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Steve Jobs explains his health, invents new diet plan
With rumors running rampant about Steve Jobs’ health over the last few months, including that he was either dead or at death’s door, and with the announcement that he was not going to be giving Apple’s last keynote address at MacWorld, the Cupertino Guru decided it was time to quell the scuttlebutt and explain his health condition which prompted his recent rapid weight loss. According to Jobs, a strange hormonal imbalance has cause his Holocaust survivor like appearance and his decision to pull out of the MacWorld keynote was more to spend the holidays with his family rather than preparing for the last great Apple Keynote (you may remember Apple announcing they will not longer participate in MacWorld Expo after 2009). Anyone buying it? I mean, seriously.
If unbalancing your hormones would be the key to losing weight, we would’ve heard about it as the great miracle diet in Hollywood by now. The magic pill that would put your hormones out of whack and drop that hard to lose last ten pounds. Then, one would merely have to take another magic pill to right the ship, as it were. No, the key is in the second reason why he’s not giving the keynote – he’s spending time with his family. All of a sudden. At this stage with his rapid weight loss the news he’s been battling cancer. Sorry, but how could this be anything else except an attempt to buttress Wall Street against another ground pounding on Apple Stock once the worst is realized? Remember last year’s rumor that caused the stock to tank?
We certainly hope this isn’t the case, and that it’s idle speculation which is fueling the story. And certainly Steve Jobs has a right to keep his health condition private, sort of, he does have a feduciary responsibility to Apple Stockholders. Bet let’s apply Akham’s Razor here and look at the simplest possible explanation. His health isn’t the best. And with the perception that Steve Jobs IS Apple (or M’Apple as the case may be) doesn’t it make more sense that Apple is merely trying to cover up the Jobs story and is unable to merely come out with his heir apparent(s) and say here’s the new face(s) of Apple? One thing is for certain, 2009 will be filled with rumors about Jobs’ health if his treatment to counter this hormone imbalance doesn’t work.
Hat Tip – Engadget
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kathy Says: January 5, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Jobs is a well-known health food fan. He even scratched the veal entree at an important ‘key buyers’ luncheon. The salad was served, and after that came the dessert. No entree. He was not serving veal. Nice.
The closing sentence of Jobs’ letter, says this:
“So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.” -Steve Jobs
I personally find it odd that the minute a person begins to look gaunt and below a healthy weight, people and the media jump all over it. However, I’d like to take a poll of the number of overweight, heck, obese CEO’s and politicians. All of which the media generally ignore. Obese individuals are at great risk of heart attacks, diabetes and other health ailments, yet the media does not pressure them to confront their health imperfections on a public scale.
I applaud Jobs for communicating his disdain for the pressure-cooker media. I also applaud his hint that he is not going to talk about his health anymore (at least unless it started effecting his work at Apple.)
With Apple selling well over ten million iPhone’s, and still counting, perhaps the media should lay off on the ‘Steve Jobs is dooming Apple.’ stories and stick to the impressive facts on this soaring company.
I posted my thoughts on his health on my blog:
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2009/01/is-steve-jobs-health-your-business.html
Chris P Says: January 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Okay, so Steve invented the iDiet… I’m overweight, can I get what he has??
Nick Says: January 5, 2009 at 6:07 pm
You mean Occam’s Razor…
Lacie Says: January 5, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Invents new diet plan my foot. Explains his health, my foot. No, I agree with the other guy and my RSS feed won’t feature you anymore.
Alex Says: January 12, 2009 at 10:07 am
Rich people loosing tons of weight and cannot explain it? Hmmm sounds like the cocaine diet to me.
Herbalife Says: June 21, 2009 at 8:44 am
When every something good comes along and you change your apperance for the better. there always a group of people who try to discount it. Great Job on losing the weight and who cares what the media says can you really trust them?
herbalife diet Says: July 6, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Jealousy is an ugly thing, People that are talking Steve down are mad because they have no control over their bodies.
jewcy Says: January 5, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Is this website run by complete idiots? Your remarks about Steve Jobs are disgraceful. Your website & RSS feeds are definitely no longer in my bookmarks collection.