Medical Miracle or Health Hoax? 3 Red Flags to Watch Out For
If you want to get in shape this year, avoid diets or products that claim to melt cellulite. This is a clear indication these treatments aren’t based on real medical science. CURE-ALLS CURE NOTHING A “cure-all” is any product, treatment, or diet that claims to cure a bunch of unrelated medical problems. Cure-alls have been a problem for centuries, claiming to help with weight loss, migraines, heart disease, anxiety, depression, and even baldness! This isn’t how medicine or the human body works. One change cannot magically fix many different, sometimes unrelated, problems. A good way to determine if something is a cure-all is to check if it claims to help treat, prevent, or cure cancer. That’s a big red flag you want to avoid.
them. Unless you have been diagnosed with a disease that would impair your liver or kidneys, you don’t need to spend extra money to keep your insides clean. A healthy diet is enough.
The new year is a great time to make your health a priority again, and there are a bunch of workouts and diet plans to choose from. Too many, some might say. It can be difficult to determine exactly which health plan will help you reach your goals, but there are some pretty obvious red flags that you’ll want to avoid. BEWARE THE DREADED ‘DETOX’ Plenty of diets, supplements, and products claim to “purify” your body by removing unspecified “toxins.” These “detoxes” conveniently forget that your kidneys and liver are already removing substances your body doesn’t need! The human body has been capable of cleansing itself for thousands of years. It doesn’t need a special smoothie or footpads to get the job done. Most detox products are nothing but snake oil, and some of them can leave you feeling worse than you did before you started using The past 10 years have been a period of steady growth for the Boston real estate market. In fact, the rate of growth is beginning to become a problem. Last year, Zillow ranked us as one of the 15 cities where the housing shortage is most severe. How did we get here? And what does it mean for the future? With the 2010s about to close, let’s take a look back at some of the decade’s biggest real estate trends. SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON The population of Boston has grown at more than double the rate of the national average over the past 10 years, which means that people are moving here in droves. During the ‘80s and ‘90s, young professionals tended to settle in the suburbs, but their kids seem to want to do just the opposite. The
CELLULITE ISN’T REAL In 1968, Vogue magazine introduced
American women to the word “cellulite,” warning them of a terrible “diagnosed” condition women suffered from. They encouraged the use of a special rolling pin to banish the little lumps of fat on women’s thighs and buttocks. Since then, cellulite has been used as shorthand to mean “bad body fat you need to remove.” But cellulite is not an indication of poor health. Furthermore, there’s no cure for cellulite because it’s not a disease. It would be like using a special lotion that claims it can remove the wrinkled skin on your knuckles! Most people, especially women, have cellulite. It’s perfectly natural!
A Market Hotter Than the Patriots Looking Back on a Decade of Boston Real Estate Trends
NEWWAYS TO LIVE AND WORK The ways all sorts of services function have changed over the last decade. We don’t order food or watch TV the same way we did a decade ago, so it’s no surprise that companies are attempting to rethink our living and working arrangements. From private dormitories to coworking spaces, new ways of using real estate are cropping up all the time. Whether one of these really sticks remains to be seen, but expect more real estate companies to get into the business of novel ideas. No matter where the market turns over the next 10 years, you can count on Brooks & Crowley to help you with the legal aspects of all of your real estate transactions. Call us today if you’re in the market.
metropolitan areas of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville have experienced the largest growth, with inner suburbs like Watertown and Arlington close behind. With demand in the city unlikely to slow down, the ripple effect could continue. THE RENTAL RAT RACE Almost everyone reading this newsletter probably has a friend or loved one with a rental horror story. Finding an apartment anywhere in the area is a battle, let alone one that represents good value. College students and middle-aged workers alike share the struggle to find a place. Certainly, one of the chief real estate issues of the next decade will be trying to figure out a way to dramatically increase the supply of rentals.
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