Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday I was beginning to focus in on 2007. Now, the year has an eight in it and is just around the corner. It is once again time to decipher fact from fiction as it pertains to eating regularly for the next 12 months.

I admit I enjoy reading "industry specialist" theories, crystal ball forecasts and prognostications. They remind me of Sunday afternoons when highly paid sportscasters wax eloquent with statistically supported opinions on who is going to win the tilt of the day. I often find myself laughing because sportscasters speak declaratively – as if they knew exactly what they are talking about – they don't. The victory will go to the team who wants it more, is skilled, and I might add, gets a few lucky bounces.

So it is with new-year industry projections. We all become privy to what's hot, what's not, who is going to make money and who is going to take gas. I guess we have learned to take the cue from People Magazine. If that is what the people want, that is what we'll give them.

If given enough ink (or airtime), I bet these people start believing that their expressed thoughts have a chance to enlighten our journeys. The interesting (spelled sad) news is that many, if not most readers and listeners actually gauge their futures on these advisories. If you say things are looking up, I feel better about my life. If you paint a bleak picture on any given day, I find justification for my motivation and aspirations turning south.

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