Patrick Ehman and Sal D'Aquila III were in from the Middletown Fire Fighters Association were in this morning to tell us what it takes to be a fire fighter, and about their Fire Ops event coming up on Saturday Oct. 6.

Kelly Scinto is one of the organizers of the Harbor Brew Fest, taking place this Saturday at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard. She was on the phone to go through the list of brewers and food trucks you can expect to see there!

TOP 10 LIST:

Obesity is a huge problem in the United States, and it’s linked to serious illnesses such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers. A new report suggests that by 2030 nearly half of all Americans will be obese, and these expanding waistlines will translate into billions of dollars of health care costs. The study authors advocate for nationwide interventions to get children and adults to be more physically active and eat healthier.
 
TOP 10: WAYS  TO GET FAT
 
1. Never, Ever Exercise. Come on people, this one should be fairly obvious. To get fat, you need to store calories. Exercise, however, burns calories. 

2. Drink lots of soft drinks. Seriously, this is one of the best ways to pack on the pounds. Coke, Pepsi and all other forms of soft drinks are loaded with high fructose corn syrup.

3. Eat fast food more often. Fast food restaurants are like the embassies of weight gain. These places not only serve the most fattening foods, they also genuinely want to help you in your commitment to put on fat.

4. Stop drinking water. Like the veggies, water just takes up precious space in the real estate of your gut. If you really want to get as fat as possible, you should stop drinking water all together.

5. Eat fried foods. French fries, fried chicken, fried onion rings, etc. are all good. When something is fried, it is literally soaked in oil which means lots of saturated fats.

6. Increase your meal portions. You simply aren’t going to get fat eating small girly portions of food. A surefire way to pack on the pounds is to eat double of whatever you think you need.

7. Snack constantly. Who says that there are only 3 meal times in a day? Five or six meals a day are much better.

8. Lower vegetable intake. Vegetables are simply empty vitamins. They have very little, if any, caloric content.

9. Sleep less. This is a trick which works for a number of reasons. Sleeping less will give your body less rest which will increase your stress throughout the day.

10. Skip Breakfast. This may sound like a strange way to gain fat, but if you skip meals (especially breakfast) your body can think it’s starving. When your body goes into starvation mode, it becomes extra proficient at storing calories as fat.

IMPOSSIBLE TRIVIA:

Q: 12 million of these are made every hour. What ?
 
A: Cheez-it Crackers