With this you finally get your granny to buy an iPhone!

Rub it better, drink water, eat more vegetables, come back next week if it hasn’t fallen off… they might have plenty of letters after their name, but sometimes it feels like GPs are just dishing out prescriptions for the bleedin’ obvious. Well, rather than leaving them to manage your wellbeing, why not take charge of it yourself? With the Withings Blood Pressure Monitor connected to your Apple device you can keep constant tabs on your health, and even compare your readings to recommendations by the World Health Organisation.

More info: Measure Blood with you iPhone

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We’ve been back in the USA for about three weeks now, and I’m already starting to freak out about the foods which are sold here. Maybe I shouldn’t have watched Food Inc. — a terrifying documentary about the American food industry. It’s amazing what gets put into our food, without our ever knowing about it.

Since that movie, I’ve been reading labels very carefully. This morning, I sat down at the computer with my loaf of 100% Whole Wheat Bread (No High Fructose Corn Syrup! Made With Whole Grains!) and opened up Wikipedia.

First of all, don’t get me started on the fact that they brag about the lack of High Fructose Corn Syrup. It’s BREAD! What the hell should it need with corn syrup, anyway?! Regardless, it turns out that this bread isn’t quite farm-fresh and wholesome, after all. One of the seventeen ingredients is an additive called azodicarbonamide. Check out what Wikipedia has to say about this chemical, which not even my spell-check recognizes:

Use of azodicarbonamide as a food additive is banned in Australia and in Europe. In Singapore, the use of azodicarbonamide can result in up to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of $450,000.

Gulp. But why?! “In the UK, the Health and Safety Executive has identified azodicarbonamide as a respiratory sensitiser (a possible cause of asthma)”

Awesome. So why doesn’t America join the rest of the developed world, and ban it? What the hell does azodicarbonamide even do, besides promote asthma? Besides being used in the production of foamed plastics, it helps bleach flour. And after all, what’s the ability to breath compared to slightly whiter bread?

Look: I love being in the States, with the friendly people, the way of life, the financial freedoms, the trashy TV, etc etc. But man! Americans really, really need to wake up and take a good look at what they’re putting into their bodies. And demand that the FDA starts regulating food to protect its citizens rather than corporate profits.

Of course this strap won’t shut anyone up but I wish someone would invent it and it would come in the men version as well. P.S.: anyone thinks the image above is shopped?

CPAP chin strap gently holds your lower jaw up for optimal CPAP mask comfort at night. Allows your CPAP therapy to work more effectively. The adjustable strap is lined to prevent irritating your chin. Works with all CPAP masks. Style unlike any other on the market.

More info: Shut The FUCK UP Strap

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Perfect for young pretty ladies to give to the older millionaire to be husband.

Your heart rate is one of the four vital signs and this ring makes it incredibly easy to monitor. The infrared technology provides accurate and continuous feedback, whether you’re at work, at play, or at rest. Our Heart Rate Ring features include: heart rate monitor, stopwatch, clock and min/max target heart rate with alert. It comes with one lithium battery and size-reducing insert. One size fits most.

More info: I Heart you Ring

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