A Staten Island entrepreneur, Hassam Khan serves as the director of Transit Retail Business. Among his responsibilities, Hassam Khan develops feasibility reports and scouts vacancies in highly frequented transit terminals and hubs in Staten Island and other areas of New York.
In recent New York City transit news, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new initiatives as part of his 2019 state of the city address on January 10, 2019. The improvements center on bus and ferry services.
Overseeing a city with the slowest bus system among large U.S. cities, de Blasio vowed to increase bus speeds by 25 percent by 2020. The buses currently average 7.44 miles per hour, and, from 2010 to 2016, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority witness 60 million fewer bus trips than prior periods. In combination, de Blasio also promised to quicken the speed at which new bus lanes are installed in the city, as well as add two times the number of intersections in which buses receive green light priority.
De Blasio vowed to add new ferry routes between Coney Island, Staten Island, and Manhattan, as well as expand one existing route. These changes are expected to take effect between now and 2021.
Based in Staten Island, New York, Hassam Khan serves in the role of director at a health food business located in Queen’s and at a bagel and gourmet deli company operating in Staten Island. Aside from his professional responsibilities, Hassam Khan maintains an interest in activities including boxing, basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and weightlifting.
According to a two-year research study conducted by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources, exercise helps to reduce the risk of future heart failure and can also reverse damage that has already occurred in aging, sedentary hearts. Researchers recruited 53 participants ranging from ages 45 to 64. Half of the participants began the study by performing three, 30-minute, moderate intensity exercises routines weekly over three months before two intense aerobic intervals were added. The other half of the participants formed the control group, which participated in yoga and balance training.
Upon completion of the study, participants in the exercise group demonstrated more than a 25 percent improvement in left ventricular heart muscle function, which is associated with preventing heart failure, and an 18 percent improvement in maximum oxygen intake during exercise. Researchers concluded that exercise must be performed four to five times each week for maximum benefit and should be begun before the age of 65, while the heart retains remodeling capabilities.
Hassam Khan is the director of a company that sells bagels and gourmet deli products in Staten Island, New York. A resident of Staten Island, Hassam Khan also serves as director of a health food business located in Queens. Mr. Khan’s role at the health food store involves purchasing, retailing, and researching natural and organic health foods and related products.
Trends in the natural health industry are constantly evolving, as new information and products become available. Below are three popular trends in the health product industry.
1. Collagen. The most abundant protein in the human body, collagen improves the appearance and health of the skin. Once typically used as an anti-aging ingredient in cosmetics, it has now become popular as a superfood and is being sold in capsules and powders and also marketed for use in smoothies, coffee, soup, and oatmeal, among other foods.
2. Keto diet. This type of diet aims to promote weight loss by including high-fat and high-protein foods that encourage the body to enter a ketogenic state. While in this state, ketones are produced in the body as a result of the liver breaking down fats. The keto diet only continues to grow in popularity with no signs of this trend slowing down.
3. Black seed oil. Derived from the nigella sativa seed, this oil features a robust flavor and is considered to be a miracle food supplement. It is reported to be helpful for improving bone health, preventing cancer, and reducing inflammation.
