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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Natural cure for brain tumor and free hardcopy of Lose Fat, Not Faith
Since we often hear the bad news about the horrible obesity epidemic and the struggle to stop it, I thought I'd share a little bit of good news. It looks like we're making progress! Obesity statistics for 2003 through 2005 for adolescent aged and younger children appear to have leveled off. While that still leaves us with 1 out of 3 overweight and a staggering 3 out of 20 obese, it means the rate is not growing ... if we've indeed stabilized it, we can focus on reversing the trend and making those numbers go down!
It's not hard, either. The three best investments our family made for our daughter's health? A trampoline, access to a pool, and a house in a neighborhood with friendly children who love to run around outside. I've watched the studies about how computers and television are robbing our children of their health, but I disagree.
I think the article titled "Less TV, More Breakfast Helps Teens Keep Weight Off" hits a bit closer to the mark (less TV, not "no TV.")
Yes, the marketing is terrible, but as parents we can explain the marketing and educate our children to understand why that Happy Meal isn't the best choice. Yes, the computer creates "lazy time" but we can choose to provide games that stimulate the mind and limit their time. Yes, the television is probably the worse but again, the choice is either dump the kids in front of the television as an electronic babysitter, or allow it in moderation and focus on family time being at the pool and not on the Cartoon Network.
It's good to see that mainstream media is stepping outside of their sponsorship (when you consider how much money in advertising is pumped into media organizations by pharmaceutical companies, it's easy to realize it's not a "conspiracy theory" that there is going to be a favorable bias towards reporting on drug success) ... this was a great story about a girl whose family believes they helped cure a brain tumor with natural therapy that appeared to focus mainly on nutrition.
Finally, a little side note for readers of my blog. The first edition of my book, "Lose Fat, Not Faith" is about to go out of print. I've got a stack of the last ten copies of that edition I will ever own. I am going to sign and ship a single copy free (including shipping charges) to the next 10 people who invest in the Lose Fat, Not Faith Transformation Kit. I'll share this with my e-Zine tomorrow so those who want a copy should act right away - remember, there's only 10 remaining as of this writing. I will sign and ship the copy to the billing address used to purchase the Ebook kit. You will receive the eBook, the Training Encyclopedia, the Nutrition Guides, the Become Your Best Coaching Curriculum, ongoing email support AND a signed hardcopy from my final print run of the 1st edition of the hardcopy book that was first published July 4th, 2005. You don't have to do a thing, I'll automatically set it up and ship it out and email you if you are one of the next 10 to purchase.
Until next time,
posted by Jeremy Likness | 6:28 AM
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