I just watched two television commercials that said high fructose corn syrup is OK to eat.

They even imply that its "healthy" because it comes from "corn".

Are you kidding me? This is a joke, right?

Is this what we’ve come to?

Are we now just waving the white flag and giving up?

Are we saying that obesity is fine and dandy?

Are we saying that the rise in Type II Diabetes doesn’t mean anything to us?

Are you OK with your kids getting sick and overweight and diseased?

Do you want to continue to put this type of garbage in your body?

Look, High Fructose Corn Syrup is 20% cheaper than sugar.

It’s a 4.5 BILLION dollar industry. Marketers can spend a lot of

money putting together garbage ads like this.

It came to the market in the late 70’s, obesity levels at that time were stable.

Now 50% of our sweeteners are HFCS derived.

That’s a lot of sweetener!!

Obesity rates in teens have TRIPLED

You do the math.

These kinds of commercials need to be banned from the airways as soon as possible.

If you haven’t seen the commercials I’m talking about, you can view them below.

PS: Thanks to Scott Colby for inspiring this rant.

Dear Grocery Shopper,

Are you frustrated trying to find healthy choices for your children and family?

Does your tongue do gymnastics trying to pronounce food label ingredients?

Are you confused by marketing gimmicks, buzz words and fancy packaging?

Completely had it with crazy diets, diet pills, lotions & potions, miracle supplements

or "sprinkle on" appetite suppressants?

(By the way, that "sprinkle" stuff you put on your food has got to be

the most horrible, ripoff, scam-of-a-product I have ever seen!)

If so, you are not alone. I can help.

Let's start with what's in your grocery cart...

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Fox 10 Arizona Morning thought this was a great idea as well...
You can watch the video right here:




You can read more on my website page here.

Happy shopping!

I need to be clear about something.

I'm not long slow cardio "hater", really I'm not.

But I am about getting results in the shortest amount of time,

results in the real world.

Listen, when I was single, back in college, with nothing

better to do than to spend hours in the gym, extended cardio sessions were just fine.

Now days, with my wife, 2 baby boys and a busy life...

seriously, who has that kind of time to spend running on a treadmill?

I sure don't. My guess is that you don't either.

So let's look at this from another angle.

If I had two options for optimum fat loss: interval training or long steady state cardio training, I would always use the interval option.

Why?

Well, I'm a big believer in maximizing time and accelerating benefits for my clients, and the majority of my clients (heck the majority of the world's population) is always short on time.

So realistically, long slow cardio sessions don't work in the real world.

Not to mention the increased results that interval training brings to the table!

But once the weight training and interval training is completed, there is no problem with doing long slow cardio sessions (if you have the time).

Long slow cardio is not evil and it will not compromise your results, if your nutrition is on track and you are performing the proper strength training first.

Just don't make these "cardio-thon" sessions the focus of your fat loss efforts.

Make today better than yesterday and enjoy!

A colleague of mine, Craig Ballantyne, recently shared 3 Olympic Predictions:

Have you caught any of the Olympics yet?
Have an amazing week!

...it's tough to stick to an exercise regimen and a healthy diet. Pushing yourself makes these tasks seem like a chore, and your ultimate goal seems to get further and further away. However, when you allow your goals - a healthy, beautiful body and a longer, better-quality life - to pull you toward the finish line, you accomplish these daily milestones with ease. You're inspired - not forced - to stick to your diet and work out. Find your passion, and I guarantee you'll cross the fitness finish line!

Stay strong and motivated, I'm right there with you...

Curtis

Here is a new story from http://www.ktar.com :

Bad economy equals bad eating habits, bad health

June 26th, 2008 @ 9:23am
by Hanna Scott/KTAR

The economic downturn can be bad for your health in a lot of ways and it could affect your waistline.

Eating healthy is getting expensive, with the costs of fruits, vegetables and a lot of other food items rising. Some people are looking to fast food as a cheaper alternative.

"There's no question about it, starchy foods are cheaper," says Dr. Sam Benjamin, host of a Saturday health show on News/Talk 92-3 KTAR. ``And when you buy them, in fast food stores for example -- because they use large amounts of product being transported from state to state -- the cost is either more stable or increases slower. The result is that it's more attractive financially. From a health point of view, it's a disaster."

Benjamin sees some serious consequences for people who opt for cheaper diets.
``Some people are going to get fat, we're going to see more diabetes, we're going to see more heart disease, we're going to see more hypertension, we're going to see more kidney disease, and we're going to see more ocular, or eye, disease."

Not only eating habits, but exercising habits, change when the economy slows, Benjamin said.
``When we see more economic downturns, we tend to spend more money going to movie theaters, watching television, drinking beer and having a bag of potato chips."

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It's Curtis again...this is scary. Obesity, heart disease, overweight children...they are all ALREADY at incredibly high levels in the United States.

Make no mistake about it: this IS reversible, this IS manageable, this IS within our control.

Choose your regular food intake wisely and have a wonderful week!

To your continued health,

Curtis Hoekstra, Certified Fitness Instructor

Phone: (623) 486-6622

Web: http://www.ArizonaFitnessBootCamp.com

Email: Curtis@ArizonaFitnessBootCamp.com

Blog: http://arizonafitnessbootcampblog.blogspot.com

Nutrition: https://curtis.getprograde.com