After years of unverifiable claims that drinking water contributes to weight loss, scientists have finally proven that dieters who drink two cups of water before meals lose more weight.  A new study found that, after about three months, obese dieters who drank two cups of water before each meal lost 5 more pounds than a group of dieters who didn’t increase their water intake. A year later, the water-drinkers had also kept more of the weight off (Discovery News).  The approach might work simply by filling people up with something that has zero calories.  It could also prompt them to consume fewer sweetened drinks, such as a 12 ounce can of regular soda that contains about 10 teaspoons of sugar and is chock full of calories.

Nowadays, as people become more and more active, it becomes difficult to get to the nearest kitchen for the 2 glasses of water you may need before eating food.  This is one of the many reasons why it is smart to carry around a BPA-free drinking water bottle.  With New Wave Enviro’s 40oz stainless steel water bottles, you will be able to drink the recommended amount of water before the meal and have more than enough left over to wash your food down.

And what better time than now with school just around the corner!  The Lunchopolis was featured on both ABC World News Now and Let’s Talk Live (ABC 7 in the Greater Washington, DC Area).  The videos are great, and all media personalities involved love the lunch box.

Below are comments from people who purchased the Lunchopolis last year as their children were preparing to go back to school:

“I love this lunchbox for my teenage kids, myself and my husband who often takes lunch to work.  The containers keep lunch neat and cool.  As a working parent it gives me more options for what to pack so lunch making is much easier and fun.  The kids love the variety too.” — Parenting.com

“My daughter loves pink and loves yogurt. This lunch bag keeps her yogurt cool all the way to lunch time and she loves the matching containers. I love that they are BPA free and dishwasher safe.” — Kaboodle.com

“The lunch box we received was hot pink! For all of the girls in my family – that was an excellent start. I was really pleased to see how much could actually fit into the lunch. Not only is there a BPA free water bottle, but there are also 4 stackable BPA free containers. The idea is that one is for a sandwich, and the others are for snacks, veges or fruits. That worked out perfectly for us.” — AllergySense.com

Lindsey Vonn is back training with the U.S. Ski Team after taking a break following a triumphant season.  Her successes in her 2010 Winter campaign include a third consecutive world cup title, along with gold in downhill and bronze in Super G at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.  Although the snow is scarce in the Northern Hemisphere during the summer months, champagne powder is abundant in mountainous areas of the Southern Hemisphere, which is why the U.S. ski team is currently in Queenstown, New Zealand.

When on a mountain, whether exercising, training, or simply relaxing and taking in the view, it is absolutely essential to have a water bottle on you.  Dehydration at high elevations leads to altitude sickness, which is accompanied by numerous unpleasant symptoms such as headaches, fever, and nosebleeds.  Skiers and snowboarders are always advised to have a water bottle on them while on the slopes.

As the exclusive provider of stainless steel water bottles for the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding, New Wave Enviro is proud to provide the safest, most eco-friendly bottles to the outstanding athletes who comprise these teams.  And you can have these cool bottles too!

Bottled water sales dropped in 2009 for the first time in 5 years.  Bottled water companies are no longer fooling consumers into believing their product comes from some pristine, untouched stream or lake deep in the Swiss Alps.  While it is healthy to stay hydrated, what we’re drinking in a lot of cases is from the tap, sometimes filtered, sometimes not.  There are several additional factors behind the slip in sales, the most well-known being the environmental impact of bottled water, as nearly 90 percent of the bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose.

Critics of bottled water are going as far as calling it the “new cigarette.”  The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Salt Lake City have asked employees not to use bottled water or banned city spending on it. Chicago added a 5-cent tax to each bottle.  In addition, celebrity chef Mario Batali banned the bottle in his fanciest restaurant, Del Posto.  News of this spread like a wildfire throughout the upscale restaurant community, as other owners soon followed suit and banned bottles in their establishments as well.

The most notable substitute for one-time use plastic water bottles, reusable drinking water bottles, have garnered a lot of attention over the years.  These days it seems everyone either has or wants a reusable drinking water bottle.  If you’re still searching for the ideal water bottle, look no further, because New Wave Enviro offers a plethora of reusable and recyclable drinking water bottles.  These sleek and sanitary bottles are perfect for any active person who needs their water to go.

That’s right, New Wave Enviro is spreading the green word on facebook and twitter as well!  So don’t miss out on opportunities to perfect your healthy lifestyle by keeping up with New Wave Enviro online.  From news concerning health and the environment to cool product giveaways, you can find all of these on New Wave’s facebook and twitter pages.

Whether killing it on a treadmill or getting ’swole’ with free weights, when you’re working hard in the gym, you’re undoubtedly going to become parched.  The thought of drinking from an ice cold bottle of water is a temptation we are all very familiar with.  As simple as it may be to walk to the lobby and purchase a bottle of Evian, think about the effects it would have on your pocketbook, your body, and the environment.

There’s really no good reason to buy plastic bottled water. It’s expensive, can contain high levels of bacteria and is a total mess for the planet.  In addition, such “premium” brands as Dasani provide nothing more than distilled tap water.  The most alarming fact about bottled water is that Americans alone use enough plastic water bottles in one year to wrap around the Earth three times!

As you explore alternative routes towards satisfying your thirst at the gym, remember that New Wave Enviro provides a plethora of safe and affordable reusable water bottles.  New Wave’s Stainless Steel Water Bottles may be the perfect gym companion, as they are virtually indestructible, and can be used time and time again.  If you are an exercise nut, then these are the perfect bottles for you!

An article discussing the contaminants that lurk in our drinking water was recently published in MSN.com’s Health & Fitness section.  Such contaminants examined include chlorine, lead, and bacteria.  The article enlightens us to the dangers of drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water a day.  Who would’ve thought that drinking water, an essential resource, could actually be harmful?  No need to fear; however, as the article mentions the benefits of installing a water filter on your tap.  New Wave Enviro has the perfect filter: The Premium 10 Stage Water Filter, which removes the aforementioned toxins in this post, in addition to removing or greatly reducing numerous other harmful contaminants!

The Premium 10 Stage Water Filter removes or greatly reduces the following: chlorine, cancer causing organic/chlorine compounds called trihalomethanes (THM), bad odors such as hydrogen sulfide which gives water a rotten egg smell, pesticides, herbicides, PCB’s, toxic heavy metals including lead, cadmium, organic arsenic, asbestos, micro-organisms such as cryptosporidium and giardia, and dozens of other lesser known organic contaminants!

A new report by The Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows that paper receipts from grocery stores and gas stations contain BPA.   Out of all the paper receipts tested, over 40% showed traces of the toxin.   A similar study conducted at the University of Missouri discovered that the concentration of BPA found on receipts was 250 to 1,000 times the amount in canned food.

Concern over the chemical has primarily been concentrated on food and beverage containers and the consequences of ingesting the toxin.  The EWG said retail workers carry an average of 30 percent more BPA in their bodies than other adults, but that it is “unclear how much BPA-coated receipts contribute to people’s total exposure.”   Scientists have not determined how much of a receipt’s BPA coating can transfer to people’s skin and from there into the body by ingesting BPA through food or by touching their mouths.  Though the effects of skin exposure have not yet been explored, experts claim that the market will respond and consumers will see BPA-free receipts in the near future.

It seems that nearly every few weeks there is a new development regarding our knowledge of BPA.   As people first became aware of dangers associated with BPA, New Wave Enviro took a pro-active step by introducing a line of BPA-free products such as the 600ml Seriously Safe Stainless Steel water bottle.  Visit http://www.newwaveenviro.com/stainless-steel-c-8_2_11.html to see New Wave’s broad collection of awesome stainless steel water bottles.

New Wave Enviro Products is proud to be a corporate partner with the United States Ski and Snowboarding Association (USSA), governing body for the U.S. Olympic Ski and Snowboard Teams.

New Wave’s management recently attended the USSA 2010 Partners Summit in Park City, Utah, and were once again astounded at the progress over the past 12 years of the teams. Earning 21 medals at the Vancouver Olympics is nothing short of miraculous.  What a tremendous group of athletes!  New Wave Enviro Products is extremely pleased to be a part of the teams’ Olympic and other competitive efforts. The team members are already preparing for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia!

Following the Partners Summit in Utah, Ski Team members departed for Chili to train for the 2010-2011 World Cup Grand Prix while the Snowboard Team began preparing for the SBX Competitions in New Zealand.  You can follow their progress as they prepare for these upcoming tournaments on the teams’ facebook pages at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/usskiteam?ref=ts and http://www.facebook.com/usskiteam?ref=ts#!/ussnowboarding?ref=sgm.

We hope all our readers will consider making a contribution to the USSA foundation at https://donate.usskiteam.com/donate

You can also purchase New Wave Enviro’s line of reusable BPA-free stainless steel water bottles with the logos of the US Ski and Snowboard Teams at http://healthylifewater.com/.

As of late, stories about the discoveries of arsenic or lead in the drinking water of some area or other have been circulating the news.   The warnings of air pollution mixing with rainwater and entering the ground water are very compelling. What we used to be able to take for granted is now a frightening mystery. Where does that water come from? What else is in it? Will it cause my family and me to become ill?

New Wave gives you one great reason not to worry:  The Premium 10 Stage Drinking Water Filter.  Not only will it remove dangerous contaminants from your drinking water, but the water will taste fantastic as well.  Nothing quenches your thirst like fresh, pure water.   Learn more about the filter at http://www.newwaveenviro.com/premium-10-stage-water-filter-p-86.html.

Below is a review of the Premium 10 Stage Drinking Water Filter from a satisfied customer:

“I HATE tapwater. I will NOT drink it! I grew up on springwater, and the taste of chlorine is disgusting to me. So, before I got this wonderful gadget, my husband and I would take turns driving to the organic super market and filling up our 5 gallon jug and then lugging it home, sometimes three times a week! Needless to say, that got old fast!

When I bought this I was very skeptical that it would work. However, it performs FLAWLESSLY, and makes water that tastes just as good if not better than bottled. I drink loads more water now that I don’t have to worry about running out. Easy set up, easy use.”