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Since December 21st, I’ve spent a total of 4 days at home. The rest have either been spent on the road for business or vacation. Today, I’m in lovely Princeton, New Jersey. I’m here for a week, following which I will be spending another week in Chicago. Luckily for me, I have a wonderful wife. So rather than spent all of this weekend flying back and forth across the continent, she came out to meet me on the east coast and we spent the weekend in NYC. We had a wonderful time, and a relatively healthy one, except for one side trip into the M&M store on Times Sq. Oh well, no guilt here. One of the reasons I live healthy most of the time is so I can indulge on those special occasions, and this was definitely one.
And on that note, here are some articles from this week which I thought were interesting.
One of the things that are just impossible to avoid in New York is advertising. Especially in Times Square, you are bombarded 24 hours a day with ads for anything everything. Many of the articles I saw were for weight loss programs. So I thought this recent article from the Financial Post on health program advertising was a good read. It’s always interesting to see how the health industry tries to market products to us by playing on our weaknesses. Remember that it doesn’t a complicated health program to be healthy, just eat well and be active. All the information you need is already out there on sites like 60 in 3 and other free fitness pages.
@The Financial Post
If we’re already talking about advertising, here’s a must read article for those of you interested in health (which I’m hoping is all of you). It’s from the Daily Press and it talks about common deceptions in the marketing of so called health foods. Take the time to read this and then do some of your own research on the foods that you always assumed were healthy. I think you’ll be surprised at how much sugar, fat and other crap is in so called health food.
@The Daily Press
And while we’re on the subject of diets being marketed to us, here’s a review from the Star of the Fat Fighter Diet. I linked to a similar review of such diets in last week’s weekend roundup and I’ve reviewed a few myself. The usual verdict? Yah, has some positive points but it’s just not realistic. I suppose if you’re a rich Hollywood star with a team of chefs and a personal trainer then maybe you can stick to it. If you’re like me and have a full time job, you might as well forget about it. Sorry folks, but there just isn’t a magic bullet diet out there.
@The Star
From Fox Business News we have this article about the link between social circle and health. We’ve talked about this before on 60 in 3, but it’s nice to have some expert findings. Yes, there is a clear connection between you health and your family / friends. They affect your eating, your physical activity and your general well being. At some point in your quest towards health you’ll find yourself making a decision between health and one more evening sitting at the bar with friends drinking beer. At that point you may want to remind yourself that you don’t have to stop seeing your friends to be healthy. Just find new common activities you can do together. You may even be surprised to find that they too are looking for a way to change their lives.
@Fox Business News
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