problem that was diagnosed years ago? If so, this will be considered a pre-existing condition. Although it is commonly assumed that individuals with pre-existing conditions cannot get health insurance, they can. What you want to do is compare rates to ensure you get the best deal, as health insurance can cost more for those with known medical problems. Also, some Kentucky individual health insurance providers have windows of opportunities. If your pre-existing condition was recently diagnosed, it may be able to fly under the radar.

The type of coverage you want or needed. Since health insurance plans come in different formats, choose the best one that fits your wants and needed. To do this, you must determine what they are. Is your main goal to get coverage for everyday doctor visits, such as preventative care, and prescriptions? Or, would you like insurance that covers emergencies, such as emergency transport rides, extended hospital stays, and surgery? If that is the case, look at more extensive individual health insurance plans.

If your current doctor is listed as being in-network. Kentucky individual health insurance providers tend to have a network of doctors that policy holders can see. What if your doctor isnt listed? Are you willing to switch from your long-term primary care physician? If not, you will need to keep looking. If you are dead set against switching doctors, contact your doctors office. Determine which insurance providers they work with and then contact them directly to inquire about cost and coverage.

The number of individuals you are looking to insure on one plan. You will find variances when it comes to describing Kentucky individual health insurance. Some providers will use the phrase individual insurance, to describe anyone buying a plan who isnt a group or individual. On the other hand, some classify it only as one single person seeking insurance. In this case, medical coverage for an entire family would be known as family insurance. If you are looking to ensure your entire family, it will cost more. Just be sure to check the appropriate boxes when requesting your free quote.

Those looking to buy Kentucky individual health insurance should keep the above mentioned points in mind. Most important tip of all, dont base your sole decision on price. You may later end up regretting it. Although it is important to choose medical coverage that you can afford, it is also important to ensure you end up with adequate coverage, which will save you both time and stress in the long-run.

Written by Mercus Wirthin on November 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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