Remember Your Vitamins, Feel Spunky!

A Just A Sec Exclusive!

The MedCenter System is a life-changer.



We all know how much better we function when we don't skip our supplements -- or for that matter, our Prozac.

Taken regularly, vitamins and other nutritional supplements can make us calmer and more alert, our nails less brittle, our PMS less dramatic -- we can even pee more easily. Ah, but the tricky word here is regularly. With all the things you have to do in the morning, who can remember to take all those pills? And some supplements work best when taken more than once in a day. Yeah, like you're gonna remember twice, or even three times a day.

Ohhhh, but you will.

This review marks a rare occasion at Just A Sec -- the honoring of a product with the Sec-Tacular Seal!



Regular readers of Just A Sec know that few products or services get the Sec-Tacular Seal designation -- only the ones that knock our socks off -- the absolute can't-misses and must-haves.

The MedCenter System is truly Sec-Tacular!

Here's how it works.

You organize your pills into their own daily pill box, which has the date marked on both ends. There are four individual compartments in each box, so you can store up to four separate doses in a single day.

Since the MedCenter System gives you 31 individual pill boxes, you can sort your pills for an entire month in advance. We loved this feature, because ordinary seven-day pill organizers force you to re-sort your pills every week -- what a drag!

Next, there's the talking alarm. Your organizer comes with a digital alarm clock which shows date, time, and day of the week. It can be programmed to remind you to take your pills up to four times a day.

For example, if you never want to forget to take your vitamins before work, you might program the talking alarm for 6:00 AM, when a cheerful voice will say, "Good morning! Please take your morning pills for the 15th," followed by a series of beeps. The alarm is loud enough to hear in another room, and there's an "extra loud" setting which can be heard from an entirely separate floor of the house.

The alarm will repeat itself several times, then become silent for several minutes before trying again. To let the alarm know you've taken your pills (in other words, to shut it up), press the "Alarm Acknowledged" button.

The happy pill lady will never let you forget to take those drugs or vitamins -- which adds up to a healthier lifestyle for you.

If you have a supplement that needs to be taken in the morning and evening, you might program a separate alarm to go off at 8:00 PM. (Remember, you can program up to four alarms per day.)

The talking alarm is portable, so you can take it with you to work to remind you to take an afternoon pill. Just lift the clock off the organizer base and pop it in your bag.

The main organizer base has a platform where you can set the current day's pill box. There's also a slot for each pill box for the month. One end of each pill box is red, the other green; this comes in handy in a number of ways. If you need to know when you're officially done with your pills for the day, you can flip the box over in the organizer so its red end is showing. Boxes showing green-end-up would still contain pills to take.

However, one of our volunteer testers used this color-coding feature differently. When filling the boxes for the month, she didn't always have all the pills she needed. She turned all the full boxes over to show green, indicating they were complete. A box showing red meant there were still some pills missing. This way, she knew visually when the "full days" were coming to an end and she needed to get to the vitamin store.

Two secretaries gave the MedCenter System a test drive. Both of these secretaries -- Laura and Barbara -- reported having trouble remembering to take supplements.

"This thing really kicked me in the butt," Laura said. "I took my vitamins more regularly than I ever did before. There's just no way to forget. Especially in the evening with my fish oil pills. Even at times when I was doing better with the vitamins, I could never remember to take those fish oil pills at night, too. I swear, I took them every single night with this thing. I heard the lady's voice out in the kitchen and I went out there and I took them! I've been so good!"

"I love this thing," Barbara told us. "I take medication too and not always, but once in a while I forget. I couldn't forget anything with (the MedCenter System)."

Barbara added, "I have an elderly mother and I'm going to get one of these for her. It's great for older people who have trouble remembering, especially when they have so many pills to take for this and that."

The MedCenter System can make a concrete, immediate difference in your health and wellbeing, and for that reason, it's well worth the $69.95 price tag. Get yours at MedCenter Systems.

The Easiest, Healthiest Home-Cooked Meals EVER.

Loyal readers of Just A Sec know we don't hand out our "SEC-Tacular Seal" to just any product. But this time, Birds Eye has earned it.

Just A Sec hereby certifies
Bird Eye Steamfresh Meals for Two
SEC-Tacular!





If you hate to cook, or just don't have the time (especially during the work week), but you want to eat healthy, and at the same time, you want dinners yummy enough to look forward to, Birds Eye totally has you covered.

God, how we love this product. Here's what happens.

1. Take a bag of Birds Eye Steamfresh Meals for Two out of the freezer.

2. Throw the frozen bag into the microwave. No, you don't have to cut it open, poke holes in it or empty it into a bowl. Nothing. Just toss the bag in and shut the door.

3. Run your microwave for about 11 minutes.

4. Remove bag from microwave.

5. Tear bag open at the pre-cut notch.

6. Dump perfectly-cooked meal out of bag and into dishes.

Dinner for two is ready.

No kidding.

And are they tasty? Oh yeah. We've put them to the test. Our favorites were the exotic Sweet & Spicy Chicken (roasted chicken breast with tomatoes, olives, raisins, onions and rigatoni pasta in a sweet and spicy sauce) and Asian Style Chicken Vegetable Medley (marinated grilled chicken breast with lo mein noodles and premium vegetables in an Asian inspired sauce). But there are six varieties in all, including Shrimp Pasta Primavera, Grilled Chicken Marinara and Shrimp Alfredo.

We tried every variety, and in every case the meals turned out PERFECT. The pasta was cooked to an al dente ideal, the meat was tender and juicy, and the vegetables were flawlessly steamed. We were amazed, because often these combination frozen meals can turn out unevenly cooked. Not so here. The entire meal steams right inside the bag.

But there are two more reasons to love Birds Eye Steamfresh Meals for Two. Ready? They're good for your body and your budget.

Each package has a suggested retail price of $7.49. That's dinner for two people at well under ten bucks!

These meals contain NO chemicals or artificial preservatives. And a quick look at the Nutrition Facts on the bag will make you smile. Most varieties contain between only 6-12 grams of fat per serving, and on average, they hover around the 50mg mark for cholesterol. Sweet!

Birds Eye Steamfresh Meals for Two are in supermarkets now!

Thanks, Birds Eye, for providing us with a labor-free, healthy, delicious and inexpensive option for dinner! You're SEC-tacular!

Don't Go to the Beach Without This.

This is more than just a product review. This is a momentus occasion.

We were so impressed with this particular product, we were inspired to create an award.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Renetto Canopy Chair, and the brand new Just-a-Sec SEC-tacular seal!





From now on, when Just-a-Sec discovers a product or service that completely blows us away, we're going to "certify" it with our very own SEC-tacular Seal. And we don't plan on giving this award lightly, either.

Now settle in and get better acquainted with the item that inspired it all:



Did you ever envy those people on the Friday night train headin' out to the beach for the weekend with their low-maintenance gear strapped to their backs? Maybe you thought, "That looks like fun -- but that would never be me. I can't enjoy the beach without an umbrella to shield me from the sun, and some huge blanket to sit on -- I'm too much a creature of comfort. Everything I'd need to be happy on the beach would fill the trunk AND back seat of a rental car. If only I could be so spontaneous and head out after work on Friday!"

Hey -- now you can.

The Renetto Canopy Chair makes it possible to sit in total comfort on the beach, in the park, anywhere, off the ground and out of the sun. And the best part is -- you can wear it like a BACKPACK. Just strap it to your shoulders and GO.

The first time we took the Canopy Chair to Brooklyn's Prospect Park for a test run, a woman actually came over and asked us how to get one. We weren't surprised.

The Canopy Chair has a waterproof canopy that glides easily overhead when the chair is in its open position. It glides just as easily out of sight behind the chair whenever you need it to. There's nothing clumsy or difficult about it. It's an easy, simple movement.

Inside the roof of the canopy, within perfect reach above your head, there are two large, secure mesh pockets for storing small items like paperback books, bug spray, snacks, etc.

The chair itself is incredibly comfortable. Renetto didn't skimp -- the seat is wide enough for just about anyone, and the arm rests are wide too. (Don't you hate those chairs with narrow and/or hard arm rests that dig into your arms, making it impossible to relax?)

BOTH arm rests have built-in beverage holders. We appreciated this little detail, because we were able to keep a bag of chips in one and a Diet Coke in the other, and even stash a small notebook and pen in one when we needed to.

Renetto struck a perfect balance here: a chair made of lightweight materials that's still durable. The chair's frame is made of lightweight powder coated steel and the fabric is heavy-duty 16mm polyester. Cleans up and dries out in a jiff, too. We took it to the beach, got it soppy and sandy, and it bounced back like a champ with minimal effort.

The chair folds into itself and the canopy becomes the carrying case. The design is ingenius.

The case stays shut by way of two snap-lock buckles. Folding the chair in and out again and buckling it open and shut was much easier than we anticipated. It literally took seconds.

When the chair is buckled shut, two well-padded backpack-style adjustable shoulder straps let you carry it while both your arms remain free. It's the ultimate Friday night getaway accessory.

The Renetto Canopy Chair comes in blue or orange, and sells for one fabulous price of $39.99. Purchase yours at www.canopychair.com.

We can't recopmmend this product enough. It completely exceeded our expectations and made a concrete difference in our enjoyment of summer activities.