AFP Health Reviews

The original health care system cannot meet the demands of the wealthy market. This is an opportunity for investment, especially as the government is now encouraging and promoting the development of high-end health care” – Ministry of Health Medical Services Regulatory Secretary Chen John Jiu, July 2012

China is home to the 4th largest number of millionaires in the world and Beijing is home to the greatest number of wealthy people in China, including 179,000 millionaires and 10,500 people considered super-rich. Those with higher incomes, thanks to a rich diet, urban living, and less reliance on manual labor or exercise, often suffer from a higher incidence of chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, liver disease, respiratory illness, diabetes and stress. These people are increasingly concerned about their health and finding access to health care services that meets their needs.

INVESTMENT & IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH CARE
On June 3 2012 Research Institute Fortune issued a white paper titled “China Wealth Health” stating that although wealthy Chinese are paying more attention to their health about 68% of them are suffering from sub-health conditions. The paper concludes that there are over 30 million individuals of high net worth and emerging wealth in need of improved medical services.

Director of the Chinese Doctor Association, Yin Dakui says, “Most people want to be able to enjoy better medical services. Chinese and foreign capital investors are coming together to meet the needs of the population with a higher standard of medical care.”

To help meet this demand, in November 2012 the international company WA Optimum Health Care established their new specialty health care facility in Beijings Fragrant Mountain National Park. Their Chairman, Dr Shu Li, Harvard PhD comments “The location, architecture, quality of medical care and standard of service were all designed with the needs of patients in mind. Privacy, discretion and excellent follow-up care are crucial. Of course the most important factor is the level of personal medical attention given to each patient, which is why we have invested in bringing the best doctors from within China and around the world here.”

With a flagship center already operating in Shanghai for over 2 years, the international management and medical teams of WA Optimum Health Care are very familiar with the realities of meeting the demands of the market as well as navigating the regulations and licensing issues that have historically challenged other international health care providers that have tried to enter Chinese market. WA Optimum Health Care Vice Chairman Derek Muhs said, “With the implementation of recent health care reforms in China, we are pleased to be one of the first foreign companies providing a gold standard of health care services in this market. The growth opportunities over the next 5 years in the health care sector in China are very exciting.”

The WA Center in Beijing is a multi-discipline medical center of excellence specializing in the treatment and prevention of serious chronic conditions such as infertility, diabetes, liver disease, joint degeneration, chronic pain and sexual dysfunction, among others. There is also an advanced cosmetic medicine department that offers rejuvenation and cosmetic improvements performed by leading cosmetic surgeons from Switzerland, USA, South Korea and China.

At the WA Beijing private opening event Mr Wang, President of the “China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Association” presented WA with a plaque endorsing them as a “China Clinical Research Center for Functional Anti-Aging Regenerative Medicine”.

Countless Chinese people go abroad annually for health care services, especially for anti-aging and cosmetic treatments, cancer screening, to give birth and to get treatment for chronic diseases. But with the governments health reform and support for private health care facilities, more and more Chinese are opting to stay home, where they can now have an international standard of health care in their own language and essential follow-up maintenance program with their personal doctor.

According to a September 2012 report by McKinsey & Company, Chinas health care spending is projected to grow from $357 billion in 2011 to $1 trillion in 2020. China remains one of the worlds most attractive markets, and is by far the fastest growing of all the large emerging markets.

Mr Muhs, quoted earlier, disclosed “We are looking closely at some exciting new opportunities for expansion and acquisition in the health care sector in China. With our 3-5 year IPO on the horizon this will be a very strategic expansion so as not to compromise the medical service that the market is demanding, and that we envision is the future of a new standard of health care in China.”

Skin problems is regarded as the common issue that these type of dogs experience with itchyness, rashes and sores which may cause the furs to fall out, letting the raw skin exposed with bleeding bald patches. Veterinarians blame this vulnerability to dermatological diseases as being due to the double layered coat that is characteristic of the breed. They’ve inner coats and outer coats, the inner coats being long and silky combined with the curly ones, these cause hair strands to get tangled forming some kind of a mesh. If the pet owner is not diligent in brushing their Bichon’s fur daily, dirt and bacteria collect on the skin, leading to irritation and infection. Fleas, mites and ticks also get trapped in the coat, with their bites causing itchy sores characteristic of mange (a persistent, highly contagious skin disease characterized by eczematous inflammation and hair loss).

Parvovirus infectin and Distemper are caused by deadly viruses this is exactly why bichon frises need to be vaccinated againts these viral diseases. Parvo infection is a very contagious disease which is marked by a high fever, loss of appetite, lethargy, bloody diarrhea and vomiting, leading to death. On the other hand, Distemper is caused by a Paramyxovirus.

Bichons residing in tropical countries would need to get an additional vaccination for heartworm. The heartworm – scientific name Dirofilaria immitis – is a parasitic filarial worm that is transmitted to dogs by mosquitoes. The worms connects to the heart of the dog the very moment it got inside the bloodstream. Symptoms of heartworm include loss of appetite, difficulty of breathing and generalized body weakness, resulting in coma and death. Sadly, once heartworm infects a bichon frise, there is no cure for it and the prognosis is very poor.

AIHA or Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia is one of the disease that all Bichon Frise owner should be aware and should watch out for as well as ITP or Immune-Mediated Thromboyctopenia and liver shunts. Based on Bichon Frise information on AIHA and ITP, these are diseases of the dog’s immune system. Bichons with such 2 problems will show with anemia signs and symptoms similar to darkish pee, skin pallor, light or yellow-colored gum area, weakness (due to insufficient power), appetite decline, looseness of the bowels and nausea, tachycardia (quick heartbeat) and tachypnea (rapid breathing).

The final one but equally dangerous is teh liver shunt that includes a large chance of occuring if the bichon frise is underweight. Some symptoms of this are seizures and can also come with voiding of dark urination, loss of appetite and thirtiness or lethargy.

Since there are many diseases that may afflict their dogs, pet owners are advised to read any Bichon Frise info on health that they can find, in order that they would be aware of any symptoms that may develop in their pets.

Mr. President:

I know that you are a very busy man so I will try to keep my questions about health care reform and the recently passed legislation as short and simple as possible.

– I could ask you why you think this is a good piece of legislation even though I truly believe that it will be a failure and will come very close to bankrupting the country. The basis for my conclusion has nothing to do with political partisanship (in fact, I have never voted for a Republican for national office in my life.) From my perspective, “Obama Care” never effectively addressed the root causes of our escalating health care costs: Americans eat too much of the wrong kinds of food, they exercise far too little, they are overweight, they smoke too much, and they are getting older. This legislation does not address these causes, it just raises taxes and moves money around within the bureaucracy. I could ask you about this but I will not.

– I could ask you why you have not stepped forward and denounced those in your party that have likened Americans like myself, i.e. those that have legitimate and honest concerns about this health care reform bill, to the racists who fought against the civil rights movement from the 1960s. I thought that we lived in a free country where citizens could freely address their elected representatives without being slurred in the most debasing way possible, just for having a different opinion. Your lack of fortitude to oppose those Democrats who frequently use the term “racist” to malign myself and those Americans expressing their honest opposition, cheapens the bravery and contributions of those from long ago that fought actual racism. I could ask you about this but I will not.

– I could ask you why you felt it necessary to pass this legislation by the back door called reconciliation. This is a major, major issue in the country that will affect every American for decades to come. Sneaking it in the back door, without using the traditional, time honored method of passing laws in his country, belittles the approach and makes it look like it was forced through without the full weight of the democratic process behind it. I could ask you about this but I will not.

Here is what I will ask you about. But first, some background facts:

– Let me reiterate that both my wife and myself have never voted for a Republican for national office in our lives.

– We both spent several decades of our lives working hard for AT&T, retiring several years ago, secure in our thinking that AT&T’s promise of health care benefits and coverage for our long years of service was a good bet.

– We both try to eat well, we exercise at our local YMCA on an almost daily basis, neither of us smoke, and we rarely drink. In other words, we take personal responsibility for our health and our health care.
One reason for our personal responsibility behavior is that we are on a high deductible insurance plan with AT&T. We are each responsible for the first $1,200 of our annual health care costs before we get any insurance coverage at all. However, for this personal responsibility, we also pay nothing in annual premiums.

– During the debate leading up to the passage of health care reform, you reiterated more than once that those of us that currently had health care coverage would be able to keep it. However, in a recent article in Fortune magazine, the CEO of AT&T, Randall Stephenson, was interviewed (several pages of the article are attached). Towards the end of the interview, he was explicitly asked whether AT&T would consider dropping health care insurance coverage for its employees and retirees. His response made it clear that this was a very viable option for two reasons. First, from a business profitability perspective, under the new health care reform law, “you’re better off paying the government a fine and dropping health care coverage for your employees”, improving AT&Ts bottom line. Second, he talks about “economic gravity” which appears to be code words for “if others in his industry do it, AT&T will have no choice but to do it also.”

Thus, a few quick questions for you:

1) Were you just naive when you made the comments that we could all keep our current health care insurance, not realizing the simple fact that companies are in business to make money and if this bill makes it easier for them to make more money by not insuring their workforce, that is what they will do? Or were you being disingenuous, knowing that this would happen and deliberately misinforming the country to help get your health care reform bill passed? Naive or disingenuous, in either case you will be making millions of American voters unhappy in November and in 2012 when we are forced out of our current health care coverage and will blame you for either ignorance or arrogance in this situation.

2) I am 57 years old and my wife is 56 years old and if Mr. Stephenson does decide to terminate AT&T’s health care coverage for employees and retirees, where do you suggest that my wife and I get coverage? What insurance company is going to want to pick us up, and millions of other older Americans who lost their coverage, at our ages even though we are both healthy and taking personal responsibility for our continued good health?

3) If we are forced out onto the market for health care insurance coverage, our new coverage is likely going to be much more expensive. Our annual health care costs will go from a maximum of $1,200 each to a minimum of several thousand dollars each. Is this how you planned to reduce health care costs for middle class America? Is so, then you need to explain the math to me. Maximum of $1,200 to a minimum of several thousand dollars, does not make sense out here in the real world. How does this reduce the escalating health care costs for the 90% of Americans that already had health care insurance prior to the passage of this bill?

Thus, I am not going to ask you about why you and the rest of Congress did not address the root causes of high health care costs in your legislating process. I am not going to ask why you have sat back and been silent while those Americans with legitimate and honest dissent against this bill have been likened to racists by members of your party. I thought you represented all Americans, not just those that agreed with your policies. I will not ask you about why you did not have the courage and guts to pass this legislation the right way, through the front door like every other piece of legislation, but instead snuck it through the back door of reconciliation.

However, I will ask you or your staff to contact me and explain where and how I can get health care coverage at my age if AT&T and the rest of corporate America decides it is a better economic choice to pay a government fine than to cover their employees and retirees with health insurance. I will ask you to explain whether you were naive or disingenuous when explaining that we would be able to keep our current health insurance coverage. And finally, please explain how paying no more than $1,200 a year under my current coverage (with many years paying nothing for coverage during healthy years) is a better deal then finding new coverage at my age and paying several thousand dollars a year for the privilege.

Although I have written to the White House many times, I have never received any answer to my questions on a wide variety of topics even though you promised to have the most open and responsive administration of all time. That has not happened yet. However, in this case I do require, in fact I demand specific answers to my three questions above. For your political sake I hope to receive those answers before early November and certainly before 2012.

Thank you for your time,

Walter “Bruno” Korschek

[Follow up note: a month after sending this to the White House, no answers to the questions have been received or even a simple confirmation that this letter was received has been forthcoming from the Obama adminstration.]

Fat Kids can have many health problems. It is a huge concern in many counties but it is rampant in the United States. Usually child obesity is a result of poor parenting. Parents who are obese themselves tend to have fat kids.

Kids health can be maintained by healthy eating habits and regular exercise, including weight lifting. Parents should really take interest in their kid’s health by encouraging them to exercise. Usually, overweight parents also have overweight kids and this is a real shame.

Overweight: Being overweight is not only unhealthy, but it will also negatively impact the kid’s self esteem, confidence, and social life.

Healthy Lifestyle: I strongly believe in leading a healthy lifestyle by eating right and exercising regularly. However, I did not have any good male influences when I was growing up so I did not discover the benefits of weightlifting and exercise till I was 23 years old. I really regret not starting a fitness regimen when I was a child. There are also parents who are not fat, but don’t pay attention to their kid’s diet. They give in to their kid’s desire for junk food, spoiling and fattening their child at the same time.

Role Model: You as parents should set a good role model for your kids by leading a fit lifestyle. Encouraging your kids to participate in weightlifting and cardiovascular exercises will only lead to benefits later in life.

Responsibility: Parents should be responsible and set a rule when it comes to junk food. Kids tend to have a really strong sweet tooth so it is really up to the parents to regulate the foods that they eat.

Weightlifting: Do not worry about weightlifting stunting the growth of your child. Arnold Schwarzenegger himself lifted weights as a child and he stands over 6 feet tall today. Weight lifting builds muscles and strengthens the bones. You would rather have your kid to be known as the buff kid in school rather than a fat kid right? If you have a girl, weight training and exercise will allow her to remain in top shape through the rest of her life. Girls tend to have self image issues regarding their weight, especially in their teens. So developing a fit physique through weight training will help them feel great about themselves.

Confidence: Imagine the level of confidence and self worth that your kids will have if they regularly weight lift, exercise, and eat healthy.

Pre-Caution: As great as weightlifting is it can be dangerous if it is done unsupervised. Make sure your kids do not workout by themselves. Always be there when they are in the weight room.

Good Parent: Be a good parent and encourage your kids to feel great about themselves by showing them the wonders of exercise and weightlifting.

Nutrition: Learning about proper nutrition is crucial for preventing kids from getting fat. Parents should know that not all calories are the same. For example when shopping for breakfast cereal, parents should choose a cereal that is high in fiber, protein, and low in sugar.

Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer, it does metastasize and usually grows very slowly. It usually begins with a circumscribed solid elevation of skin also known as papule. It enlarges that can develop into crater-like image that erodes, crusts and bleeds. It is a common condition of male 45 years old and above. Sun exposure and skin pigmentation are the common risks factors for basal cell carcinoma. There are three types of BCC and these are nodular basal cell carcinoma, pigmented lesion and superficial type. Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common type of this condition, a fresh-colored nodule is present with overlying of blood vessel. Meanwhile, Pigmented Lesion is a type of BCC has a darker shade compared to the nodular basal cell carcinoma. It can be confused with malignant melanoma. However, superficial type usually appears scaly and red in color. There are different types of basal cell carcinoma treatment depending on biopsy information.

Here are some of the most common and effective means of treatment:

1. Electrodessication and curettage – This type of treatment uses electrocute device that scrapes the tumor through a curette. This has to be repeated several times and several sessions to be completely assured that the tumor is completely eradicated. It is also advised that this method should be used for smaller tumor less that 6mm.

2. Simple Excision – This method involves surgical excision of the lesion through the normal skin. It is usually used for larger tumors in the cheek, trunk, forehead and legs. This is also a quick and inexpensive method, however, differentiation of normal skin tissue to cancerous tissues are observed and evaluated through the naked eye.

3. Moh’s Micrographic Surgery – This treatment needs an expert and experienced Moh’s surgeon in order to be performed. With this method, excision of the tumor and tissue are examined under the microscope. This can help determine the definite area of cancerous tissues, thus it can aid the residual cancerous tissue to be excised. Although, this type of basal cell carcinoma treatment can be expensive, the best advantage of it is being definitive and effective in treating the condition. Hence, recurrence of skin cancer is very rare.

4. Radiation Therapy – This method requires radiation treatment to the patient who has inoperable tumor or to refrain the loss of important tissue surrounding the affected area. It can also be used when the tumor is difficult to excise or there are health risks that may follow open surgery.

5. Cryotheraphy – Cryotherapy uses liquid nitrogen to freeze the affected area, thus destroying the cancerous tissue. This is highly advised for patients who have superficial type of basal cell carcinoma and for those who have pre-malignant condition. This is usually inexpensive but it can only be used on certain condition and state.

With a wide array of available treatments for skin cancer, patients have a very big chance in leading a normal life. And it is also take into consideration that to prevent diseases, one must be healthy in mind and in body.

If you are not able to speak to your doctor immediately, manage to go through the website of Elisa Pouding that will present you with various crucial information on do’s and don’ts of basal cell carcinoma treatment and basal cell carcinoma.

When a person is called a Diva, it means that she is acting like a star and wants to be treated like she is a very important person. Did the Deva Diva wrinkle cream product line keep this in mind when they thought of a name for their product? Considering that the results of the product are not long-lasting, it may deserve the name diva after all.

According to Diva Deva, there are different products under the Deva Diva line, but this does not guarantee their effectiveness. Power peptides are used in their serum and in their wrinkle cream, but the surprise that Diva Deva revealed was that the results only last while the product is on your face. If you were trying to cover up your wrinkles for a party tonight, Diva Deva recommend that you use this product, but make sure that you touch up as often as possible. However, if you want a more permanent result, meaning even with no makeup your skin will look younger, this product is not the one for you.

You might want to try other products that negative Diva Deva are promoting. Considering that most products try to solve the wrinkle problems at a semi-permanent level, this product’s temporary young-looking skin is nothing comparable. In fact, this proves to be just a waste of money since you need to buy their different products in order to get best results.

Some of the products they offer are power peptide serum, I-serum, and Collagen intensifier. Although the names sound powerful, it is a surprise how these products cannot achieve permanent results just like what their competitors are aiming for. With these products, you will feel like Cinderella-beautiful, but always worried about what will happen when the clock strikes twelve and you have to return to reality.

The author had tried different wrinkle cream products in order to create an authentic post every other week in her column in a beauty magazine. Just recently, she had created a series of Diva Deva reviews to show people how this product fares.

Fed Government ruled forms to show a person’s right for you to have data secured. Implement a several brand-new HIPAA forms, this sort of as your Notice of Privacy Practices, Authorizations, Disclosure Records of activity and/or Request in order to Modify Health Information.

Health care duty is actually the very process acquiring management associated with your overall health health care. When you will be a patient inside a new healthcare facility the following is definitely for the most part critical to get you in order to have a very good specific good care service provider that will oversee just what this hospital along with health professionals are doing. Lots of times one could in no way consent or even choose his or her’ s treatments. General impression may perhaps suggest that they tend to be drastically wrong. With my case, a health care professional who had seen me within this medical center for just 5 to15 a short time originally planned to really perform a tracheotomy to boost my respiration. My significant other who was simply beside me almost every afternoon right away connected with the coma months in the past and also the nurses who had taken good care of me new i seemed to be recuperating. My wife refused to have a tracheotomy performed upon me personally. It’s Three or more years later and my better half was correct. Absolutely no need to have for a further surgery to put my frail body system back a month.

Technology (HIT) is an expanding and shifting field in modern day hi-tech world.

Several advances within technologies currently have generated improved devices and also devices with regard to patient health care. Government dictated HIPAA forms to indicate your own authority to have data shielded. HIPAA forms make it possible for moms and dads to be able to make decisions for their own kids over the age of 18 (21 years old in some states) when the kids are not able to talk to the treating medical professional. Notice of privacy practices and alsophysician sign in sheets tend to be the most commonly implemented.

Privacy pertains to what is actually shielded health info. The patient as well as a doctor decides who as well as clearing houses along with other covered entities is actually able to use, reveal, or obtain this facts in accordance with the HIPAA legislation. Unquestionably the HITECH Act does apply the HIPAA Privacy as well as Protection Rules-and its penalties-to HIPAA business contacts. Many doctors have not look at HITECH Act as well as I personally advise they should.

Privacy is among your proper rights for a customer.

Overall health info consists of details about the individual’s health and wellness, treatment method for their own health problem and the fee regarding their health and fitness services. Health and fitness data which is safe because of disclosure in the specifications connected with HIPAA (Health Care Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), Medical Clearinghouse: Businesses which process or help the processing involving health details obtained fromorm additional firms. Authorization pertaining to use and also disclosure involving health related data allows any covered entity to release a patient’s or maybe a plan member’s individually identifiable health and fitness details with the patient’s or plan member’s signed permission. This kind of right applies simply to disclosures for uses aside from procedure, fee or even medical procedures, leaving to one side any kind of reports this Medical doctor produced to you, to relatives as well as close friends associated with your current care, and for national security, intelligence or perhaps notification applications. information and facts. Examples include: law enforcement activities, home-based abuse, and also general public health care. Like a patient it’s important that you understand the health care provider that you are visiting has everything, you may need. It begins with the notice of privacy practice and doctor sign in sheets.

We know there are different types of nurses working in hospital some perform the basic tasks and some perform the major task and have more responsibilities like Licensed Practical Nurse. They play a very important role in the healthcare profession. The licensed practical nurse usually help patients in many ways, they provide the basic help like a CNA provides by feeding, moving patient in bed, help the patients walking, surgical dressings and help them to maintain their personal hygiene. They also measures and record the patients height, weight and body temperature. Not only just this LPN will also be checking the blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration, and dosage. They also prepare and give injections and perform some simple laboratory tests.

The Licensed Practical Nurse also supervises the nursing assistant. They also collect information from the patients about their health history and how they are feeling presently, they share the information with the registered nurse and doctors for better patient care. They also monitor and operate the medical equipments and they also help registered nurses and physicians to perform some tests.

There is a training program for the Licensed Practical Nurses with the duration from 9 months to 18 moths. There are many institutes with the different time duration some schools and colleges are claiming that they will help students to become a Licensed Practical Nurse in less time. It is recommended to the school to check the accreditation of that school and college with their states board of nursing. The LPN training is based on the two parts one is the theoretical which covers the major science subjects and also pharmacology, first aid, anatomy, physiology, paediatrics, medical- surgical nursing, and nutrition. For clinical part of training, students usually go to different wards and work their under supervision of the senior staff. There are some universities and colleges that have the different arrangements for such activities. After finishing the training you will be appearing in the exam,

The National Council Licensure Examination, NCLEX-PN students must have to pass this exam to get the license for the practical nursing. A practical nurse is allowed to practice without license. The exam is a computer based exam and duration is different according to the states. This license exam is administrated by The National Council of State Boards of Nursing. After passing the exam you will get the license so you can start working as Licensed Practical Nurse.

Taking the training and achieving the license for the practical fulfils the requirements for the profession however a LPN should possess sympathetic caring nature. Sometimes working with injured, sick, elderly people and with uncooperative patients become more stressful, this require the licensed nurse to be emotionally stable. They should be able to work under supervision and follow the instruction by registered nurses and doctors. There are great career progressions while working in nursing home, a licensed practical nurse can become a charge nurse who supervise the certified nursing assistant and also the licensed nurses.

Let’s face it finding the best hand lotion to prevent and lighten age spots is just about as easy as looking for a needle on a haystack. What with the abundance of skin care products on the market nowadays, giving the same promises of a perfect, young, and radiant skin; one should find it hard to decide and weigh the countless of options available, and not to mention the many trial and errors one has to make in order to get things right.

It is important to note that those products that guarantees to be the best hand lotion to prevent and lighten age spots is not just all about taking away those repulsive and darkened age spots but also makes the whole of the skin much lighter than anyone would want it to be. These skin products prevent melanin production once absorb into the skin thus bringing about lightened skin tones which in turn prevents the melanin-rich cells, which is the effect of the clumping together of melanin in the skin, from showing up.

Unlike any other conditions, this phenomenon does not really need drastic measures in order to avoid, nor is it a disease of the skin of some kind for it is just an effect of the UV rays of the sun and chock full of free radicals, which stimulate the skin to release its protective substance that takes the form of melanin. Anti-aging ingredients should be considered primarily in looking for products that would prevent the skin from taking in the look of weathered and beaten hands of a field person.

These anti-aging ingredients include those of jojoba oil, Coenzyme Q10, grape seed oil and olive oil. Features to consider in looking for the best hand lotion to prevent and lighten age spots should be that of being able to reduce wrinkles and fine lines like jojoba oil.

It can also be used to get rid of age spots without lightening the whole area of the skin and helps in the healing of scars. Vitamin E and fatty acid that are essential to the skin can also be found in grape seed and olive oils.

Likewise Coenzyme Q10 has all the necessary ability to free the skin of all signs of aging and sun damage. It is also vital to know that CoQ10 is a precursor to cell respiration which ensures healthy cells.

Ingredients that have been ruling the common and low-priced market of skin care products include those of liquid paraffin, mineral oil and petrolatum. If one is after the best hand lotion to prevent and lighten age spots, one should not go looking for those with hydroquinone as an ingredient because this is known to cause allergic reaction to the skin and might cause further damage if taken in large amounts.

First of all, this comparison is not entirely fair because obviously a 3 hp and even 3.5 hp blenders are much stronger than 2 hp blenders. The Health Master is advertised as a 2 hp blender and it is not even a 1.75 hp blender.

The more power and torque (AMP) a blender has the better the results of the smoothies and raw ingredient soups could be assumed. In our research we have found that a 2 hp blender does exactly the same job as a 3 hp blender or a 3.5 hp blender. But the 2 hp blender takes a little bid longer.

Then, not only time is an issue with blending raw, but also the torque and noise as well. Because the noise level of a 2 hp blender is just about the same as a 3 hp or 3.5 hp blender, the blending cycle is often cut short to minimize the noisy torture. Ok, it is true, that sound enclosures nowadays in the below $ 80 range can help with noise reduction.

The torque is rather critical with blending. Although a 3.5 hp or 3 hp blender may not necessarily yield in its true motor’s abilities, up to the AMP and Watt limitations, the motor is still what it is. It is a 2 hp, a 3 hp, or a 3.5 hp motor. Logically it yields in longevity and durability. The watts and the AMP’s act like a throttle.

The company that sells the Health Master Blender is called Tristar and it is a marketing company which sells kitchen appliances that are custom labeled such as with the name Montel or Jack Lalanne, etc… Maybe Oprah will have a blender too some day, who knows. While Waring, Blendtec, and Vita Mix have dealer programs, the Health Master according to the customer service department is only for sale through Tristar, aka Health Master(TM).

The Montel Williams Health Master blender is nearly (it is not) a 2 hp blender with 1100 watts and torque of 10 AMP’s in its base configuration. The base model costs $ 200. This price is a lure. You need to spend $ 30.00 shipping, which takes about 3 to 4 weeks according to the distribution center.

You can upgrade the Health Master blender to a 1200 watts model with 11 AMP’s for $ 40.00. While the warranty is only a 90 days warranty in the base model you can upgrade for $15.00 to a 3 years warranty or for $ 35 to a 7 years warranty. The total upgraded Health Master blender with a 1 week’s accelerated delivery time, which is about normal for all other blenders, costs about $330.

The Montel Blender advertising says the motor has a 100 years limited warranty. Reading the disclaimers about limitations, a vague abuse or misuse note basically voids the warranty, which is not much different with any of the other manufacturers. So, that is why we are really not putting too much weight on the warranty issue anyway. But still, the Health Master is a new production while Blendtec, Waring, and Vita Mix Corporations have proven themselves for 30 years, 60 years, and 80 years.

The Health Master blender has an electronic push-button operating system with 8 variable speeds. The Blendtec 3 hp blender has already been seen for as low as $359 including shipping and 3 years warranty. It is equipped with an electronic master-computer system featuring 25 blending cycles pre-programmed.

The Vita Mix blenders have generally a manual operating system with the exception of some commercial “Touch and Go” models. The Vita Mix 5200 and Vita Mix 3 hp commercial version (Vita Prep 1005/3) have both a variable speed knob and the 4500 Turbo Blender has just the manual on/off switch and low/fast speed option. With some exceptions, the commercial version like the Waring MX1200XT, for example, is very similar to the Vita Mix system, with on/off switch, variable speed knob and an override pulse switch for extra fast. Waring has several other 3.5 hp commercial blender models with few operating variations.

The dimensions of the Health Master are very similar to the Waring size, but Waring with its nearly 17 pound weight, outweighs the Health Master by about 4 pounds. The Vita Mix 5200 weighs just about the same, with the Blendtec 3 hp blender leading as the lightest model at 9 pounds. Weight may be an issue for some consumers. The Blendtec appears little flimsy when on full power, kind of moving back and forth. It never falls over, of course, but appearance is an issue to some, while the Blendtec HP3A certainly has huge travel advantages. Nobody wants to haul a 17 + pound blender around.

The Vita Mix 2 hp 5200, the Vita Mix 2 hp 4500 Turbo Blender, and the Blendtec HP3A 3 hp blender come with a BPA Free 64 oz / 2 liters container while the Health Master makes no mention about this Bi-Phenol issue. Whether Bi-Phenol is really a hazard is in question. Of course, the company that manufactures Bi-Phenol says it is not a hazard, if we can sell you on that. Anyway, Waring blenders, and the Vita Mix 3 hp commercial blenders, as well as many of the Blendtec Commercial versions are packaged with containers that are not BPA-Free.

The BPA-Free issue may not be even a valid matter since we put in question why both Blendtec and Vita Mix are still making regular Polycarbonate containers started with Bi-Phenol when there is apparently a health threat? We think it may be just a marketing stunt, perhaps… Anyway, the FDA and EPA have not issued any concerns about the level of Bi-Phenol in the regular Polycarbonate containers.

The Montel Health Master Blender comes with an intriguing safety feature. The blender does not work until all, the cap on the lid, the lid on the container, and the container on the base have been put in place and locked-in properly. A safety contact system is built in. When hearing it clicking into place, the user can turn on the blender.

The Montel master piece also comes with a tamper as well as does the Vita Mix series. Blendtec and Waring are firm contra-Vita-Mix believers and won’t have anything to do with a tamper. Although, you can’t kid yourself; you still need a tamper anyway.

We were shocked about the Montel Blender disclaimer that you should not use the tamper in place for more than 25 seconds because it could cause overheating. The 2 hp Vita Mix 5200 or 4500 Turbo Blenders don’t have this limitation at all. And the 3 hp Vita Mix Blender basically can live with its tamper during the entire 5 minutes of soup making. Another big shocker was the section where the Montel manual states that consumers should not blend peanut butter more than 2 minutes because it could overheat the motor.

These concerns, however, do not mean that the Montel blender is bad. Remember, compared to the Vita Mix 4500, it is about 20$ cheaper, and about $70 cheaper than the Vita Mix 2 hp commercial blender Vita Prep 2. Of course, the Vita Mix Vita Prep 1005 / 3 hp blender is about $ 500 and the Waring MX1200XT costs about $470, there are some purchasing cost differences. Other Waring 3.5 hp blenders are for example the MX1050XT which can be bought for $350. It is really similar to the MX1200XT but is a slightly different operating system.

So, is it true that you get what you are paying for? When consumers reported to us that the 2 hp Montel Williams Health Master Blender costs $200, a closer look really has revealed that compared to its former and highly proven competitors, it is really only little less costly (about 3% less). We learned, the motor is only nearly a 2 hp motor while all Vita Mix motors are at least 2 hp + peak and higher.

The Waring commercial blenders are 3.5 hp blenders, which are starting at about $20 more than the Health Master. We appraised and accounted for the slight differences in these high performance blenders and their pros and cons in features respectively. The apple put against an equal apple, the Montel Blender really costs only about $20 to $30 less than the proven flag ships of Blendtec and Vita Mix Blenders.

Time and consumer feedback is perhaps the best judge and evaluator of which blender is better over time. To be fair, of course, a 3 hp blender and the 3.5 hp Waring blenders have been found to outperform the Montel Williams Health Master Blender, but they also cost significantly more money, while of course the witty Blendtec 3 hp HP3A blender is only $30 bucks more and you get a 3 hp motor.

Although a 3 hp motor with these heavy duty high performance blenders does not yield truly 3 hp, the torque is there, and the motor will outlast the 2 hp motor by a long time. The Waring commercial eXtreme blenders with its 3.5 hp motors are featuring 13 amps and 1500 watts, the Blendtec HP3A and Total Blenders have also a 3 hp motor, 13 amps, 1500 watts, the Vita Mix 3 hp blender comes with 12.5 amps and 1500 watts, and Vita Mix 2 hp blenders 11.5 amps with 1300 watts.

Our advice is to always read about the blenders as much as you can before buying. And if you buy one, make sure you are dealing with a company that has a history of good and honest customer service which will allow you to return the blender if not satisfied. You probably should always ask yourself the question, why is a blender more expensive or less expensive than another one?

Nothing is for free, and usually the statement “you get what you pay for” is true. And hopefully our purchase cost calculation of the Montel Williams “nearly” 2 hp Health Master blender makes sense to you. To us it does. It is a fine blender, very much so being competitively priced with the Vita Mix 2 hp Blender group in respect to power and features, with certainly some pros and cons on each side.

Still, the Blendtec HP3A with its 3 hp motor and selling for only about $30 more than the Montel Blender, leaves us breathless. And frankly, if you only have $230 to spend for a good blender, a nearly 2 hp blender with 1100 watts and a 90 days warranty may just have to do to get your raw food cooking to the next level.