Japan Goes Bananas For New Diet

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Japan Goes Bananas For New Diet

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By MICHIKO TOYAMA Michiko Toyama – Fri Oct 17, 2:30 am ET
Keiko Akai is very annoyed. The attractive 21-year-old university student has been planning to do a banana diet for some time now, but she can't get started - and not for lack of trying. "I keep going to OK Store, my local supermarket every single day," she says. "In fact, I've just been there. There are no bananas on the shelves, and it's been like that for a month."
Akai has never weighed more than 100 pounds, and is so slim that her waist is swimming in Zara's smallest size XS skirt. She doesn't need to lose any weight. But Japanese girls obsessed with diets tend to jump at any trendy new ones, so, when Akai heard about a popular actress who'd lost 26 pounds through the Morning Banana Diet, she had to try it. And the dearth of bananas as her local supermarket, and many others, is testimony to the popularity of the new dieting fad.
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[BerryBaby]

I read about a diet online this week where you eat two stalks of celery and a tablespoon of tuna before each meal. It's suppose to curb your appetite so you eat less at mealtime. I'm going to try it, just to see. If nothing else, it can't hurt as both celery and tuna are good for you and they are saying use small quantities.

Changed it up a bit and I made the tuna (water pak) chopping up the celery and adding capers. Then I hollowed out my little strippie tomatoes and stuffed the tuna mixture into them. Must say, they are quite delicious!