It was back in January when I made my predictions for 2008. It’s been five months now, so I think it’s time we took a look and evaluate my Nostradamus-like abilities.
1. Eat Stop Eat will become very popular – Well, we’re not there yet, but it does seem like every day more and more people are talking about the benefits of flexible intermittent fasting. Just yesterday I read a multi-page article in Men’s Health on the health benefits of fasting, so it looks like people are starting to take notice of how short periods of fasting can help you lose weight and improve your health. Good news for all of us.
2. More people become pro-supplement. I don’t have any direct proof, but I think I may have missed the boat with this prediction. It may just be me, but I get the impression that many of us are now completely immune to supplement advertising, and have become tired of the “Rage against the supplement industry” stance taken by many on-line health and fitness personalities. To be perfectly honest, I find the whole topic of supplements boring these days.
3. More and more people will become aware of Obsessive Compulsive Eating. I think this one is definitely happening. I have noticed many similarities between my own personal beliefs about the way we eat, and the beliefs put forth in Michael Pollen’s book “In defense of food” so the message is hitting the mainstream, albeit slowly. Hopefully this means more and more people are eating food because of the love of food, and not for fear of eating ‘wrong’.
4. More people will photo-blog their food. Definitely happening. And, does nothing for me except point out that I need to improve my culinary skills.
I’m 2.5 out of 4 so far 😉
BP
PS- You can see my original predictions here ==> Brad’s predictions for 2008
