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The Fight Against Obesity: Revolutionizing Nutrition with Healthy Vending Machines!

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Imagine you’re having a long day at work, you missed lunch and are starving for a snack to hold you over until dinner. Everyone has had days like this, So what do you do? You run to a vending machine for a quick convenient snack, buy a bag of Doritos and Diet Coke, then wolf it down as you run back to your desk. And like clock work, within 20 minutes you are ready to crash. You feel worn down, tired and drained of any energy you had left.What if I told you that you could have completely avoided this and had a productive day, felt refreshed and full of energy. Healthy Vending Machines are the answer! With healthy alternatives to sodas and junk food you can have that quick convenient snack without having the same consequences.

The numbers speak for themselves – we are in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Hold on to your seats folks, you are about to learn an alarming statistic! More than one third of U.S. Adults – That’s right, more than 72 million people – and 16% of U.S. children are obese. Why are so many Americans overweight you might ask? Unhealthy, over processed fast food. It is literally killing us. Many people try to come up with reason beyond their control as to why they are overweight. I’m sure you have all heard the old “I can’t lose weight because I simply inherited obese genetics” excuse. Let me emphasize on the work “excuse” because that’s exactly what it is! Diet and exercise outweigh genetics when it comes to being obese. Swedish scientists reporting in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that the FTO gene, which previous studies have linked to weight gain, will only increase your risk of obesity if you also lead a sedentary lifestyle. In other words, eat healthy, become physically active and the weight will drop! No excuses.

I know what your thinking, How can I give up fast food? I have no time to prepare meals daily when I work all day and take care of my family. I just need something quick and easy. With healthy vending machines swarming the nation, you can have
delicious healthy foods to choose from and still get the healthy nutrients your body so desperately needs on a daily basis.

If trends continue at the current rate, 100% of Americans will be overweight or obese by the year 2048. That’s only 37 years from now! We have to put an end to this and start taking care of ourselves. Look at the long term affects that processed fatty foods have on your health, state of mind, and overall well being. We need to make a change in our lifestyle. So the next time you are craving a snack or have a sweet tooth, stop by your local healthy vending machine and eat something nutritious! I guarantee you will find something that you will enjoy just as much, if not more, than the junk food you used to eat.  It’s time to jump on the Healthy Vending Machine bandwagon and get one step closer to curing obesity in America.

 

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New Research Shows High Fiber Lowers Lifetime Heart Risk

March 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”

~ Buddha

 

Northwestern University researchers teamed up with the the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and analyzed data from more than 11,000 people ages 20 and over.

Turns out people who consume more than 22 grams of dietary fiber each day (from fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans) were more likely to have a lower lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease.

We’ve known that fiber is pretty important and that’s one of the reasons we have some yummy high fiber snacks in our healthy vending machines. We may not have known just how important it is, but that’s why we love studies and research.

Imagine if your healthy diet prevented you from having heart disease and heart risk! There are times when we all feel too busy to stop and prepare a healthy meal. But if we sacrifice nutrition, then we sacrifice our health and quality of life.

Getting healthy is simply a matter of consciously creating habits of nutrition and exercise. It doesn’t need to be complicated or time consuming. Just another reason we love healthy vending machines, nutritious snacks on the go.

Just try to slow down a bit though and don’t get too busy for a real meal during the day.

To read more about this study:

Aetna’s InteliHealth: Reduce Risks to Your Heart, for Your Lifetime

USA TODAY: High fiber Lowers Lifetime Heart Risk

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State Agencies to Get More Funding for Fresh Fruits and Veggies in Schools

March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
~Mahatma Gandhi

Just read two articles about the USDA’s announcement that they are putting over a million dollars into the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.  Both Rueters and The Western Farm Press have strong articles about this new development.

Everywhere I turn, I can’t help but see how healthy snacks are on the rise. It’s exciting to see this shift happening all over and everywhere. It’s no longer just the small group of health conscious earthy-crunchy people. It’s happening in all walks of life, all ages, and all economic classes.

Being in the healthy vending machine business, I can’t help but be ecstatic about this incredible shift. But it’s more than that really. As a whole, our society has been dealing with obesity, diabetes and malnutrition-related diseases for a long time and we see it becoming a bigger issue every day.

It’s not that humans will be forever free of disease by eating right, but it can significantly improve our quality of life and restore millions of people back to health.

The more we choose to consume healthy foods and beverages, the less we’ll crave the junk that poisons our body over time.  I see the younger generations embracing nutrition and showing the older generations how to make the switch from old habits of bad foods to new habits of fresh, healthy, and delicious foods.

For more information on the two articles I mentioned:

Reuters: USDA funds more fruits and veggies for school kids

Western Farm Press: USDA announces $158M in fruit, vegetable school funding

 

 

 


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Los Angeles Unified School District Advocates “No Kid Hungry Campaign”

March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

LAUSD Advocates “No Kid Hungry Campaign.”

 

I’ve just read an article in the LA Times about an elementary school in Compton, CA. There was a kickoff event advocating serving breakfast in classrooms as part of a wonderful “No Kid Hungry Campaign.”

The ultimate goal is getting more students to eat breakfast at school. The city of Compton plans to have all 23 elementary schools taking part by Summer 2011. Since October of 2010, the number of children having breakfast in school has increased from only 110 to 430.

What’s great about this campaign is that there is already funding for this program, meaning they aren’t looking for additional funding, which is great! There’s no need to start a new program, it’s a matter of working with something that’s already in place just a bit differently. In short, it’s about schools making better use of funds already available.

The spokesman for the national No Kid Hungry Campaign has a goal of eliminating childhood hunger by 2015.

It’s an uplifting article that inspires me. We often talk about childhood obesity, but we often don’t address childhood hunger. Unfortunately, it’s more common than we might think, but fortunately, campaigns like this are fighting it and finding real solutions.

I’m most relieved in knowing that it’s a program that already has funding, and it’s simply redirecting dollars. This means it has long term potential, rather than being a short term solution.

Under legislation signed in December by President Obama, school meals will have less sugar, fat and salt, and more whole grains and fruits and vegetables. We are becoming more health conscious as a society, and having healthy snacks in healthy vending machines in schools is something we love!

Health and nutrition are imperative for living a quality life and fortunately we are getting closer to that vision. That’s what inspired me about this article in the LA Times… we are getting closer to a healthy, satiated nation.

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7 Reasons Why You Should Start a Side Business

March 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There’s Never Enough Time

Many people feel there isn’t enough time a day to start a side business, but you might be surprised to discover how little time some side businesses actually consume. Some businesses, such as the healthy vending machine business, take up only a handful of hours per week. This is largely due to the remote monitoring feature which eliminates the need to physically visit the machine to see its current inventory.

Regardless of what business you’re thinking of starting, there are many great reasons for taking the leap. Whether you’re a recent graduate or a working professional there are numerous reasons why starting a side business is a brilliant choice.

Perhaps you have big entrepreneurial dreams and you want to bust out of your current job to go full time into your own business. If so, the best wisdom is to make this transition slowly by starting a side business while you work full time. For those of you who wonder when is the right time to go full out with your side business and quit your job once and for all, here’s a great article to help you determine your financial comfort zone.

Perhaps you’re not sure you want to go full time into your own business. You want to put your feet in the water and test it out with a side business. Here’s a great article for those of you who want tips on how to handle a side business while working full time.

Whether you want to start a side business as a way to just make extra cash, or if it’s intended to be a full blown career change, there are countless reasons for starting a side business.

The Seven Best Reasons You Should Start a Side Business

1. Additional Income

This is the number one reason to start a side business. Having additional income will give you more options, perhaps you’ll use this extra money to beef up your retirement savings or to finally get ahead of your bills and be able to save some extra money each month. Personally, I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t benefit from having additional income every month.

2. Protection From Turbulent Economy

We don’t have to look far to notice how turbulent the current economy is. Even if you are one of the lucky ones who loves your job, you’re paid well and you feel financially secure, you’ll never know if the company you work for will go through heavy layoffs, move out of the state, reduce your pay or go bankrupt. We’ve seen it happen to large corporations that were thought as stable for decades.

3. Great Pay

So often I hear someone telling me how they’re thinking of getting a part-time job on top of the current full-time job just to make the bills every month or have some extra cash in their budget. The problem is most part-time jobs pay minimum wage or barely over. Why do that if you could start your own side business and possibly make more on an hourly average than your full-time job? Usually the answer is because they don’t know what side business they would start. I say why not the healthy vending machine business?

4. Flexible Hours

Rather than working an additional job, if you start a side business, you make your own schedule. How sweet is that? If you can only put in a few hours during the weekdays and weekends, you can make that happen. If you want a day off of your side business, you don’t have to request it off, you just take that day off.

5. Job Security

With so many employees being let go off due to companies downsizing, it makes sense to guarantee yourself a job and a steady income. I know we all want to retire one day, but having a side business means you have the opportunity to work and make money for as long as you want to. The extra nice part of having your own business is that you’ll be able to pass your business along to a family member when you decide to retire.

6. No Age Discrimination

Age discrimination is a big deal these days. Companies seem to prefer the younger applicants because they tend to be more technologically savvy and aware of current market place trends. Companies also perceive older applicants as being at a higher risk for burnout and assume they won’t work as hard and put the extra hours in. Although there are laws against age discrimination, companies find ways to get around it. You may be young now, but if an employer lets you go later on when you’re in that vulnerable age group, you better have a side business already established because you just may need to take it full time.

7. Opportunity for Career Change

Having a side business is a great way to test the waters and discover how much you like working for yourself. It’s an opportunity to grow your business slowly and decide if you want to make the commitment to transitioning into letting go of your current job or career and making this entrepreneurial career change.

There really are countless reasons to have a side business. It’s a perfect way to try going entrepreneurial without the full risk and it will safeguard you financially just in case you were to lose your job. It can provide you with a great way to make money and open you to more opportunities than you’ve ever had before.

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Stop Dreaming and Start Your Healthy Vending Business Today

March 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“Procrastination is something … best put off until tomorrow.”
— Gerald Vaughan

You may have noticed we’re living in a time where the entrepreneurial spirit is at all-time high. With the lack of job security and quality job opportunities, people are finding themselves feeling a deep desire to make their own money without an employer. They are fueled with knowing that if they’re to be in control of their financial destiny, they must take action and employ themselves.

But, when I take a deeper look around, I see it’s mostly the younger generation who are taking the actions toward an entrepreneurial life, while the other generations just talk about it.

As I think about it, it makes sense. Young adults in college, pre- and post-college tend to have more support and more time. If I fail financially at 40, I have much less time to recover than someone failing at age 20.

Also, the younger generation has the option of staying at home or going back home if they fail financially while some of us have families of our own that we’re supporting. We feel we have more at risk and that keeps us from leaping into action. We’d rather hold on to the hope of job security or a lottery ticket than risk our financial future.

But the truth is, we need to stop dreaming and start doing. We need to take action towards our dreams or they’ll only get further away and we’ll only feel we have even more to lose. It’s a massive downward spiral. So what’s the solution? We don’t want to lose it all; we want some sort of a safety net, right?

Take Small Strategic Actions to Your Dreams

If you’ve been thinking about having a healthy vending machine business,
there are ways to start slowly and grow into it.

One of the best ways to do this is to lease your first machines rather than buy them.

Not all healthy vending machine franchises have this option, that’s why you must put in a little elbow grease and research the franchise before you commit. As a matter of fact, that should be small step #1.

I recommend H.U.M.A.N Healthy Vending; go ahead and research this franchise and see for yourself why they are phenomenal.  Many people think the business world is a sort of “dog-eat-dog” or “fend for yourself ” world, but it doesn’t have to be. Some franchises actually believe in win-win and are invested in your success.

The door to your dream is open, take those steps today.

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Why Healthy Vending Machines Thrive in Gyms

February 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A Workout Dilemma

Just about everyone who works out at a local gym knows the importance of refueling after an intense workout.  But we don’t always pack snacks for after our workout and when we’re done; we typically just grab something to eat.

Wouldn’t it make sense to have healthy vending machines in every local gym?

But not all gyms have healthy vending machines, mine doesn’t. They have water bottles, Vitamin Water, and Gatorade mixed in with the soda options, but that’s not a true healthy vending machine.

The founder of H.U.M.A.N Healthy Vending discovered the secrets of success in the healthy vending business only after he made some big mistakes. One of those big mistakes was having a vending machine that contained both healthy and unhealthy products.

See, people are creatures of habit and even though we know our body needs nutrition after a workout, if our habit it to visit a vending machine and purchase the junk… and, it’s an option… that’s exactly what we’ll do. We’ll purchase the junk.

A win-win situation is having a real healthy vending machine in every local gym and not having a hybrid machine that has both healthy snacks and junk food. This way the folks who just had their workout are encouraged to enjoy a healthy snack and beverage, AND they convenience of those healthy snack options being right there. They win on the health front and you win by having your healthy vending machine provide healthy products and healthy profits. Who could ask for anything better than a win-win?

Actually we can make it better.

We can make it a win-win-win.

If you choose a healthy vending machine that has the LED Screen with video advertising not only will your customer have a healthy snack, you’ll earn a profit and the gym itself will earn money from the ad revenue. You, your customer, the location all win!

It just makes sense to own healthy vending machines.

If you choose a healthy vending machine that has the LED Screen with video advertising not only will your customer have a healthy snack, you’ll earn a profit and the gym itself will earn money from the ad revenue. You, your customer, the location all win!

It just makes sense to own healthy vending machines.

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Is the Healthy Vending Machine Business Right for You?

February 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Think the Healthy Vending Machine Business is Right for You?

Ask yourself:

Do you want a financial revolution in your own life? Do you want to be part of a health revolution that will improve lives around the nation and fight obesity and malnutrition?

If you have a passion for health and making profits, and you want more control of your work schedule creating the dream lifestyle, then the healthy vending machine business is right for you.

Not only will you be creating and sustaining a profitable living as an entrepreneur, but you’ll also be helping others live a healthy lifestyle with much more ease.  When we have healthy vending options, it’s easier to grab healthy snacks when we’re on the go and…you’d be the one making this happen!

The Healthy Vending Machine Business is Right for You If:

1. You want to work for yourself, set your own schedule and determine your own income

2. You want to do something with your life that helps other people and has a positive lasting effect in the world

3. You embrace technology, and enjoy how it streamlines your business

4. You don’t believe in get rich quick schemes, you want a long term income producing business

5. You embrace change. You have the ability to listen and follow advice and instruction

The healthy vending machine business isn’t for everyone and that’s actually great! If it were, it would be much harder for you to get in and start your business.  If it is for you, the best news is that now is a great time to start.

Whether you’re a first timer or an experienced seasoned entrepreneur, the vending machine business can be the right choice for you.  That’s the best part of H.U.M.A.N Healthy Vending; the founder understands the importance of a win-win business plan and has dug deep into systematizing this business in order to make it successful for others.  When you choose the best healthy vending machine company, you’re setup for success.

You don’t need prior experience. You just need the drive, the passion and the willingness.

We live in a great time of opportunity. If you feel the calling, now is the time.

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How the Secret of Real Estate Applies to the Healthy Vending Machine Business

February 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The secret to real estate is one word, but it’s repeated three times. The reason it’s repeated is to emphasize just how important it is for success.  Seemingly tiny differences make a huge difference.

Location, Location, Location!

The location of a home in real estate will go up or down depending on its location, and the same in business, if you have a retail store located in an area with low to no traffic, your business will suffer.

Well, the same holds true in the healthy vending machine business. If you choose the wrong location you’ll see that people won’t buy your products and you won’t have the return on investment that you desired. How heart wrenching is that?!

Sadly, this secret of real estate is often overlooked when people are purchasing homes, and it’s often overlooked by new vending machine owners.

When you partner with a top notch healthy vending machine company, they will help you place your machines in the best locations.

Imagine having your machine in a popular well trafficked health club or hospital. Even better, imagine having your machine in a location that has called and requested it! Dare I go further? Yes, I dare – now imagine having your machine in:

1. A high traffic popular upscale health club

2. Where the location has requested your machine and…

3. There is no junk food vending machine near by

Now that’s ideal Location, Location, Location!

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Why It’s Important To Choose The Best Healthy Vending Machine Franchise

February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you, but sometimes it sure is baffling to determine what “healthy” actually is. Some say have low fat, other’s say “no, fat is okay, but don’t have carbs.” Then there are those who say, “carbs are healthy just make sure they’re gluten free.”

It’s okay if your head is spinning with all these rules on “what is” and “what isn’t healthy.”

What we do know:

  • We know that refined sugar isn’t healthy
  • We know that complex carbohydrates such as brown rice is a better choice than a simple carb like bleached white starches found in pretzels
  • We know some fat, such as essential fatty acids are good for us
  • We know protein is good for us

When deciding what products to put in your healthy vending machine, it’s best when you partner with a company who has health experts on hand helping determine the best healthy food snacks on the market.

Having that company also work with you to determine which products should go in your machine, based on the customers at that location is an incredible asset.

When you decide to have your own healthy vending machine business, you don’t have to be a health guru. Just partner with a company who has health gurus on their team.

With H.U.M.A.N  healthy vending, you can customize the product offering in your machine. That means you can have gluten free items, fat free items, sugar free items, protein bars etc…  This way your customer can get the item that is healthy for them.

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