Japan Running Out of Bananas, Banana Dieters Upset
Photograph by .mands. on Flickr
Fewer Japanese people can get skinny these days. With bananas the hot new diet trend, it's hard to keep them stocked. Over the last year, the Japanese division of Dole has increased shipments by 25-percent, but still fails to keep up.
The Banana Diet regimen includes: a raw banana and glass of room-temperature water for breakfast, then basically anything thereafter, except sweets and limited alcohol.
Once Asian celebrities started endorsing the banana diet, the yellow fruit got hot. If you're eating a banana right now, you're probably not in Japan.
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4 Comments:
Ugh, banana plantations are a pretty frequent "replacement" for native rainforests. I'm sure this won't help the situation.
pbelardo at 8:29AM on 10/22/08
Woah! I'm drinking a smoothie with banana in it. Sorry, Japan.
Laurel E at 10:03AM on 10/22/08
thank goodness for this. i wasn't sure where i was when i woke up this morning, but i know from the bananas in my kitchen that i'm not in japan
alisahno at 11:31AM on 10/22/08
The (not so) funny thing is that in a month, the fad will disappear and the endangered species in those plowed forests will be left holding the bag.
Cassaendra at 11:55AM on 10/22/08